Cheryl Martin is Founder & Principal at Harwich Partners. Until November 2018 she was a member of the Managing Board at the World Economic Forum where she was responsible for a range of industry and innovation initiatives. Prior to joining the Forum, Martin served as Acting Director for the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), a United States Department of Energy initiative.[1] In addition, she was the Deputy Director for Commercialization at the agency where she led ARPA-E’s Technology-to-Market program, which helps breakthrough energy technologies succeed in the marketplace.