Lion Energy, a portable power solutions provider based in American Fork, has announced the appointment of Tyler Hortin as the company’s new CEO. Hortin has been part of Lion Energy since its founding and has been serving as president since 2022. He succeeds founder and former CEO Frank Davis, who died Jan. 27 after battling leukemia. The company also announced Brady Hoggan as the company’s new chief revenue officer.
“Frank Davis founded our company with a vision to help people become energy independent by providing a wide range of energy storage products meant to enrich daily life, whether that meant powering a camping trip, charging phones or laptops on the go or keeping the lights on during a disaster,” said Hortin. “I look forward to continuing to honor that legacy as we launch and enhance products like our whole home and large-scale commercial solutions. Lion Energy remains passionately committed to helping individuals, families and organizations have safe, reliable power where and when they need it.”
Hortin was a founding member of Lion Energy in 2012 along with Davis and Jim Ge. Prior to serving as president, Hortin served as Lion Energy’s chief financial officer from 2016 to 2022 and its chief operating officer from 2018 to 2022. He has more than 20 years of financial, manufacturing, emergency preparedness and supply chain experience and more than 10 years of energy storage experience. A certified public accountant in Utah, Hortin holds a bachelor’s degree in informational technology from Brigham Young University and received a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Hoggan will be focused on facilitating company growth by overseeing updates to manufacturing flow, strategizing to optimize processes and focusing on sales and marketing alignment. Prior to this role, he served as chief revenue officer at Plastics Resources Inc. and as chief operating officer at LGCY Power. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Utah State University as well as an MBA from Weber State University.