About HydrogenXT
Changing the way the world moves.
Trucks, buses, freight and the compute behind every AI query, running on hydrogen produced close to where it's used.
Our mission
One mission, three kinds of movement.
- 01 · GOODS
Freight
Local hydrogen for the trucks, drayage and ports that move goods.
- 02 · PEOPLE
Transit
Local hydrogen for the buses and public fleets that move people.
- 03 · INFORMATION
Advanced compute
Dispatchable clean power for the Advanced Compute Complexes that move information.
Our story
From the first stations to a new model.
HydrogenXT began with hands-on experience building California's first retail hydrogen station, and a lesson from it: the hardest part of hydrogen isn't making it or using it, it's getting it from one to the other.
Our founder set out to design a plant that produces and dispenses fuel-grade hydrogen on the same site, and patented the approach. The team grew around that idea with leaders from energy infrastructure, hydrogen station development, enterprise technology and public-company finance.
Today we're applying the same principle across three markets: fuel for freight and transit, and dispatchable on-site power for Advanced Compute. Through the Lewis County Hydrogen Alliance we're extending it beyond natural gas to woody biomass.
Leadership
A team that has built hydrogen infrastructure before.
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Robert Wise
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Founder, Chief Scientist and Chairman. Robert built California’s first retail hydrogen fueling station, at a BP site near Los Angeles International Airport, dedicated in 2004. He is the inventor behind HydrogenXT’s granted U.S. patent on a hydrogen fuel distribution network and self-funded the company’s early development.
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Ken Cavallon
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Leads strategy, operations, and corporate development. Ken has held senior roles at Fortune 500 firms such as Microsoft, IBM, and Lumen, and at five companies through successful exits, including Docusign, Tier 3, Blue Box, Conga, and Youreka, and brings early technology leadership in AI and data infrastructure.
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Karl Tussy
Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer
Leads go-to-market, partnerships and government affairs. Karl spent more than 30 years in engineering and technology leadership at Microsoft and has worked in hydrogen for nearly a decade.
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Paul L. Hart
Chief Financial Officer
Leads finance and budgeting. Paul has served as CEO, CFO and director of public and private companies listed on NASDAQ, the TSX and European markets, across energy storage, biotech and software.
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Kym Carey
Chief Development Officer
Leads site selection, engineering, development and construction. Kym managed the permitting and construction of hydrogen stations across California at FirstElement Fuel and works closely with OEMs and policymakers.
Memberships
Proud supporters of the hydrogen economy.
HydrogenXT is a member of the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Partnership. We work alongside automakers, energy companies, station developers and public agencies to share what we learn and solve the problems that slow hydrogen stations and fleets.
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Member
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Partnership (H2FCP)
A collaboration of government and industry leaders working to build the market for hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles and the stations that serve them.
How we work
Operators, not promoters.
- Close to the load. Production sits where fuel and power are used.
- Contract first, build second. Sites follow committed demand.
- Repeatable by design. One template, improved site by site.
- Accountable on carbon. Measured across the whole pathway, with zero as the target.
Want to build with us?
Fleets, partners, agencies, press and prospective team members: we'd like to hear from you.