Tod Higinbotham
CEO, ZincFive
Tod Higinbotham is Chief Executive Officer and a director of ZincFive, a Tualatin, Oregon-based manufacturer of nickel-zinc batteries and battery-based power solutions for data center, industrial, and transportation applications. ZincFive has announced a business combination with Spark I Acquisition Corp. through which it intends to become a publicly traded company.
Before becoming CEO, Tod served as ZincFive's Chief Operating Officer from 2020 to 2025 and as President of its Battery Division from 2016 to 2020. Prior to ZincFive, he was CEO of PowerGenix, the company that pioneered the nickel-zinc battery technology at the core of ZincFive's product portfolio. Earlier in his career, he held roles of increasing responsibility at ATMI, a specialty materials company serving the semiconductor industry, ultimately serving as Executive Vice President and General Manager, and led sales and marketing at Advanced Silicon Materials, a producer of high-purity polysilicon and silane gas.
Tod holds an MBA from the University of Washington.
