S3 Ep50: Weaving Faith and Work into One

Igniting Souls Podcast with Kary Oberbrunner

Dr. Brian Morin is currently CEO of Soteria Battery Innovation Group, a company that is developing and promoting broad adoption of a technology that will eliminate lithium battery fires, reduce weight of lithium ion batteries and reduce cost. The company has formed a consortium of companies to help mature the technology and bring it to market, whose members include NASA, Mercedes, DuPont, Teijin, Applied Materials and over 120 others. He is also President & COO of Dreamweaver International, a company that developed a piece of the Soteria architecture, a high performance battery separator that can dramatically improve the safety of lithium ion batteries while reducing costs. Brian has also served on several boards and foundations, including as Vice President and Director of NAATBatt International, the Technical Advisory Board of Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, the External Advisory Board for the Clemson University Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Foundation Board for the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Brian has over 200 international patents and applications on subjects ranging from advanced molecular metals to high performance fibers to plastic additives. He has several billion dollars in sales of products based on his inventions, which are used in brands such as Nike, Head, Freescale Semiconductor, Intel, IBM, Rubbermaid and others. He sees his strength as leading the commercialization of innovative technology. He has also written a novel, A Matter of Faith, served as a Guardian ad Litem for children in the foster care system in South Carolina and leads a small group of 12th grade boys at his church.