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Sarah Cowan

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Sr. VP of Product Development and Ops at Rhombus Power Inc.
📍 Palo Alto, California, United States

Dr. Sarah Cowan is the Sr. VP of Product Development and Ops at Rhombus Power. She leads teams in creating AI-powered predictive decision-making systems for the national security, climate, and energy sectors. Her background includes a Ph. D. in Materials Science from UC Santa Barbara and research at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

With a unique educational background combining a BS in both Physics and English from Cal Poly, Sarah brings an interdisciplinary perspective to solving complex problems. She is focused on designing sophisticated, cognitively complex solutions that feel intuitive and simple to the end-user, blending deep science with effective communication.

As a SunShot Fellow, she developed and studied efficient recombination layers for organic multijunction photovoltaics.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Sr. VP of Product Development and Ops
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Palo Alto, California, United States
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AI for Security
Leads product development for AI platforms that provide predictive decision support to the U. S. government and its allies for national security.
Decision Intelligence
Focuses on designing systems that accelerate and improve high-stakes decision-making for complex challenges in security, climate, and energy.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Sr. VP of Product Development and Ops
Rhombus Power Inc.
11-2021 - 8-2024
Vice President Operations
Rhombus Power Inc.
12-2020 - 8-2024
Director Of Product Development
Rhombus Power Inc.
4-2017 - 12-2020
Member Of Technical Staff
Rhombus Power
10-2011 - 10-2013
SunShot Fellow, EERE
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Education
2005 - 2011
Ph.D.
UC Santa Barbara
2000 - 2005
BS
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
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