Our Leadership
Shawn Gilbert
CEO/Principle/Founder

Shawn is a "tech startup veteran" with more than 20 years-experience building software products, teams, strategies and companies. As a tech entrepreneur, Shawn has led new product introduction in the data analysis, fuel management, and software development markets. As a founder, he saw the importance of the electric vehicle market for both environmental and a key emerging market. Shawn comes to Spark Fuel immediately from the fuel management industry where he held positions as Director of Sales and consulting. He holds a Bachelor's Degree from Texas State University and has expertise in many programming languages such as Javascript, JAVA, PHP, and MYSQL database development.

Kevin Dering
COO

Mr. Dering is another "startup veteran" with more than 10 years-experience building and shaping companies. Kevin has led new product introduction in the environmental and bio tech markets. He has led dramatic growth early-stage and mid-sized companies by unifying product and marketing strategies, along with implementing scalable marketing and sales processes. Kevin comes to Spark Fuel from another startup in the EV industry. He holds a BA from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Karen Yang
Controller

Karen provides leadership and management to the finance department, as well as financial strategy recommendations to the executive team. Her day includes overseeing all financial decisions, such as budgeting and planning, and ensuring timely and accurate reporting. Karen loves working in a challenging industry with a passionate and customer-oriented team. She’s a CPA and CGA with double majors in Finance and Accounting.

Trevor Cousins
Advisor

Trevor leads the development and rollout of the company’s growth strategy and works with his team to drive its vision and mission. He began his career as a captain in the United States Air Force, spent over a decade at GE Power and GE Oil & Gas, and was previously the president and CEO of a PE-backed upstream manufacturing company serving the energy sector.