Leadership

Toby Kraus is the Co-founder and CEO of Lightship, where he is leading the effort to bring electrification to the RV industry. He has spent his career advancing electric vehicle technology across consumer and commercial transportation, with leadership roles at Tesla and Proterra.

Toby Kraus is the Co-founder and CEO of Lightship, where he is leading the effort to bring electrification to the RV industry. He has spent his career advancing electric vehicle technology across consumer and commercial transportation, with leadership roles at Tesla and Proterra.

At Tesla, Toby worked in finance and product management, including overseeing product management for the Model S. At Proterra, he led the Proterra Powered business unit and helped scale the company’s finance and strategy organization as electric vehicle deployments grew across North America.

Ben Parker is the Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Lightship, where he leads product vision and development for a new generation of electric RVs. Before co-founding Lightship, Ben spent five years at Tesla as a battery engineer, contributing to the Model 3 and next-generation battery programs during a pivotal period of scale and innovation. His background combines deep technical expertise with a longstanding passion for electrification, design, and outdoor travel.

Ben’s work at Lightship is driven by a belief that better products can help modernize the RV industry and make more sustainable, connected experiences in the outdoors possible.

Hayley Cashdollar brings hardware and manufacturing engineering leadership across EVs, robotics, and emerging technology to her role as Chief Operating Officer at Lightship. She began her career at Tesla and a UC Berkeley robotics lab before joining Proterra, where she led Advanced Manufacturing Engineering and launched vehicle charging and battery production lines.

At Lightship, she oversees production, supply chain, program management, and field service; building the operational foundation to scale the first fully electric RV from early production to thousands of units annually.

Nick Herron has been developing electric vehicle systems for close to 20 years, with a heavy focus on high voltage batteries, power electronics, and propulsion systems. This has spanned electric motorcycles at Alta Motors, to large electric buses at Proterra, to passenger cars at GM and Tesla.

Here at Lightship he overseas all engineering development and test, having previously headed the power systems engineering team. In his free-time, he enjoys tinkering with old cars and motorcycles, electrifying new things, and enjoying the outdoors with his wife and two kids.

Rob leads Lightship’s design and brand efforts, spearheading the design vision for the AE.1, the market’s first mass-produced all-electric travel trailer. An award-winning international designer with over 20 years of experience, Rob specializes in building innovative brands and categories from a blank sheet of paper.

Prior to Lightship, Rob served as Chief Creative Officer at Rivian, where he led the brand and vehicle design vision for the R1T and R1S. Before Rivian, he held senior design leadership roles at Nike and The North Face and began his career as an exterior automotive designer at the Jeep brand.

Rory Marsh currently serves as SVP of Commercial at Lightship, where he leads go-to-market strategy, marketing, and multichannel sales. He previously headed the company's finance and business operations, steering it through multiple capital raises and growing the company from fifteen to well over one hundred employees.

Previously, he lead finance on Model X and Model 3 programs at Tesla, and consulted for McKinsey & Company. Rory holds a B.A. from Yale University. He enjoys endurance sports and can be found cycling the backroads north of Denver.

Allie St. Amand has spent most of her career in growing startups, building People Operations from the ground up. She specializes in creating scalable systems across the employee lifecycle that help teams move quickly without losing what makes them great.

Energized by the climate and EV space, she’s focused on scaling Lightship thoughtfully while building a strong, meaningful culture.