Meet the people building the future of materials.

Before Jackie joined the Matereal team, she was Managing Director at Venture For ClimateTech, a $10M program she built and designed from the ground up. It was through that program that she met her cofounder at Matereal. Previously, she was Regional Director of the Americas at Techstars, covering their innovation communities from Canada through Argentina.

Before working with founders as a coach, Jackie was the CEO & cofounder of Revolar, a wearable safety technology company. She built that company and team from scratch and holds multiple patents. It was through Revolar that her journey in climate tech began, and where she witnessed plastic factories firsthand — and became one of the first Latinas to raise millions from institutional investors, backed by investors including Foundry Group.

Jackie has been a contributing writer for several entrepreneurial books, most notably The Startup Way by Brad Feld, and shared her journey at Revolar as a contributor to Forbes.

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While pursuing a Textile Engineering degree at North Carolina State University, Ben worked at REI, interacting daily with customers and outdoor gear manufacturers — underscoring the importance of the customer's voice to a product's success. Following university, Ben worked at Patagonia, Inc., collaborating with international and domestic textile and apparel manufacturers and eventually leading material innovation strategy for the company's most technical materials.

He founded Outsider Innovation in November 2019, bringing technical expertise to customers in the textile, apparel, and adjacent industries. As Co-Founder and VP of Product at Matereal, Ben acts as the voice of the customer, translating applicator, manufacturer, and consumer feedback into an actionable product roadmap.

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Jordan is a dedicated and accomplished professional with a passion for sustainability and a proven track record in the field. His expertise lies in the intricacies of product development and the strategic scaling up of novel technologies. He has successfully brought products to market derived from polyurethane recycling, advanced composites recycling, and next-gen chemistries for semiconductors.

Jordan received a BS in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University in 2009.

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Jesse leverages his international work experience in consulting and sustainability, fluency in Mandarin, and legal and policy acumen to lead partnerships for Matereal across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Prior to Matereal, Jesse advised the Greentech Alliance — one of the world's largest climate tech venture industry associations — on its global relaunch and expansion. He also practiced law with Wilson Sonsini's Energy and Climate Solutions practice group, helping startups, companies, and nonprofits secure $1.8B+ in U.S. federal funding for clean energy technology infrastructure. He previously led U.S. federal policy advocacy for a Gates Ventures-backed clean energy venture ahead of its IPO, and advised the U.S. SEC's Senior Advisor on Climate & ESG on a climate financial risk disclosure rule.

Jesse holds degrees from Stanford (JD), Yale (MBA), and Middlebury College (BA), and is recognized as an emerging leader in climate tech, including recent invitations to judge the climate tech pitch competition at the 2026 Yale Innovation Summit.

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Michael's work at Matereal is focused on thermoplastic formula development, including additive packages and modified chemistries. He also works to scale up existing and new formulations to pre-pilot and pilot scales.

Prior to Matereal, Michael worked at Solid Power Inc. as a materials engineer focusing on next-generation solid-state lithium-ion electrolytes, developing a novel particle size control method for sulfide-based electrolytes. Before Solid Power, he developed and scaled a proprietary supercritical fluid extraction method at Charlotte's Web, alongside HPLC, SFC, and GC-MS analytical method development.

Michael received his bachelor's in Biochemistry, with a minor in Chemistry, from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

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Zixu is spearheading Matereal's R&D in waterborne dispersion, creating and refining the Aurora product line.

Prior to Matereal, Zixu served as a Postdoctoral Associate at Cornell University, developing thermal processing techniques for bonding and patterning thermoplastic urethane (TPU) for soft sensors, and designing new adhesion techniques for TPU and woven fabric composites. He also collaborated with physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital on novel endotracheal tubing with profile-sensing ability.

Zixu holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Houston, a Master of Science in Polymer and Plastics Engineering from the University of Akron, and a Bachelor's Degree in Materials Science and Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology.

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