Erin Sawyer
Venture Partner at VoLo Earth Ventures
Greater Phoenix Area
Overview
Work Experience
Board Observer
2024 - Current
Developing a fundamentally new architecture for electric energy storage
Board of Advisors
2023
HEVO provides a seamless, safe, and universal wireless charging solution for electric vehicles.
Raised $780,000.00 from Obsidian Investment Partners and Pario Ventures.
Venture Partner
2022
Invests in early-stage climate tech companies such as electricity, mobility, construction, and embodied carbon. Advises portfolio companies to help scale their business in the areas of supply chain and manufacturing.
VoLo Earth Ventures is an early Stage investor invests in pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds.
Mom
2018 - 2022
Designer of two human lives.
Vice President of Supply Chain
2016 - 2018
Responsible for developing a global supply chain that supports Wrightspeed's mission to provide the world’s most efficient range-extended electric vehicle powertrain for the next-generation of commercial fleets. Established domestic and international supply chain partnerships that ensure stable supply and effective costs. Built and managed a high performance supply chain team that evaluates, selects, develops and qualifies suppliers for electrical, mechanical parts and sub-assemblies. Reported directly to CEO.
Group Manager, Global Supply - Core Technologies
2014 - 2015
Responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies in a large scale manufacturing environment. Identified and evaluated new / increased sources of global supply that support capacity expansions, new manufacturing plans, new product launches, and sustainability objectives. Managed and coached a team of 25 buyers, commodity managers, and purchasing managers to utilize advanced negotiation and purchasing techniques to deliver aggressive cost reduction objectives. Reported directly to VP of Supply Chain.
Tesla Motors is an electric vehicle and clean energy company that provides electric cars, solar, and renewable energy solutions.
Raised $19,374,213,101.00 from European Union, PennDOT, Australian Renewable Energy Agency and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
Manager
2013 - 2014
Led major profit improvement initiatives and projects in strategic sourcing, process improvement, and organizational transformation for Fortune 500 clients across multiple industries including specialty apparel retail, large multi-brand CPG, and global manufacturing.
Associate
2010 - 2012
New Product Launch Lead Buyer, US Light Truck/SUV
2006 - 2009
Performed strategic sourcing of turbocharger products in a high volume, automotive manufacturing environment. Negotiated aggressive supplier cost reductions and met production quality and capacity targets for 50+ global suppliers across N. America, Europe, and Asia.
Program Manager, GM/Isuzu Team
2004 - 2006
Managed new product launches of turbochargers for large OEM automotive customers. Led a cross-functional team of engineering, manufacturing, and sales representatives to develop new products to meet customer quality, schedule, and cost requirements.
Honeywell Hometown is a not-for-profit organization that deploys the efforts of Honeywell India towards social responsibility interventions.
Mechanical Engineer
2001 - 2003
Various roles in Engineering R&D organization, designing and testing turbocharged diesel engines for Light and Medium-Duty truck applications.
Cummins is a manufacturing industry that designs, manufactures, and sells powertrain components and diesel engines for commercial trucks.
Raised $80,262,500.00 from US Department of Energy, Advanced Propulsion Centre UK, U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office and NYSERDA.
Mechanical Engineer
1999 - 1999
Designed and tested new automatic transmissions for Light-Duty truck and SUV applications.
The Lincoln Motor Company that sells luxury vehicles under the Lincoln brand.