Energous adds Sheryl Wilkerson to its Board of Directors

– USA, CA –  Energous Corporation (Nasdaq: WATT), the developer of WattUp, a revolutionary wireless charging 2.0 technology, today announced the appointment of Sheryl Wilkerson to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.

“Sheryl brings a wealth of experience working with the federal government as well as in corporate governance, two areas of focus for Energous as we continue to advance and evolve,” said CEO, Stephen Rizzone. “Sheryl has served on our Advisory Committee for two years and in this capacity facilitated our efforts at the FCC. We have a firsthand appreciation of the worth she adds to our organization and know she will be a very valuable addition to our Board of Directors.”

Wilkerson will serve alongside Rizzone and board members Robert Griffin, Dan Fairfax, Rahul Patel, Mike Noonen, and Reynette Au.

About Sheryl Wilkerson

Wilkerson, currently vice president of government affairs at Michelin North America, has served as an advisor to Energous since 2018 and brings in-depth experience in both public and private sectors. Before her role at Michelin, Wilkerson was president of Willow, LLC, where she advised global wireless, telematics, and automotive companies on government affairs, and as senior vice president of strategic planning and corporate services at Ygomi, which develops software for automated driving and ADAS.

Before joining the private sector, Wilkerson spent more than a decade in roles throughout the U.S. federal government, including the Senate and House of Representatives, Federal Judicial Center, and the Federal Communications Commission, where she led the office of legislative and intergovernmental affairs and served as an advisor to the general counsel and chairman.

“It has been an honor to serve as an advisor to Energous and I am thrilled to expand my involvement in the company’s leadership in the wireless charging 2.0 industry,” said Sheryl Wilkerson. “Energous is a forward-looking company developing leading-edge technology, and I am excited to help guide its continued evolution.”

About Energous Corporation

Energous Corporation is the global leader of Wireless Charging 2.0 technology. Its award-winning WattUp solution is the only technology that supports both contact and distance charging through a fully compatible ecosystem. Built atop fast, efficient, and highly scalable RF-based charging technology, WattUp is positioned to offer substantial improvements over older, first-generation coil-based charging technologies in power, efficiency, foreign device detection, freedom of movement, and overall cost for consumer electronics, medical devices, retail, military, industrial/commercial IoT, automotive, military, retail and industrial applications. Energous develops silicon-based wireless power transfer technologies and customizable reference designs and provides worldwide regulatory assistance, a reliable supply chain, quality assurance, and sales and technical support to global customers. The company received the world’s first FCC Part 18 certification for at-a-distance wireless charging and has been awarded 227 patents for its WattUp wireless charging technology to-date.

For more information: https://www.energous.com/

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