InCharge Energy
InCharge Energy does not announce itself with noise. It shows up in the places where failure is expensive and silence means everything is working. Founded in 2018 in Santa Monica by Cameron Funk and Terry O’Day, the company was built on firsthand exposure to the early friction of electrification, where fleets were sold hardware but left alone with complexity. Cameron Funk understood the gap because he had lived it, and that perspective still drives the company forward, now with Rich Mohr stepping in as CEO in January 2025 after leadership roles at ChargePoint and Ryder, while Cameron Funk shifts to Executive Board Chair with a clear line of sight into what comes next.
The mission is simple to say and hard to execute. Make fleet electrification actually work. Not in theory, not in pilot decks, but in depots where time is money and downtime is a headline nobody wants. InCharge Energy built a full stack to handle that pressure. Design, engineering, procurement, installation, software, and long term service all sit under one roof. The InControl platform keeps watch over the network like a night shift supervisor who never blinks, while InService steps in across brands to keep chargers alive, not just installed. This is not a parts business. It is a responsibility business.
The leadership bench reflects that mindset. Terry O’Day continues to shape operations as a co founder who knows where the bodies are buried and how to avoid digging new holes. Nikolas Runge, serving as CTO, brings product discipline into a world that punishes guesswork. Zeb Dawson, VP of Service Operations, leans into the reality that uptime is the product. Obrie Hostetter, VP of Financial Products, connects the capital dots so fleets can move without choking on upfront costs. Different lanes, same road.
Backed by ABB as a majority owner, InCharge Energy is not swinging for attention. It is building leverage. The company has earned recognition from Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in 2024, but the real signal sits in the customer mix across fleets, dealers, school districts, and public agencies who do not have time for experiments. They need outcomes. InCharge delivers by acting less like a vendor and more like the grid’s right hand.
Culture here is not a poster on a wall. It is a bias toward fixing what is in front of you and owning the result. Engineers sit close to field technicians. Software talks to hardware. Decisions trace back to performance, not opinions. If you want clean abstractions, this is not your stop. If you want to build something that has to work every day, in the real world, under load, now we are talking.
They are hiring across engineering, field service, project delivery, and operations. People who do not flinch at complexity. People who understand that infrastructure is not sexy until it fails. Explore roles and decide if you want to stand near the hum or just read about it later.