Daniel Bakholdin
Vice President, Sustaining Engineering
Mr. Bakholdin joined Pentadyne in July of 2001 as Vice President, Mechanical Engineering. He was a co-founder of Pentadyne when the Company was incorporated in 1998. Mr. Bakholdin was also a co-founder and president of Quadradyne, a company established to provide testing services for high speed rotating machinery, state of the art magnetic bearing development, high vacuum system and molecular drag pump design.
Prior to joining Pentadyne, Mr. Bakholdin was a Project Manager at Capstone Turbine Corporation. At Capstone, he led the development of the hybrid electric vehicle program, which resulted in the commercial production of microturbine generators for urban buses throughout the world.
Prior to joining Capstone, Mr. Bakholdin was Manager of Design Engineering and Testing at Rosen Motors, an innovative developer of flywheel power systems. He was the first full-time engineer to join Rosen Motors and was involved in most aspects of the flywheel and powertrain development. Mr. Bakholdin invented or co-invented much of the Rosen Motors technology, and his name is on numerous Rosen Motors patents.
Mr. Bakholdin is a member of the American Vacuum Society and the Society of Automotive Engineers. He also serves as Chairman of the Scholarship Committee for The Heritage Club.
Mr. Bakholdin earned his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.
Mr. Bakholdin joined Pentadyne in July of 2001 as Vice President, Mechanical Engineering. He was a co-founder of Pentadyne when the Company was incorporated in 1998. Mr. Bakholdin was also a co-founder and president of Quadradyne, a company established to provide testing services for high speed rotating machinery, state of the art magnetic bearing development, high vacuum system and molecular drag pump design.
Prior to joining Pentadyne, Mr. Bakholdin was a Project Manager at Capstone Turbine Corporation. At Capstone, he led the development of the hybrid electric vehicle program, which resulted in the commercial production of microturbine generators for urban buses throughout the world.
Prior to joining Capstone, Mr. Bakholdin was Manager of Design Engineering and Testing at Rosen Motors, an innovative developer of flywheel power systems. He was the first full-time engineer to join Rosen Motors and was involved in most aspects of the flywheel and powertrain development. Mr. Bakholdin invented or co-invented much of the Rosen Motors technology, and his name is on numerous Rosen Motors patents.
Mr. Bakholdin is a member of the American Vacuum Society and the Society of Automotive Engineers. He also serves as Chairman of the Scholarship Committee for The Heritage Club.
Mr. Bakholdin earned his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.