Johannes Ariens

Johannes Ariens is the General Manager of Truck Group Holdings, a zero-emission dealer group spanning the North Western United States which represents numerous zero-emission truck manufacturers from classes 1-8, including Nikola, who is the market leader in FCEV deployments for the class eight category.  He is a go-to-market startup leader specializing in early-stage technology adoption and commercialization with experience in B2C and B2B businesses.  Through this work, he has developed expertise in investing and capitalizing early-stage companies as a partner to leading single and multi-family offices, VC, PE, and institutional-grade credit organizations across multiple sectors.  He is an active investor and professionally advises on cross-sector investment strategies.  His education includes a PMC in alternative finance from Harvard Business School.