What does it take to build a company that can scale from startup to the public markets? In this session, Hyliion Founder and CEO Thomas Healy shares his path from engineering student to leading a publicly traded energy technology company focused on transforming power generation. He is joined by Aram Attar, Founder of The VC Factory and creator of the Mindset-Based Investing framework, who draws on more than 20 years of venture, growth equity, and LBO experience to explore how the thinking of founders and investors ultimately shapes venture outcomes.
Aram Attar is the Founder of The VC Factory and creator of Mindset-Based Investing, a framework helping LPs and GPs improve Venture Capital returns by focusing on how Investors and Founders think.
He is also an active LP with a select group of funds whose GPs are receptive to his approach.
Earlier in his career, Aram spent 20 years in LBOs, Growth Equity, and Venture Capital, completing more than 50 transactions across three continents.
Thomas Healy is the Founder and CEO of Hyliion, where he is rethinking how electricity is produced. Hyliion’s mission is to accelerate the shift toward efficient, reliable, and on-site power generation. The company is developing the KARNO Power Module, a breakthrough solution engineered for the future of data centers, defense, commercial operations, and other energy-intensive industries.
Healy’s passion for racing and motorsports led him to Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy. That same drive led him to launch two startups while still in school and secure more than twenty patents in energy and advanced power technologies. He began a master’s in Mechanical Engineering before stepping away to build Hyliion full time.
In 2020, Hyliion went public, making Healy the youngest CEO of a publicly traded company at the time. Along the journey, the company has raised more than $750 million to advance its vision, and Healy was named to Forbes 30 Under 30. He is motivated by the opportunity to build technologies that address critical energy needs and create lasting global impact.
