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John Kincaide
President & Founder
2ndLife Batteries®
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Professional Bio
John Kincaide is the President & Founder of 2ndLife Batteries® in Alden, NY.
John has over 45 years of business experience in software development, Computer-Telephony, Transportation, Second-Life Batteries & Battery Recycling since 2010.
He has been a member of NAATBatt since 2015, and a former Silver Board Member.
His company, 2ndLife Batteries® has shipped 9.6MWh of critical backup power AGM lead-acid batteries since 2017.
He has published many trade articles and a book, Unix Computer Telephony - The Complete Guide, 1997.
Co-author Electric Vehicle Lithium-Ion Battery Life Cycle Management, by Ahmad Pesaran, Lauren Roman, John Kincaide, published by NREL, 2023.
A Power of a Second Chance, published by North American Clean Energy, July 15 2024, discusses how second-life are less expensive and less carbon-intensive than new batteries.
John's noted for finding market opportunities that have been overlooked, or bringing together disparate industries that have unrealized common ground.
NAATBatt Community Co-Chair of the Second-Life Use Community
Since 2024, 2ndLife Batteries® has been dedicated to ending Hospital Blackouts in Ukraine and Africa due to unreliable grid power using refurbished critical power backup AGM lead-acid batteries in energy storage systems.
John has over 45 years of business experience in software development, Computer-Telephony, Transportation, Second-Life Batteries & Battery Recycling since 2010.
He has been a member of NAATBatt since 2015, and a former Silver Board Member.
His company, 2ndLife Batteries® has shipped 9.6MWh of critical backup power AGM lead-acid batteries since 2017.
He has published many trade articles and a book, Unix Computer Telephony - The Complete Guide, 1997.
Co-author Electric Vehicle Lithium-Ion Battery Life Cycle Management, by Ahmad Pesaran, Lauren Roman, John Kincaide, published by NREL, 2023.
A Power of a Second Chance, published by North American Clean Energy, July 15 2024, discusses how second-life are less expensive and less carbon-intensive than new batteries.
John's noted for finding market opportunities that have been overlooked, or bringing together disparate industries that have unrealized common ground.
NAATBatt Community Co-Chair of the Second-Life Use Community
Since 2024, 2ndLife Batteries® has been dedicated to ending Hospital Blackouts in Ukraine and Africa due to unreliable grid power using refurbished critical power backup AGM lead-acid batteries in energy storage systems.
Organization
2ndLife Batteries®
2ndLife Batteries®
Special Silver Benefit Member