Who We Are 

George Thomas Ph.D. (Electrochemistry) is the executive consultant and founder of the company.  25 plus years of industry experience in Scientist and executive roles. 

Expert in sourcing Battery parts from Asia and relationships with Asian battery companies at the C-Level. 

 We have established strategic partnerships with other expert consultants and Battery Test Labs to augment Dr. Thomas' expertise.

OUR AREA OF WORK:

Consulting and advisory services in

• electrical energy storage applications
• technology assessment and new product development
• characterization of production processes and quality control improvement
• Analysis of Field Failures involving Li-ion Batteries

Dr. George Thomas  is CEO of Shiningstar Technology Corporation, a consulting firm established to assist Clients in the selection of battery technologies, to identify cell and and/or battery form factors, and to match with the best cell manufacturers in the world, and to assist Li-ion cell manufacturers to enhance their technology and quality capabilities to become world class suppliers to high-end customers.

Dr. Thomas has deep knowledge in Li-ion technology, and is strong in quality control and process improvement methodologies. He is a six-sigma process auditor.   He is a prolific inventor with 16 issued US patents.

In 2009, Dr. Thomas spent time with First Solar to develop battery  storage technologies. Today's version will be "Grid-Tied battery Storage" systems or Solar Recharge battery Backup systems for homes and small businesses.    

Dr. Thomas founded NuGen Systems, Inc., a  high power Li-ion battery manufacturer, to supply batteries to Material Handling industries, mobile robots, clean e-generators to replace gas powered electric generators.  

Dr. George Thomas held the position of Senior Vice President of Tianjin Lishen Battery Joint-Stock Co., LTD, a high volume & high quality manufacturer of Li-ion cells and batteries.  He also served as the founder and CEO of Lishen International, a US based branch of Lishen.  Lishen International designed batteries for name brand OEMs, such as Apple.

He had a distinguished career with Motorola before joining Lishen.  He served as Senior Staff Scientist and TechnicalManager and Quality Assurance Manager. He held increasingly responsible positions during his 13 year career at Motorola.  Some of his responsibilities included managing cell technology, supplier development, supplier audit, and quality assurance. 

He had conducted six-sigma audits of most of the Li-ion, Ni-MH, and Ni-Cd manufacturing plants in Japan , South Korea , Taiwan , and China.  During this tenure Dr. Thomas was tasked to develop the technology and quality capabilities of a number of Chinese Li-ion cell manufacturers.  His efforts contributed significantly to the qualification and approval Li-ion cells from BYD and Lishen to name a few. 

Dr. Thomas had developed qualification processes and authored numerous internal Standard Operating Procedures including the development of a “Performance Standard for Li-ion batteries for mobile Phone Application” which was widely praised in the industry.

He had developed Courses in “Battery Applications” and taught at multiple locations in the world to the Motorola associates.  Dr. Thomas taught these classes for over 4 years and earned him the nick name, “Dr. Cell”.