Ralph Robinett was appointed SVP and Chief Operating Officer in April 2026. 

Mr. Robinett brings more than 25 years of global operations, manufacturing, supply chain, and transformation leadership experience across advanced technology and clean energy businesses. He has led large-scale operational organizations, built and expanded manufacturing facilities in multiple regions, driven cost reduction and productivity improvement initiatives, and helped commercialize innovative technologies at scale.

Prior to Ballard, Mr. Robinett served as Chief Operating Officer at GAF Energy, where he led manufacturing, supply chain, new product deployment, factory expansions, and automation design for the company’s rapidly growing solar roof business. He has also held senior leadership positions at Celestica, Velodyne LiDAR, and SunPower, where he oversaw international manufacturing, implementation of automation strategy, and supply chain transformation.

Mr. Robinett holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a Six Sigma Black Belt.