Company

Mark Frohnmayer, President

Mark graduated from UC Berkeley in 1996 with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. After 11 years in the computer games industry and a successful exit from his first startup, GarageGames, Mark has turned his entrepreneurial energy towards sustainable business development in Oregon. His current endeavor, Arcimoto was founded in October 2007 to bring quality, affordable, sustainable vehicles to the masses and aims to be a major player in the new green transportation space. Mark served on the Oregon governor's Alternate Fuel Vehicle Infrastructure Woking Group in 2009 and was peer selected as one of the Pacific Northwest's clean technology Pivotal Leaders. You can follow Mark on Twitter.

Erik Stafl, CTO

Erik holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he specialized in advanced power electronics. Before joining Arcimoto, Erik was the CEO of SharpEdge Studios, a MIT software startup, and helped lead the MIT $100K Global Startup Workshop, a high-profile international entrepreneurship conference.

Max Scheder-Bieschin, CFO

Max brings his 20 years of experience in finance and economics to Arcimoto, along with his direct experience in bringing EVs to market. Most recently he co-founded Barefoot Motors, who created a successful line of electric all-terrain utility vehicles. He previously served as president of of ZAP Motors and as Managing Director of Deutsche Bank in Germany.

Joe Morgan, Production Lead

Joe has 13 years experience as a Senior Department Head at Marathon Coach, where he managed the entire paint operation for multi-million dollar luxury coaches. Joe was in the Army for 10 years, serving as an Infantry Squad Leader, Combat Engineer, then onto the Non Commissioned Officer Academy where he graduated first in his class of 300. During the Gulf War Joe was promoted to First Sergeant, Acting Jack and was in the top 3% of all Non Commissioned Officers in the US Army.

Ames Jacoby, Mechanical Engineer

Ames is an EIT certified engineer who received his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. Prior to to joining Arcimoto, he served for six years as Engineering Manager at Monaco RV, a division of Navistar. He managed the chassis division and designed custom chassis for highway vehicles.

Jim Jordan, Design and Fabrication

Jim brings more than 25 years of R&D and Product and Tool Design to Arcimoto, after most recently working for Country Couch designing fiberglass bodies for full-size RVs. He was also involved in some of the very first carbon molds for consumer products, and has extensive experience in plastic injection, lost wax, thermoforming and composite mold making.

Jeremy Bronson, Creative Director

Jeremy has been a creative for many years, attending the University of Oregon and NYU for visual and multimedia design, photography and audio production. He also brings 15 years of web design experience from leading his own consultancy.

Eric Fritz, Marketing and Public Relations

Eric graduated from the University of Oregon in 1997 with a degree in biochemistry. He put his degree to good use by promptly entering into a career in marketing. He spent 5 years in Seattle, working as an editor for Reed Global Advisors, a research and investment firm focused on energy technology companies, before moving back to Eugene to join Mark as Director of Marketing at his previous venture, GarageGames.

Landon Chappell, Design and Fabrication

Landon began exploring steel and construction as a child in his father's shop. After leading numerous remodels and construction crews in Oregon for over 13 years, Landon joined forces with Arcimoto in 2008. He has been a contributor to all four genrations of Arcimoto prototypes. Landon specializes in metal and textiles with a concentration on using recycled materials.

Emily Ramage, Researcher

Born and raised in Alaska, Emily holds a degree in Environmental Science from the University of Oregon, and joined the Arcimoto team in 2008. She began her trek in to environmental protection through a two year internship with the Department of Environmental Conservation where she worked in the division that responded to oil spills.

Katie Brunk, Accounting and HR

Katie holds a Bachelors of Science degree from Washington State University and has the honor of being one of the very first Arcimoto employees as the company launched in 2007.