Who We Are
Get to know our leadership team.

Steve Oldham
Chief Executive Officer
Steve leads Captura as a prominent entrepreneur and advocate in the carbon removal industry. He joins Captura after his former role as CEO at Direct Air Capture company Carbon Engineering.

CX Xiang
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
CX is a Research Professor of Applied Physics & Materials Science at Caltech, where the proprietary membrane technology used by Captura was developed. He is also the lead researcher at several ARPA-E studies. He co-founded Captura together with Harry.

Harry Atwater
Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder
Harry is a Professor of Applied Physics & Materials Science at Caltech. He is an experienced technology entrepreneur and a long-time pioneer in photovoltaics. Harry is Director of the DOE Energy Innovation Hub and a Member of the National Academy of Engineering. He co-founded Captura together with CX.

Christene Banda
Chief Operating Officer
Christene oversees Captura operations ensuring an inclusive team, a scalable business strategy and a unified vision. She has over 15 years of operations experience, most recently as President of a global product business.

Vladislav Sakharov
VP of Engineering
Vlad directs cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams for major new technology introduction, new product development, commercialization and technology transfer programs for scaling and large scale deployment of the Captura technology. He is an engineering/technology leader with experience that includes multiple management positions (GE, Wabtec, Volvo Group) and large scale international cooperations (CERN, ITER).