Dr. Robert Jaworski has more than 19 years of experience in industry, capital markets, investment banking and academia. Robert is currently the CFO of Ioxus, an Oneonta, NY based manufacturer of ultracapacitor products. Before joining Ioxus, he started Vortex Advisors, a technology and business consultancy, and co-founded cleantech investment banking practice at Jefferies & Co. As a senior member of Jefferies North American cleantech banking team, Robert was focusing on earlier stage and private companies. In addition to the North American banking activities, he was responsible for Jefferies cleantech investment banking activities in China and was also involved in the European investment banking effort. Before cleantech investment banking, Robert was a member of Jefferies convertible capital markets and convertible research teams. Before joining Jefferies, Robert worked at Bellcore/Telcordia as a research scientist and consultant. He built Telcordia’s network power consulting business and was a part of the company’s lithium ion battery development effort. Robert’s technical expertise provides a unique combination with his finance, banking and capital markets experience.

In addition to his CFO position at Ioxus, Robert currently serves on the New York Battery and Energy Storage Consortium’s Board of Directors where he chairs the Finance and Audit Committee. He is also a member of the Innovation Sounding Board at Rutgers University’s Center for Innovative Ventures of Emerging Technologies.
Robert received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Miami University and an MBA from Rutgers University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.