Jackson Switzer is founder and CEO of Red Metals, a Charleston, South Carolina company that converts copper scrap into high-conductivity copper rod, aiming to rebuild domestic copper refining and shorten the supply chain from months to days. Before founding Red Metals, he worked at Redwood Materials in business development and market strategy. Red Metals is backed by Gigascale Capital, Future Ventures, MCJ, and Redwood Materials CEO JB Straubel, who has publicly praised Switzer's technical depth and operational focus.