Michael Werle

Dr. Michael Werle serves as a Technical Advisor to Halo Energy and is a member of the company's Board of Directors. Previously, Dr. Werle was a founder and senior technical advisor of Ogin Inc., a leading clean tech company that developed advanced shrouded wind-turbine technology which was sold to Vestas Wind Systems A/S in 2017.

Prior to Ogin, Dr. Werle worked at United Technologies Corporation serving as its Director for International and External Programs in the Office of Science & Technology. He is a former member of Connecticut’s Board of Governors for Higher Education as well as a past President of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. Dr. Werle spent 10 years on the faculties of the University of Cincinnati and Virginia Polytechnic Institute as a Professor of Engineering and has also worked in two US Navy research laboratories.

Dr. Werle has consulted with and advised numerous US and European companies and government agencies. He has over 60 patents, advised and graduated 14 PhDs and has published over 50 papers in referred journals. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.