Livio Gambone recently joined Nikola Motor as the head of hydrogen storage, responsible for the development, testing and approval of the high pressure hydrogen fuel storage system onboard Nikola’s new Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell powered trucks. He was formerly responsible for CSA Group’s hydrogen test facility which is equipped to perform design qualification, certification and upset condition testing of hydrogen vehicle and fueling infrastructure components. Livio is a technical advisor on compressed natural gas (CNG) and hydrogen-related technical matters to government agencies such as Natural Resources Canada, Transport Canada (Road Safety), U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Transportation (NHTSA). He is also an expert in the failure analysis of metallic and composite reinforced pressure vessels and has been involved as an expert witness in numerous failure investigations involving litigation.