Karl Scheucher is Chief Engineer at Modtech Corp., a Willoughby, OH company with a revolutionary vision for the electric vehicles of our future. He has worked with Modtech’s OEM clients developing products and manufacturing processes since 1980. Modtech’s roster of clients includes larger corporations such as TRW, British Telecom, Motorola, Milwaukee Electric Tool, and The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. At the other end of the spectrum, Modtech has helped launch many startup companies such as ABL Engineering and Orion Research.

Scheucher led the efforts at Modtech to develop the world’s first lithium-ion based cordless tool system

introduced in 2005 by Milwaukee Electric Tool. This system is highly successful being sold worldwide under various brands such as V28, V18, AEG, and Rigid lithium-ion tools. Presently, Karl leads Modtech’s development of a Scalable Intelligent Power Supply technology platform that is the foundation for a family of proprietary, highly portable power products spanning applications from mobile networking to the aforementioned electric vehicle. Known as SIPS, this technology platform leverages Modtech’s extensive experience in embedded controls and lithium-ion battery technologies.

Karl holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from Harvard College and a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of numerous publications in diverse areas including artificial organs, electronic instrumentation, and signal processing for atmospheric radar applications. Holding ten (10) U.S. patents, Karl is very busy developing and prosecuting many new U.S. and international patent applications pertaining to Modtech’s emerging SIPS technology.

Karl Scheucher is Chief Engineer at Modtech Corp., a Willoughby, OH company with a revolutionary vision for the electric vehicles of our future.

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