Pete Johnson is the CEO and co-founder of Koloma, Inc. He has spent most of the last decade working in the clean hydrogen industry. Prior to founding Koloma, Pete was a Partner at Azimuth Capital Management, a private equity firm, where he led their Energy Transition investment strategy.

​Before joining Azimuth, Pete was Co-Founder, President, and Chief Technology Officer of Monolith Materials, a leading methane pyrolysis business that produces carbon-free hydrogen and carbon materials from natural gas. Prior to founding Monolith, Pete served as Director of Engineering at Ausra, a solar thermal technology company that was acquired by AREVA.

Pete received a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelors Degree in Physics from the University of Utah. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of California and holds multiple patents in various technical fields. He has also been an advisor to the US Department of Energy and State Department for clean hydrogen strategies.

Pete is an avid surfer, mountain biker, and ski mountaineer, but spends most of his free time coaching soccer and enjoying an outdoor oriented family life in Northern California with his wife and four kids.