Executive Management

Thomas Healy is the CEO at Hyliion, leading the company’s strategic growth in the commercial transportation industry. A mechanical engineer by trade with a passion for racing and motorsports, he founded the company in 2015 with the mission to bring the advantages of hybrid technology to tractor trailers. Under his leadership, Hyliion has raised $52 million in capital to date and acquired Gentherm’s battery division to fuel its ongoing innovation in hybrid electric technology.

A serial entrepreneur, Thomas founded two prior start-ups and was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2017. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a dual bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and engineering and public policy.

Gallagher has extensive background in strategic planning, growth initiatives, and process implementation in the commercial vehicle and automation industries. He joins Hyliion from Jacobs Vehicle Systems, where he served as President of the industry-leading supplier to the heavy-duty commercial truck market. Previously in his career, he has held executive roles within Danaher and Fortive where he successfully led a number of global business units. Gallagher graduated from the University of Lowell with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.

Jon worked for the past 26 years at Union Pacific, one of the nation’s largest railroads. His most recent position was Senior Vice President of Intermodal Operations and he also served as Senior Vice President of Technology and Strategic Planning, Vice President and Treasurer, and Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis. As head of the Railroad’s information technology organization, Panzer was responsible for managing application development, technology infrastructure and cyber security.

Prior to joining Union Pacific, Jon served in the United States Navy as a nuclear engineer. Panzer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.

Lantz is a seasoned strategy and functional leader who has spent the last 20 years developing and leading operations and growth strategies for manufacturers in the mobility sector. Prior to joining Hyliion, Lantz served as the Vice President of Strategy for the Transportation Solutions Segment at TE Connectivity, a $15B electronics manufacturer.

Before TE Connectivity, Lantz served as the Chief Strategy Officer and executive leader responsible for advanced and shared engineering and global test labs at Meritor, Inc., a leading manufacturer of axles and brakes to the commercial vehicle industry. Additionally, Lantz spent many years advising Fortune 500 companies on a breadth of growth and operational topics while a strategist with Boston Consulting Group and Booz & Company.

Lantz holds three degrees from the University of Michigan, an MBA from the Ross School of Business, with a focus on corporate strategy and economics, a Masters in Manufacturing Engineering, and a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering.

Oxholm comes to Hyliion with more than two decades of domestic and international experience and a track record of managing complex business transactions, litigation and new market entries for some of the automotive and transportation sectors’ most advanced companies, including LoJack Corporation, Ford Motor Corporation and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

Most recently, he served as vice president, deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer for Meritor, Inc., a leading global provider of on and off highway commercial truck and other agricultural and military vehicle parts, systems and solutions. In that role, he supported and directed strategic and tactical corporate legal initiatives for the company’s largest business unit among other responsibilities.

Patrick Sexton is the CTO at Hyliion, where he develops, optimizes and implements powertrain solutions for Class 8 truck electrification. An experienced engineering and operations leader, Patrick has an extensive background in product development, commercialization, operations, program and change management, and organizational gap analysis.

Patrick previously served as director of engineering and powertrain innovations at Dana Incorporated. Prior to that, he held various engineering and consulting positions with General Compression, Fallbrook Technologies, AVL, Ricardo, Ford Motor Company and JCB. Patrick has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical and manufacturing engineering from Cork Institute of Technology and holds numerous technology patents.