Leadership Team
Meet Our Management Team

Will Graylin
Chief Executive Officer

Will Graylin
Chief Executive Officer
Indigo is led by Will Graylin, a serial entrepreneur with a superb track record of leading companies from inception through establishment and successful exits. He has founded 6 high-tech ventures, been an executive leader and board member for Fortune 500 companies, a military officer, and is an active philanthropist.
Will joined Indigo in 2019 as CEO to bring Indigo’s technologies to commercialization. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of OV Loop, Inc., an Everywhere-Commerce platform (think WeChat for the Americas) providing 1-Tap or Hands Free messaging and payments for people and businesses to better interact and transact on virtually any device, anywhere.
Prior to OV Loop and Indigo, he was Global Co-GM of Samsung Pay after Samsung acquired his company, LoopPay. Will also founded ROAM Data, the world’s largest white label supplier of Square-like mPOS solutions, which enabled millions of merchants around the world to accept payment cards; Prior to ROAM, Mr. Graylin founded WAY Systems, the world’s first pocket-sized mobile point-of-sale provider (acquired by Verifone) and EntitleNet, a security software company (acquired by BEA Systems/later Oracle).
Will holds dual masters degrees from MIT, and served in the US Navy as a nuclear submarine officer.

Phil Van Wormer
Chief Commercial Officer

Phil Van Wormer
Chief Commercial Officer
Phil Van Wormer leads Indigo’s commercialization efforts, leveraging 35 years of experience in leading global revenue growth for a wide variety of businesses including high performance materials, transportation & logistics technology, fleet management and electric vehicles. Prior to joining Indigo, he was the CEO of ev Transportation Services which was focused on developing integrated “transportation as a service” solutions for a novel 3-wheeled essential services electric vehicle platform. Prior to evTS, he served in an executive capacity at a number of Fortune 500 and technology startups including DuPont, GE Capital TIP, APL Logistics and TotalTrax. He has been involved in a number of entrepreneurial endeavors including wireless telecommunications, off-grid solar systems, energy storage and advanced materials including graphene. Mr. Van Wormer holds a Chemical Engineering degree from Tufts University.

Volker Kaese
Chief Technology Officer

Volker Kaese
Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Volker Kaese brings over 20 years of vehicle innovation and development to spearhead Indigo’s vehicle programs as Chief Technology Officer. He was previously Head of Product Innovation Management at Audi for 7 years and led the development of the show cars as Audi Strom SUV and the Audi Aicon. While at Volkswagen he was head of the XL1 project and the group materials lab as well quality planning for chassis, suspension and battery systems. Dr. Kaese has a wealth of experience in startup innovation and is the inventor of magnesium implants for the human body. He holds a Ph.D from Leibniz University of Hannover and 2 dozen international patents. His heart is in bringing innovations to customers.

Joseph Santiago
VP of Finance

Joseph Santiago
VP of Finance
Mr. Santiago joined Indigo in 2016 and is the head of finance and administration. He brings over two decades of experience enabling growth at venture backed companies as well as M&A transactions. Mr. Santiago started his career at Ernst & Young as an Audit Manager and is a CPA and a CGMA.

Jason Michas
VP of of Product Management

Jason Michas
VP of of Product Management
Jason Michas brings over 10 years of entrepreneurial, managerial, and product experience to define Indigo's product strategy. He has a wealth of software expertise critical to developing a software defined vehicle, which is central to Indigo's vision. Prior to Indigo, he held a product leadership role at SmartThings, Samsung's IoT and smart home offering. Prior to SmartThings, Jason was the Co-Founder and CEO of Unclip, a machine learning, computer vision, and video editing startup, which was acquired by Samsung. Jason has a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Harvard University.
Board of Directors and Advisors

Will Graylin – Chairman
- CEO of OV Loop & Indigo
- Former Global Co-GM at Samsung Pay
- Board of Directors at Synchrony Financial

Jim Phillips – Vice Chairman
- Former Chairman/Executive Director – FedEx Institute of Technology
- Former Executive of iPIX Corp., Telular, Motorola, Skytel, Nortel
- Member of the American Council on Competitiveness.

Mark Norman – Board of Directors
- Managing Partner – First Move Capital
- Former CEO – Chrysler Canada
- Former President – ZipCar

Dr. Horst Glaser – Board of Advisors
- Former CTO – Audi

Ian Hunter – Board of Directors
- Chief Inventor at Indigo
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Thermodynamics at MIT
- General Motors R&D Academic Research Fellow

George Wallner – Board of Advisors
- CTO of OV Loop
- Former CTO of LoopPay and Samsung Pay
- Founder and CEO of Hypercom

Peter Hazlehurst – Board of Advisors
- CEO and Advisor to multiple FinTech, mobile payment and marketplace companies
- Former General Manager of Uber Money

Harry Campbell – Board of Advisors
- Owner and blogger of The Rideshare Guy
- Followed by hundreds of thousands of monthly viewers and gig drivers

Bran Ferren – Board of Advisors
- Chief Creative Officer of Applied Minds
- Former President of R&D for The Walt Disney Company