As the energy transition unfolds, energy generation, distribution, storage, and use are evolving rapidly. Traditionally, carbon-based fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas are readily distributed and have served as energy storage media for the power and transportation sectors. With the growth of lower-carbon energy technologies, particularly wind and solar power, there is a need for high-performing, cost-effective solutions that provide analogous storage and distribution services to traditional fuels and enable effective use of these renewable electrons. The talk will include a brief introduction to key challenges whose solutions are central to successful, expanded deployment of electrochemical energy storage technologies. This will be followed by selected examples of ongoing electrochemical research that illustrate one energy company’s approach to R&D, in order to answer questions about fundamental phenomena that have the potential to redefine present understanding of electron storage and charge carrier transport processes and enhance the performance, energy density, and lifetime of electrical energy storage systems. Finally, elements of my professional experience will be highlighted that led me to electrochemical sciences and have been central to the global energy storage research program which I lead. These include the role and navigation of interfaces within and among technical disciplines and business functions.