Jill Pestana | Battery Expert 🔋
@jillpestana.bsky.social
🤝Helping high tech companies communicate innovations & scale with marketing, content creation, & tech guidance 🚀
🔋15 Years Battery Engineer & Consultant
♻️Energy Storage + Sustainability
🎙️YouTuber, Keynote Speaker, Media
⚡️Founder of Pestana Solutions
🔋15 Years Battery Engineer & Consultant
♻️Energy Storage + Sustainability
🎙️YouTuber, Keynote Speaker, Media
⚡️Founder of Pestana Solutions
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Pestana Solutions- tech/marketing/BD consulting- organically evolved from requests from friends & colleagues to support their venture 🚀
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Breaking into batteries is less about knowledge and more about navigation.
We built a free 5-week series to help. 👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryIndustry
We built a free 5-week series to help. 👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryIndustry
September 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Breaking into batteries is less about knowledge and more about navigation.
We built a free 5-week series to help. 👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryIndustry
We built a free 5-week series to help. 👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryIndustry
I’m joining C2ES in NYC Sept. 23 for Charging Ahead: The Economic Opportunity of America’s Battery Belt. 🔋
I’ll be talking about how storytelling can help build the domestic battery industry and bring more people into the conversation.
https://luma.com/ChargingAhead
#ClimateWeekNYC
I’ll be talking about how storytelling can help build the domestic battery industry and bring more people into the conversation.
https://luma.com/ChargingAhead
#ClimateWeekNYC
September 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I’m joining C2ES in NYC Sept. 23 for Charging Ahead: The Economic Opportunity of America’s Battery Belt. 🔋
I’ll be talking about how storytelling can help build the domestic battery industry and bring more people into the conversation.
https://luma.com/ChargingAhead
#ClimateWeekNYC
I’ll be talking about how storytelling can help build the domestic battery industry and bring more people into the conversation.
https://luma.com/ChargingAhead
#ClimateWeekNYC
I’ll be in NYC Sept. 21–24 for Climate Week NYC! ⚡ If you’ll be there too, I’d love to connect, grab coffee, and talk batteries, energy, or what you’re working on. Send me a message if you want to meet up!
#ClimateWeekNYC #BatteryIndustry
#ClimateWeekNYC #BatteryIndustry
September 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I’ll be in NYC Sept. 21–24 for Climate Week NYC! ⚡ If you’ll be there too, I’d love to connect, grab coffee, and talk batteries, energy, or what you’re working on. Send me a message if you want to meet up!
#ClimateWeekNYC #BatteryIndustry
#ClimateWeekNYC #BatteryIndustry
Where do you start in batteries?
You don’t need more information. You need a map. 🗺️
👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryCareers
You don’t need more information. You need a map. 🗺️
👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryCareers
August 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Where do you start in batteries?
You don’t need more information. You need a map. 🗺️
👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryCareers
You don’t need more information. You need a map. 🗺️
👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryCareers
No one teaches you how to network at conferences. Most of us learn through awkward missed opportunities. So Lauren Allanson and I are hosting a free webinar to share practical strategies that actually help: https://www.batterycourses.com/How-to-Network-at-Conferences-For-Early-Career-Professionals
July 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
No one teaches you how to network at conferences. Most of us learn through awkward missed opportunities. So Lauren Allanson and I are hosting a free webinar to share practical strategies that actually help: https://www.batterycourses.com/How-to-Network-at-Conferences-For-Early-Career-Professionals
My first battery conference was overwhelming. I left realizing I'd missed opportunities simply because I didn't have a plan. Conferences are a skill you can learn. See how: https://www.batterycourses.com/How-to-Network-at-Conferences-For-Early-Career-Professionals
July 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
My first battery conference was overwhelming. I left realizing I'd missed opportunities simply because I didn't have a plan. Conferences are a skill you can learn. See how: https://www.batterycourses.com/How-to-Network-at-Conferences-For-Early-Career-Professionals
Batteries don’t have a talent problem.
They have an onboarding problem.
We built a free 5-week series to fix that.
👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryIndustry
They have an onboarding problem.
We built a free 5-week series to fix that.
👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryIndustry
July 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Batteries don’t have a talent problem.
They have an onboarding problem.
We built a free 5-week series to fix that.
👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryIndustry
They have an onboarding problem.
We built a free 5-week series to fix that.
👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryIndustry
Day 1 at PlugVolt's Battery Seminar is all about battery science. By Day 3, the conversation shifts to gigafactories and supply chains. That's how this industry actually works, from chemistry to commercialization. I'll be there: https://plugvolt.com/seminars/
#plugvolt #energystorage #batterytech
#plugvolt #energystorage #batterytech
July 2, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Day 1 at PlugVolt's Battery Seminar is all about battery science. By Day 3, the conversation shifts to gigafactories and supply chains. That's how this industry actually works, from chemistry to commercialization. I'll be there: https://plugvolt.com/seminars/
#plugvolt #energystorage #batterytech
#plugvolt #energystorage #batterytech
The hardest part of entering batteries isn’t technical.
It’s orientation.
Battery Industry Onboarding is a free 5-week series to help you understand the ecosystem and where you fit. 👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryIndustry
It’s orientation.
Battery Industry Onboarding is a free 5-week series to help you understand the ecosystem and where you fit. 👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryIndustry
June 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The hardest part of entering batteries isn’t technical.
It’s orientation.
Battery Industry Onboarding is a free 5-week series to help you understand the ecosystem and where you fit. 👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryIndustry
It’s orientation.
Battery Industry Onboarding is a free 5-week series to help you understand the ecosystem and where you fit. 👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
#BatteryIndustry
Battery technology moves when researchers, OEMs, suppliers, manufacturers, and energy leaders solve problems together.
I’ll be attending the Battery Seminar this July in San Jose. If you're planning to attend too, reach out, I’d love to connect!
Learn more: https://plugvolt.com/seminars/
I’ll be attending the Battery Seminar this July in San Jose. If you're planning to attend too, reach out, I’d love to connect!
Learn more: https://plugvolt.com/seminars/
June 2, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Battery technology moves when researchers, OEMs, suppliers, manufacturers, and energy leaders solve problems together.
I’ll be attending the Battery Seminar this July in San Jose. If you're planning to attend too, reach out, I’d love to connect!
Learn more: https://plugvolt.com/seminars/
I’ll be attending the Battery Seminar this July in San Jose. If you're planning to attend too, reach out, I’d love to connect!
Learn more: https://plugvolt.com/seminars/
I’ll be at @PlugVolt Battery Seminar 2026 this July in San Jose!🔋 If you’re building, pivoting into, or learning the battery space, this is one of the key rooms where real conversations happen. Early bird ends May 10 (save up to $300): https://plugvolt.com/seminars/
May 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I’ll be at @PlugVolt Battery Seminar 2026 this July in San Jose!🔋 If you’re building, pivoting into, or learning the battery space, this is one of the key rooms where real conversations happen. Early bird ends May 10 (save up to $300): https://plugvolt.com/seminars/
The hardest part of entering the battery industry isn't science.
It is knowing where to start.
We’ve updated Battery Industry Onboarding, a free 5-week email series that introduces the battery ecosystem and key resources for newcomers.
👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
It is knowing where to start.
We’ve updated Battery Industry Onboarding, a free 5-week email series that introduces the battery ecosystem and key resources for newcomers.
👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
March 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The hardest part of entering the battery industry isn't science.
It is knowing where to start.
We’ve updated Battery Industry Onboarding, a free 5-week email series that introduces the battery ecosystem and key resources for newcomers.
👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
It is knowing where to start.
We’ve updated Battery Industry Onboarding, a free 5-week email series that introduces the battery ecosystem and key resources for newcomers.
👉 https://www.batterycourses.com/battery-industry-onboarding
Data centers need batteries — and not just one kind.
Different sites call for different solutions. The challenges are local, tied to place & load.
That’s what I love about batteries. Global impact, hyper-local problem solving.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
Different sites call for different solutions. The challenges are local, tied to place & load.
That’s what I love about batteries. Global impact, hyper-local problem solving.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
March 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Data centers need batteries — and not just one kind.
Different sites call for different solutions. The challenges are local, tied to place & load.
That’s what I love about batteries. Global impact, hyper-local problem solving.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
Different sites call for different solutions. The challenges are local, tied to place & load.
That’s what I love about batteries. Global impact, hyper-local problem solving.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
The biggest battery challenge in the U.S. isn’t just chemistry. It’s getting from lab to scale. Between research and mass production are critical development steps, and we’re missing too many of them here in the U.S.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
March 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The biggest battery challenge in the U.S. isn’t just chemistry. It’s getting from lab to scale. Between research and mass production are critical development steps, and we’re missing too many of them here in the U.S.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
Representing NAATBatt at InterBattery 2026 in Seoul 🇰🇷 I’ll be helping connect U.S. battery companies with global partners & support U.S.–Korea collaboration across next-gen battery technologies.
🗓 March 11–13, 2026
📍 NAATBatt: Hall A, Booth 434
Let me know if I’ll see you there!
#InterBattery2026
🗓 March 11–13, 2026
📍 NAATBatt: Hall A, Booth 434
Let me know if I’ll see you there!
#InterBattery2026
March 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Representing NAATBatt at InterBattery 2026 in Seoul 🇰🇷 I’ll be helping connect U.S. battery companies with global partners & support U.S.–Korea collaboration across next-gen battery technologies.
🗓 March 11–13, 2026
📍 NAATBatt: Hall A, Booth 434
Let me know if I’ll see you there!
#InterBattery2026
🗓 March 11–13, 2026
📍 NAATBatt: Hall A, Booth 434
Let me know if I’ll see you there!
#InterBattery2026
Scaling batteries isn’t just a chemistry problem. It’s manufacturing, workforce, & infrastructure. Scrap rates. Equipment. Charging access & public confidence.
Industrial scale, workforce development, & education have to move together.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
Industrial scale, workforce development, & education have to move together.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
February 26, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Scaling batteries isn’t just a chemistry problem. It’s manufacturing, workforce, & infrastructure. Scrap rates. Equipment. Charging access & public confidence.
Industrial scale, workforce development, & education have to move together.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
Industrial scale, workforce development, & education have to move together.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
Made my 1st video on batteries in 2018-2019 during a lunch break. I couldn’t find a clear explanation of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, so I made one. I thought if it helped 1 person, it was worth it. That video now has 70k+ views. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
February 18, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Made my 1st video on batteries in 2018-2019 during a lunch break. I couldn’t find a clear explanation of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, so I made one. I thought if it helped 1 person, it was worth it. That video now has 70k+ views. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
You can’t hire people who don’t know you exist. Most people don’t know what a battery scientist does.
Awareness is a workforce strategy. If they can’t see us, they can’t become us. Communication matters as much as chemistry.
Visibility is recruitment.
#BatteryWorkforce #SciComm
Awareness is a workforce strategy. If they can’t see us, they can’t become us. Communication matters as much as chemistry.
Visibility is recruitment.
#BatteryWorkforce #SciComm
February 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
You can’t hire people who don’t know you exist. Most people don’t know what a battery scientist does.
Awareness is a workforce strategy. If they can’t see us, they can’t become us. Communication matters as much as chemistry.
Visibility is recruitment.
#BatteryWorkforce #SciComm
Awareness is a workforce strategy. If they can’t see us, they can’t become us. Communication matters as much as chemistry.
Visibility is recruitment.
#BatteryWorkforce #SciComm
Fun battery fact:
Gas cars split the job: tank stores energy, engine converts it. Batteries do both in one place.
Your phone, laptop, EV all run on a reversible electrochemical device.
One system doing two jobs at once. Not magic, just electrochemistry. 🔋✨
#Batteries #Energy101 #Electrochemistry
Gas cars split the job: tank stores energy, engine converts it. Batteries do both in one place.
Your phone, laptop, EV all run on a reversible electrochemical device.
One system doing two jobs at once. Not magic, just electrochemistry. 🔋✨
#Batteries #Energy101 #Electrochemistry
February 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Fun battery fact:
Gas cars split the job: tank stores energy, engine converts it. Batteries do both in one place.
Your phone, laptop, EV all run on a reversible electrochemical device.
One system doing two jobs at once. Not magic, just electrochemistry. 🔋✨
#Batteries #Energy101 #Electrochemistry
Gas cars split the job: tank stores energy, engine converts it. Batteries do both in one place.
Your phone, laptop, EV all run on a reversible electrochemical device.
One system doing two jobs at once. Not magic, just electrochemistry. 🔋✨
#Batteries #Energy101 #Electrochemistry
Cell quality → pack quality → system quality.
Break that chain and you feel it:
📈 Scrap up
💸 Yield down
🛑 Safety margins shrink
As lines scale, quality can’t be a checklist item—it has to be culture. ⚙️🔋
#BatteryManufacturing #QualityEngineering #EnergyStorage
Break that chain and you feel it:
📈 Scrap up
💸 Yield down
🛑 Safety margins shrink
As lines scale, quality can’t be a checklist item—it has to be culture. ⚙️🔋
#BatteryManufacturing #QualityEngineering #EnergyStorage
February 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Cell quality → pack quality → system quality.
Break that chain and you feel it:
📈 Scrap up
💸 Yield down
🛑 Safety margins shrink
As lines scale, quality can’t be a checklist item—it has to be culture. ⚙️🔋
#BatteryManufacturing #QualityEngineering #EnergyStorage
Break that chain and you feel it:
📈 Scrap up
💸 Yield down
🛑 Safety margins shrink
As lines scale, quality can’t be a checklist item—it has to be culture. ⚙️🔋
#BatteryManufacturing #QualityEngineering #EnergyStorage
Battery timelines usually slip on testing + logistics, not chemistry.
Bottlenecks: R&D tiny failure signals, manufacturing throughput beats validation, field data in silos, logistics slow + regulated.
Better materials help, but better testing + logistics move the needle. ⚡️
#BatteryDevelopment
Bottlenecks: R&D tiny failure signals, manufacturing throughput beats validation, field data in silos, logistics slow + regulated.
Better materials help, but better testing + logistics move the needle. ⚡️
#BatteryDevelopment
February 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Battery timelines usually slip on testing + logistics, not chemistry.
Bottlenecks: R&D tiny failure signals, manufacturing throughput beats validation, field data in silos, logistics slow + regulated.
Better materials help, but better testing + logistics move the needle. ⚡️
#BatteryDevelopment
Bottlenecks: R&D tiny failure signals, manufacturing throughput beats validation, field data in silos, logistics slow + regulated.
Better materials help, but better testing + logistics move the needle. ⚡️
#BatteryDevelopment
I didn’t set out to work in batteries. I was doing fuel cell research when a conversation about electrochemistry made everything click. Same foundations, different problems.
That lightning-bolt moment.
Oh. This is it.
It’s batteries for me. ⚡
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
That lightning-bolt moment.
Oh. This is it.
It’s batteries for me. ⚡
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
February 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I didn’t set out to work in batteries. I was doing fuel cell research when a conversation about electrochemistry made everything click. Same foundations, different problems.
That lightning-bolt moment.
Oh. This is it.
It’s batteries for me. ⚡
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
That lightning-bolt moment.
Oh. This is it.
It’s batteries for me. ⚡
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk9Q4jfg8CWycg3I7EUQe
Hot take: most pack problems are cell selection problems.
Without solid cell-level testing you won’t know heat, BMS behavior, form factor, or safety/performance.
Get cells right → pack design is smooth. Get them wrong → everything downstream is a band-aid.
#BatteryTesting #BatteryDesign
Without solid cell-level testing you won’t know heat, BMS behavior, form factor, or safety/performance.
Get cells right → pack design is smooth. Get them wrong → everything downstream is a band-aid.
#BatteryTesting #BatteryDesign
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Hot take: most pack problems are cell selection problems.
Without solid cell-level testing you won’t know heat, BMS behavior, form factor, or safety/performance.
Get cells right → pack design is smooth. Get them wrong → everything downstream is a band-aid.
#BatteryTesting #BatteryDesign
Without solid cell-level testing you won’t know heat, BMS behavior, form factor, or safety/performance.
Get cells right → pack design is smooth. Get them wrong → everything downstream is a band-aid.
#BatteryTesting #BatteryDesign
The theme of the year: critical minerals and domestic supply chains. We need mining, processing, manufacturing, and validation in the U.S., with traceability end to end. 🔋
Where do you plug in?
#BatterySupplyChain #Traceability
Where do you plug in?
#BatterySupplyChain #Traceability
February 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The theme of the year: critical minerals and domestic supply chains. We need mining, processing, manufacturing, and validation in the U.S., with traceability end to end. 🔋
Where do you plug in?
#BatterySupplyChain #Traceability
Where do you plug in?
#BatterySupplyChain #Traceability
Feel like you have nothing to offer? Explain a fresh concept to a peer.
You’ll see you know more than you thought, and you’ll learn faster by teaching. 🧠
What will you share this week?
#BatteryCareers #Upskilling
You’ll see you know more than you thought, and you’ll learn faster by teaching. 🧠
What will you share this week?
#BatteryCareers #Upskilling
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Feel like you have nothing to offer? Explain a fresh concept to a peer.
You’ll see you know more than you thought, and you’ll learn faster by teaching. 🧠
What will you share this week?
#BatteryCareers #Upskilling
You’ll see you know more than you thought, and you’ll learn faster by teaching. 🧠
What will you share this week?
#BatteryCareers #Upskilling