Jeffrey Brian Straubel (born December 20, 1975) is part of the founding team and the former Chief Technical Officer of Tesla Inc.
At Tesla, Straubel oversaw the technical and engineering design of the vehicles.
Straubel also had responsibility for new technology evaluation, R&D, technical diligence review of key vendors and partners, IP, and systems validation testing.In addition to his work at Tesla, Straubel was also on the Board of Directors for SolarCity.
He is also a lecturer at his alma mater, Stanford University, where he teaches the Energy Storage Integration class in the Atmosphere and Energy Program.
On a press call on July 25, 2019, Elon Musk announced JB was stepping down from his day-to-day role as an executive at the automaker.