 AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 23, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Ideal Power Inc. Nasdaq: IPWR, pioneering the development and commercialization of highly efficient and broadly patented B-TRANTM bi-directional power switches, named Jeffrey S. Knapp Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Knapp is a semiconductor industry executive with 20 years of diverse experience in engineering, design, sales, marketing, and business development of semiconductor devices and products. 