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Hayley: together at Lightship
Hayley: together at Proterra Inc
About
Hayley Cashdollar is Chief Operating Officer at Lightship. Her background includes engineering leadership, hardware development, and manufacturing, with experience leading cross-functional teams in early-stage product environments.
Chief Operating Officer at Lightship
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Lightship's investors · 9
ALLEGIS CAPITALPalo Alto · $10M checks · since 2024Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2024ClimacticSan Francisco · $1.5M – $3M checksCongruent VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2024Hyperguapsince 2024JetstreamSan FranciscoObvious VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $6M checks · since 2025Prelude VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025TechNexus Venture CollaborativeChicago · since 2024
Co-founders at Lightship
TK
Tobias KrausExecutive Officer, Director
TK
Toby KrausCo-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
BP
Benjamin ParkerFounder
Experience
- LightshipChief Operating Officercurrent2025 — presentColorado, United States
- LightshipHead of Operations2022 — 2026
- Proterra IncVP, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering2021 — 2022
- Proterra IncSenior Manager, Product Development Engineering2020 — 2022Burlingame, California, United States
- Proterra IncEngineering Manager, Automation and Power Systems2016 — 2020Burlingame, CA
- Proterra IncMechanical Design Engineer2016Burlingame, CA
- University of California, BerkeleyControls Reserach Engineer, Robotic Exoskeleton for Paraplegics2014 — 2015Berkeley, CA
- Tesla MotorsPowertrain Manufacturing Engineer2012 — 2014Fremont, CA
- University of Colorado BoulderResearch Apprentice, Micro Cryogenic Cooler Lab, Y.C. Lee Group2011 — 2012Boulder, CO
- MIT Lincoln LaboratorySummer Research Intern2011Lexington, MA
- NOAAInfrasound Research Group Student Affiliate/Intern2009 — 2010Boulder,CO
- University of Colorado at BoulderDigital Explorations Development Team Member2010Boulder, CO
- NISTThermodynamic Research Center Student Affiliate/Intern2008 — 2009Boulder, CO
Skills & more
SolidWorksMatlabLabviewAutoCADMicrosoft OfficePowerPointC++Embedded SystemsCATIAAnalysisManagementStrategy
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LeadershipHuman-robot InteractionRoboticsManufacturingMechatronicsDesign for ManufacturingData AnalysisResearchAutomationEngineeringStatisticsMechanical DrawingsLanguages English
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- Who is Hayley Cashdollar?
- Hayley Cashdollar is Chief Operating Officer at Lightship. Her background includes engineering leadership, hardware development, and manufacturing, with experience leading cross-functional teams in early-stage product environments.
- Where does Hayley Cashdollar work?
- Hayley Cashdollar is Chief Operating Officer at Lightship.
- Where did Hayley Cashdollar go to school?
- Hayley Cashdollar studied at University of California, Berkeley (Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering - Controls); University of Colorado Boulder (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering).
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