Energous appoints Mallorie Burak as CFO

Energous announced that the board of directors appointed Mallorie Burak as Energous’ CFO effective January 15. Susan Kim van-Dongen, the Company’s prior Interim Chief Financial Officer, stepped down on January 15. Burak has over 17 years of experience in chief financial executive roles for private, NASDAQ, and OTCQX-listed technology companies. Before joining Energous, Burak served as President and CFO of Knightscope, an advanced public safety technology company, CFO of ThinFilm Electronics ASA, a solid-state lithium battery start-up, and CFO of Alta Devices, a GaAs thin-film solar technology start-up. Ms. Burak’s experience extends to advisory roles at Locale, SSG Capital Advisors LLC, and SIM-X Tactical Solutions, as well as President and CFO at FriendFinder Networks Inc., and CFO positions at Rainmaker Systems, Inc., FoodLink, and Vice President, Finance and Acting CFO at Southwall Technologies.