The Business of Plugging In 2009 Conference

SPEAKERS

Ganesh "Ananth" Ananthasubramaniam, DTE Energy Ventures, Inc.

Ananth Ananthasubramaniam joined the group in 1995, and has led several DTE Energy investments. He has been on the board as a director and/or an observer in Pentadyne Power Inc., Solena, Real Energy and Cell Tech.

Prior to joining DTE Energy, Mr. Ananthasubramaniam was a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton and EDS.

Mr. Ananthasubramaniam has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from IIT Madras, an M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Florida, and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Michael G. Andrew, Director of Government Affairs and External Communications, Hybrid Battery Systems, Johnson Controls Andrew, Mike

Michael Andrew is director of Government Affairs and External Communications-Hybrid Battery Systems at Johnson Controls. He is responsible for communications with global legislators on the benefits of alternative transportation sources, with a specific focus on hybrid technology. He has global responsibility to work with the public sector to drive hybrid technology awareness in order to help accelerate the marketplace. As part of his governmental responsibilities, he has oversight responsibility for USABC and DOE technology development contracts.

Most recently, Mr. Andrew served as program manager for Johnson Controls' lithium-ion battery program with the United States Advanced Battery Consortium. Since joining the company in 1979, Mr. Andrew has worked on several advanced battery technology programs, including electrical vehicle battery development for the Department of Energy and Bipolar battery development for the United States Air Force and the CIA. He has served as the project manager for five United States Government-sponsored programs.

Mr. Andrew was previously the design manager for the Johnson Controls Inspira® lead-acid battery, an ultra high power design that achieved new benchmarks in specific power and power density for lead-acid batteries. Mr. Andrew holds ten patents and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers. He earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical process engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Dennis Assanis, Director, Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute, University of Michigan

Dr. Assanis is a researcher known internationally for his vision of a cleaner, more efficient generation of transportation energy. Dr. Assanis's work has focused on developing new transportation technologies that minimize the use of fossil fuels and generate reduced greenhouse gases and pollution. He directs the U-M Automotive Research Center, the Walter E. Lay Automotive Laboratory, and the Multi-University Consortium on Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engine Research. He also is co-director of the General Motors Collaborative Research Laboratory on Engine Systems.

Dr. Assanis is the Jon R. and Beverly S. Holt professor of engineering and an Arthur F. Thurnau professor who leads the energy institute to develop, coordinate, and promote the vast array of multidisciplinary energy research, policy, and education at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Assanis joined the University of Michigan in 1994 as a professor of mechanical engineering, coming from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is an advisory professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China and was an adjunct research scientist at the Energy and Environmental Systems Division of Argonne National Laboratory.
Dr. Assanis is recognized internationally for his innovative development of modeling methodologies and experimental techniques to shed light on complex thermal, fluid, and chemical processes in internal combustion engines to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions. The engine system simulations he has developed with his students and collaborators are being used in industry and national laboratories.

Dr. Assanis has published, with his students and collaborators, more than 250 articles in journals and conference proceedings. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Dr. Assanis received his bachelor's degree in marine engineering from Newcastle University, United Kingdom. He holds four graduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: a master's degree in naval architecture and marine engineering, a master's in mechanical engineering, a doctorate in power and propulsion, and a master's degree in management from MIT's Sloan School of Management.

Michael Bull, Director of Technology: Automotive, Novelis North American

Michael Bull is director of Technology: Automotive for Novelis North American (Novelis was spun-off from Alcan and has recently been acquired by Hindalco). In his current role, he sits at the interface between the customer, Novelis's production facilities, and the R & D group.

In the last 20 years, Mr. Bull has been fortunate to work on many automotive projects, including many of the well-known Aluminum-Intensive Vehicles (AIVs) and numerous closure and structure programs in Europe, North America, and Japan.

Mr. Bull is chairman of the Technical Committee for the Aluminum Transportation Group (ATG) within the Aluminum Association. This group seeks to promote aluminum as an effective, safe, and environmentally friendly, lightweight material for automotive and other transportation applications.

Mr. Bull's formal background is in material development and deformation behavior and has led the development of a number of sheet alloys currently widely used in automotive applications. His presentation will highlight what various manufacturers are doing in applying aluminum to lightweight their vehicles-either as a complete AIV, or as a material integrated in with other materials.

Thomas E. Cain, Managing Partner, Sail Venture Partners

Tom Cain has a deep understanding of technology, operations and their business interface, and enjoys building businesses with genuine passion. He is a recognized leader in energy investing, cleantech technologies and information technology, having founded, grown and managed some of the leading organizations in these categories. He currently serves on eight corporate boards, two of which he chairs; has been a director in numerous public and private companies, and has overseen businesses in many countries around the world. For SAIL, Mr. Cain serves as a director in Xtreme Power, Enerpulse, SNTech, Townsend Advanced Energy, Kokam America, Ice Energy, Cleantech Capital Group, and Oryxe Energy.

Mr. Cain's unique professional experience includes holding active patents in electrical device efficiency and IT pioneering of application RTL development leading to the modern day "DLL" architecture as well as taking over, restructuring and growing companies, adding tremendous value and engineering successful exit strategies. As founder and CEO of Distributed Architects International (DAI), a company he led for almost 30 years, he grew the organization into a leader in global supply chain, distribution and manufacturing software with its derivatives having offices throughout the world with thousands of employees. Mr. Cain retired as chairman of the board for the acquisition corporation when Mapics was acquired by Info Systems in 2001. He next focused on turnarounds in the oil and gas industry, accepting both chairman of public company positions and green fielding enterprises restarts.

Mr. Cain is a published author, of "Inside the Minds^TM Best Practices for Energy Venture Capital in 2008." His primary academic training is as an abstract mathematician from ASU.

Mr. Cain is a former member of the Arizona Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) where he founded the prestigious annual Global Supply Chain conference, chaired the MIT presidents seminar and group led the HBS presidents seminar. He is a current member of the World Presidents Organization (WPO.) He has business school graduate classes at both MIT and HBS through YPO. Tom has a passion for Advanced Physics, Material Science and Electro-Chemistry as applied to Clean Technologies.

Richard Canny, Chief Executive Officer, Think

Richard Canny was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Think in October, 2008. He joined Think as President and COO in August 2008. His deep automotive experience includes 25 years with Ford Motor Company, including key leadership roles as President of Ford South America and Director of Global Strategic Planning.

An Australian, Mr. Canny began his career with Ford in 1983 in the manufacturing operations of Ford Australia in Melbourne. After rising through the ranks of Ford Australia, he held marketing assignments in Ford's World Headquarters in Michigan, USA and was then promoted to Managing Director of Ford Malaysia, a joint venture with Asian trading company Sime Darby.

Mr. Canny was President of Ford Argentina during the regional economic crisis of 2001 and 2002 and went on to become President of Ford South America, a multi-billion dollar revenue business with more than 10,000 employees, and seven manufacturing facilities in three countries. Prior to leaving Ford, Mr. Canny was in charge of Strategic Planning globally for Ford. He brings hands-on automotive experience from all the world's major automotive regions to Think and has managed each functional area during his career.

Mr. Canny holds a Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Yet Ming Chiang, Ph.D.
Kyocera Professor of Ceramics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Co-founder, A123Systems, Inc.

Professor Chiang's research focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of advanced inorganic materials and related devices. Current topics include new cathode and anode materials for lithium ion batteries, phase transformations in electroactive materials, electrochemical device design, electrochemical-to-mechanical energy conversion, self-assembling colloids, and the stability and defect chemical properties of interfaces in inorganic materials.

Wesley K. Clark, Chairman and CEO, Wesley K. Clark & Associates

General Clark serves as chairman and CEO of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, a strategic consulting firm; chairman of investment bank Rodman & Renshaw; chairman of Emergya Wind Technologies Americas; co-chairman of Growth Energy; senior fellow at UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations; director of International Crisis Group; and chairman of City Year Little Rock. General Clark has authored three books and serves as a member of the Clinton Global Initiative's Energy & Climate Change Advisory Board, and ACORE's Advisory Board.

General Clark retired a four star general after 38 years in the United States Army. He graduated first in his class at West Point and completed degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University (B.A. and M.A.) as a Rhodes Scholar. While serving in Vietnam, he commanded an infantry company in combat, where he was severely wounded and evacuated home on a stretcher. He later commanded at the battalion, brigade and division levels, and served in a number of significant staff positions, including service as the Director Strategic Plans and Policy (J-5). In his last assignment as Supreme Allied Commander Europe he led NATO forces to victory in Operation Allied Force, saving 1.5 million Albanians from ethnic cleansing.

His awards include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Defense Distinguished Service Medal (five awards), Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, honorary knighthoods from the British and Dutch governments, and numerous other awards from other governments, including award of Commander of the Legion of Honor (France).

David Cole, Ph.D., Chairman, Center for Automotive Research

David Cole is the chairman of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was formerly director of the Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation (OSAT) at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. He has worked extensively on internal combustion engines, vehicle design, and overall automotive industry trends.

Dr. Cole's recent research has focused on strategic issues related to the restructuring of the North American industry and trends in globalization, technology, market factors, and human resource requirements. He was formerly a member of the Energy Engineering Board of the National Research Council and the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Pact Select Panel. He is also a director of the Original Equipment Suppliers Association, as well as a director of six automotive supplier companies. In addition, Dr. Cole is a member of the Executive Committee of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and was recently appointed by Michigan’s Governor to the Strategic Economic Investment and Commercialization Board and the Michigan Renewable Fuels Commission. He was named a co-chair of Detroit Renaissance’s “Road to Renaissance” Project in the fall of 2006. At the University of Michigan he is a member of the Energy Research Council and Mechanical Engineering External Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Denso Foundation Board. He was formerly a director of the Automotive Hall of Fame and a member of the Board of Trustees of Hope College.

Dr. Cole is active in SAE, including serving two terms on the Board of Directors. In February 1986, he was named a fellow of SAE. He is also active in the Engineering Society of Detroit and was elected to fellow status in 1990. In 2000, he received the Engineering Society’s highest award, the Horace H. Rackham medal. In 1993, he received the National Automobile Dealers Association Foundation's International Freedom of Mobility Award. In 1994, Design News selected Dr. Cole as one of eight engineering leaders, and he was also selected to receive Sweden's Order of the Polar Star.

In the fall of 1998, Dr. Cole was named as the Marketing Educator of the Year by the Society of Marketing Executives. Additionally, he received the 1998 Rene Dubos Environmental Award for his contributions to the industrial ecology of the automobile and in 1999, Chevalier of the National Order of Merit from France. In addition, he received the 2008 Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Michigan

Dr. Cole also has been actively involved in the start-up of five different Ann Arbor-based companies. His technical and policy consulting experience includes a variety of assignments for industry, labor, and government and he has spoken to more than 1000 different groups on automotive issues.

Dr. Cole received his B.S.M.E. and Mathematics, M.S.M.E. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

Peter A. Darbee, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation

Peter Darbee is chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president of PG&E Corporation. Since becoming CEO in 2005, he has spearheaded major new initiatives to establish PG&E as an industry front-runner in customer satisfaction, operational excellence, and environmental leadership. Mr. Darbee joined PG&E Corporation in 1999 as senior vice president and chief financial officer. As CFO, he led the design and execution of PG&E's landmark financial reorganization following the California energy crisis. The effort proved to be one of the most successful corporate restructuring efforts ever completed. He also served as Pacific Gas and Electric Company's CEO and president from September 2008 through July 2009.

Before joining PG&E, Mr. Darbee was vice president and chief financial officer of Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. Prior to that, he was CFO and controller at Pacific Bell. He also was vice president and co-head of Goldman Sachs' energy and telecommunications group.

Mr. Darbee is a member of the Boards of Directors of PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. He is a member of the Edison Electric Institute Executive Committee, serves as chairman of the CEO Policy Committee on Public and Governmental Affairs and is a member of the CEO Board of the Clean Energy Group. In these roles, he has become one of the industry's most active leaders on the issues of climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energy, the "smart grid" and other aspects of energy and environmental policy. He also is active in numerous civic and community organizations at the national and state levels.

Mr. Darbee earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He has also successfully completed the Nuclear Reactor Technology Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

dandavids Dan Davids, President, Plug In America, pluginamerica.org

As president of Plug In America, Dan Davids has been instrumental in expanding the organization's reach beyond its California roots. Since becoming a director in 2007, this Seattle-based entrepreneur has been a key player in furthering Plug In America's growth as the preeminent non-profit advocacy group promoting the electrification of our nation's transportation system. An inveterate "car guy," he drives a factory-made all-electric Toyota RAV4 EV. His family's second car is a Hymotion-equipped plug-in Prius, capable of over 100 mpg. "Electric vehicles are the embodiment of working smarter and not harder," says Dan.

As a manager at Microsoft, Mr. Davids helped create and ship numerous successful software and hardware products. He has a particular interest in usability and interface design. Today, Dan is active in a number of businesses and organizations related to energy efficiency and the environment. These interests range from solar photovoltaics and green building to habitat restoration and animal rights. A lifelong environmentalist, he credits his experience in oceanography with teaching him about the interconnectedness of all life on earth.

Mr. Davids holds a bachelor of science degree in physics from Harvey Mudd College and a master's degree in business from Central Michigan University. Besides further graduate-level study in aeronautics and oceanography, he spent a quarter abroad as a student in the former Soviet Union. He is a licensed Airline Transport Pilot with numerous ratings and over 5,000 hours of flight time in over 50 types of aircraft. Dan has also competed at the professional level in formula race cars sanctioned by the SCCA.

Patrick Davis, Program Manager, Vehicle Technologies Program Office, U. S. Department of Energy

Patrick Davis is the Program Manager of the Vehicle Technologies Program Office at the U. S. Department of Energy. Vehicle Technologies supports over $270 million in annual research funding for hybrid drivetrains, advanced batteries, lightweight materials, advanced combustion and fuels, vehicle systems integration, and deployment activities. He is responsible for two major government industry partnerships, the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership and the 21st Century Truck Partnership. Patrick also serves on the Board of Directors of the American National Standards Institute.

Mr. Davis previously served as a senior advisor for transportation technologies in the office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, as the Acting Program Manager of the Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies, Team Leader for Hydrogen Production, Team Leader for Fuel Cell Technology, co-chair of two FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership Technical Teams, and the U.S. representative to the International Energy Agency's Hydrogen Implementing Agreement.

Mr. Davis is a Chemical Engineer with over 25 years of experience in the development of vehicle, alternative fuel, and electrochemical technologies.

Michael Delaney, Investment Professional, DTE Energy Ventures

Michael Delaney is an investment professional with DTE Energy Ventures (a DTE Energy company that invests in emerging energy technologies) focusing on energy storage, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and wind and nuclear generation. He also is an associate with the DTE Energy Corporate Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions group where he engages in enterprise-wide strategy development and analysis, including assessing the potential impacts and opportunities presented by plug-in electric vehicles.

Mr. Delaney earned a master of public policy degree from the University of Michigan, an M.S. in nuclear engineering from M.I.T., and a B.S. in engineering physics from the University of Michigan.

Kristin Dziczek, Director, Labor and Industry Group, Director, Program for Automotive Labor and Education, Center for Automotive Research

Kristin Dziczek is the director of Labor and Industry Group at the Center for Automotive Research (CAR). She is responsible for managing and conducting research projects on economic trends in the automobile industry, including employment, productivity, wages, benefits, education and training, occupations, labor agreements, plant locations, and capacity utilization, as well as forecasting and modeling employment and market demand. She also directs the Program for Automotive Labor and Education (PALE), a partnership of industry, labor, education, training, workforce development and a government official dedicated to meeting future automotive workforce needs, and is the primary author of CAR's "Beyond the Big Leave," study, which examines future human resource needs of automakers and suppliers.

Ms. Dziczek has 20 years of experience as a researcher and policy analyst. Prior to joining CAR, she served as the associate director of the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center, and has worked for the U.S. Congress, the International Union UAW, and General Motors Corporation.

Ms. Dziczek has published articles in the Journal of Technology Transfer and the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, among others.

Ms. Dziczek earned her B.A. in economics, M.P.P. in public policy analysis, and an M.S. in industrial and operations engineering, all from the University of Michigan.

Anthony Earley Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DTE Energy

Anthony Earley has been chairman and chief executive officer of DTE Energy, a Detroit-based diversified energy company, since 1998. DTE Energy owns Detroit Edison, an electric utility serving 2.2 million customers in Southeastern Michigan and Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (MichCon), a natural gas utility serving 1.3 million customers in more than 550 communities throughout Michigan. DTE Energy also owns several nationwide non-utility companies engaged in providing energy services to large industrial customers, the transportation and storage of fuels such as natural gas and coal, energy trading and the development of unconventional gas resources.

Mr. Earley is currently a vice chair of the Edison Electric Institute, the trade association of investor utilities. In this role he is actively involved in the development of national policies on energy, the environment and climate change issues. As a former chair of the Nuclear Energy Institute, he has played an active role in revitalizing the nuclear industry in the United States.

Mr. Earley joined Detroit Edison as president and chief operating officer in March 1994. From 1989-1994, he served as president and chief operating officer of the Long Island Lighting Co. (LILCO), an electric and gas utility in New York. Prior to 1989, he served LILCO in several other positions, including executive vice president and general counsel. He joined LILCO in 1985 from the law firm of Hunton & Williams, where he had been a partner on that firm’s energy and environmental team.

Mr. Earley serves on the board of directors of MASCO Corporation and Ford Motor Company, the Nuclear Energy Institute, Edison Electric Institute, Detroit Renaissance, the Detroit Zoological Society, United Way for Southeastern Michigan and Cornerstone Schools. He is on the Department of Energy’s Electricity advisory board, the advisory board for the College of Engineering for the University of Notre Dame and the listed member advisory board for the New York Stock Exchange.

Mr. Earley earned a bachelor of science degree in physics, a master of science degree in engineering and a law degree, all from the University of Notre Dame. He served as an officer in the United States Navy nuclear submarine program, where he was qualified as a chief engineer officer.

johnferris John R. Ferris, Program Planning Manager, Electric Vehicles (Chevrolet Volt / Voltec) and Electric Infrastructure, Energy & Environmental Policy and Commercialization, General Motors Company

Mr. Ferris has over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry including multi-year assignments in corporate finance, corporate strategy, product planning and advanced vehicle development.

Mr. Ferris was a member of the Chevrolet Volt Concept Team and was responsible for leading the Chevy Volt Program Execution Team through the architectural and program definition phases of General Motor's global vehicle development process. He is currently managing go-to-market activities and electric infrastructure development for the Chevy Volt.

Mr. Ferris started his GM career at Saturn Corporation and holds a M.B.A. from the University of Chicago (Booth School of Business).

Gregory Fisher, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fisher Coachworks

Currently the founder and chief strategist for Fisher Coachworks, Greg Fisher’s 20-year career as president of FisherUnitech has afforded him a unique perspective of Detroit’s transportation industry. Before managing the growth cycle at Fisher/Unitech, he learned the ropes in the automotive field as an application engineer with Applicon, and later with Intergraph Corporation in Huntsville.

Prior to forming FisherUnitech, Mr. Fisher broadened his systems engineering background through 5-year tenure with Electronic Data Systems, which included international management experience at the Nissan Technical Center in Atsugi, Japan.

Mr. Fisher is an active member of YPO and holds a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from the University of San Diego.

fisker Henrik Fisker, Chief Executive Officer, Fisker Automotive

With the creation of Fisker Automotive, Inc., Danish-born Henrik Fisker, 45, has fulfilled a lifelong dream of designing and creating a range of beautiful cars that make environmental sense without compromise. In 20 years of auto design, he has left his thumbprint on some of the most highly regarded automobiles. His creations range from the BMW Z8, Aston Martin DB9 and the Aston Martin V8 Vantage to the Fisker Tramonto and Fisker Latigo CS coachbuilt automobiles.

In 2005, Mr. Fisker launched Fisker Coachbuild, LLC with partner Bernhard Koehler, where they revived the lost art of coachbuilding by combining beautiful design with existing world-class engineering. The result was the creation of the Fisker Tramonto, a two-seat convertible sports car, and the Fisker Latigo CS, an elegant coupe.

From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Fisker held prominent positions at Ford Motor Company. He was creative director for Ingeni, Ford's London-based design and creativity center, board of directors' member and design director for Aston Martin, and director of Ford's Global Advanced Design Studio (CAPC) in Irvine, California. Designed under his direction were the Lincoln Zephyr concept -- now in production -- and the Shelby GR1, showcased at the 2005 Detroit Auto Show.
In January 2001, Mr. Fisker became president and chief executive officer of BMW's California-based industrial design subsidiary, Designworks/USA. Some of his most notable works include the Z07 concept (1997) and the Z8 roadster (1999).

Upon graduating from The Art Center College of Design in 1989, Mr.Fisker began his career in Germany at BMW's advanced design studio, BMW Technick GmbH.

William Clay Ford, Jr., Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company

Executive Chairman William Clay Ford, Jr., is leading the company that put the world on wheels into the 21st century. "The ongoing success of Ford Motor Company is my life's work," he says. "We want to have an even bigger impact in our next 100 years than we did in our first 100."

Mr. Ford joined the Board of Directors in 1988 and has been its chairman since January 1999. He serves as chairman of the board's Finance Committee and as a member of the Environmental and Public Policy Committee. He also served as chief executive officer of the company from October 2001 to September 2006, when he was named executive chairman.

As CEO, Mr. Ford improved quality, lowered costs and delivered exciting new products to customers. During his time in that position he took the company from a $5.5 billion loss in 2001 to three straight years of profitability. Through the years, his vision for the company has remained unchanged. "I want us to be a company that makes a difference in people's lives; one that delights its customers, rewards its shareholders and makes the world a better place," he says. "To do that we are focused on delivering desirable products, a competitive cost structure and a sustainable business model."

Mr. Ford joined Ford Motor Company in 1979 as a product planning analyst. He subsequently held a variety of positions in manufacturing, sales, marketing, product development and finance. During the breakthrough 1982 Ford - United Auto Workers labor talks, which launched the employee involvement movement that revolutionized the industry, he served on the company's National Bargaining Team.

In 1983, Mr. Ford began a 12-month course of study as an Alfred P. Sloan fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was elected chairman and managing director of Ford Switzerland in 1987.

As head of Business Strategy for the Ford Automotive Group in 1990, Mr. Ford led a team that set guidelines and made recommendations for establishing low-volume manufacturing plants in developing countries at a substantial savings in total cost and no loss of quality.

After being appointed general manager of Climate Control Division in 1992, Mr. Ford led a profit turnaround and a major improvement in product quality. He also established the company's first wildlife habitat at a plant location and the first automotive plant in the world to use 25% post-consumer materials in all of its plastic parts. While he was general manager the division won the President's Commission on Environmental Quality Award for replacing a hazardous chemical in a production process with water.

Mr. Ford was elected a company vice president and head of the company's Commercial Truck Vehicle Center in 1994. He left that position in order to assume the chairmanship of the Board of Directors' Finance Committee in 1995.

A lifelong environmentalist, Mr. Ford is committed to increasing shareholder value by developing products that please customers and benefit society. Under his leadership, in 2000 Ford Motor Company published its first corporate citizenship report outlining the economic, environmental and social impact of company products and operations around the world. In 2004, the company completed the world's largest brownfield reclamation project, the restoration of its Ford Rouge Center in metropolitan Detroit. "The Ford Rouge Center is one of the enduring symbols of the industrial age," he says. "We transformed the icon of 20th century integrated manufacturing into a model of 21st century lean, flexible and environmentally sensitive manufacturing. Over time, this facility will save us millions of dollars in energy and other costs. It's a new role model for industrial facilities around the world."

Mr. Ford also championed the Ford Escape Hybrid, the world's first hybrid-electric Sports Utility Vehicle. Introduced in 2004, Escape Hybrid was the first production hybrid designed, engineered and built by an American automaker, and the first built in North America. It can achieve up to 75 percent better fuel economy than the standard model in city driving. "Escape Hybrid was named North American Truck of the Year in 2005," he says. "It generated more than a hundred patents as well as new design techniques that we are using to develop other new products."

Mr. Ford's charitable, volunteer and business efforts are highlighted by his commitment to the city of Detroit. As vice chairman of the Detroit Lions professional football team, he led efforts to build a new, environmentally friendly stadium in Detroit that was the site of Super Bowl XL. Through Detroit Lions Charities, he helped develop the Detroit Police Athletic League youth football program into one of the largest in the country. He is chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Henry Ford, and a member of the Board of Directors of eBay Inc. and Detroit Renaissance, where he also serves as chair of the Executive Committee. He also is Chairman of the Board of the Economic Club of Detroit.

Mr. Ford holds a bachelor of arts degree from Princeton University and a master of science degree in management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Daniel Ford, CFA, Managing Director, Head of U.S. Utilities Equity Research, Barclays Capital

Dan Ford, CFA, is managing director and head of US Utilities Equity Research at Barclays Capital. In this position, he and his team are responsible for research coverage on a group of 46 energy stocks.

Prior to joining Barclays Capital in September 2008, Mr. Ford served as managing director at Lehman Brothers covering the United States electric utility and power industries. Previously, he covered electric utility stocks at ABN AMRO, HSBC Securities, Dean Witter, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley.

With more than a decade of experience in the industry, Mr. Ford has received a number of awards. Most recently, he was ranked first in the 2008 Institutional Investor All-Star Analyst Survey. He has been ranked in the top three in both the Institutional Investor All-Star Analyst Survey and Greenwich Survey since 2001.

Mr. Ford is a chartered financial analyst and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Dartmouth College.

ricfulop Ric Fulop, Founder & Vice President, Business Development, A123 Systems, Inc.

Ric Fulop co-founded A123Systems in 2001 to commercialize novel technology developed at MIT and is Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for the company. Over the past eight years he has helped A123 grow into the world's largest supplier of Phosphate based Lithium Ion batteries with over 1,800 employees and supply agreements with major automakers including BMW, Chrysler Fiat, Daimler, Volvo Truck and SAIC as well as the world's leading supplier of Lithium Ion systems for the electric grid providing major power companies like AES Corporation with multi-megawatt energy storage systems.

Mr. Fulop's experience in entrepreneurship includes founding six technology companies that have raised over $470M in industries as varied as energy storage, software, semi-conductors and wireless communications. One of his greater goals for A123Systems is to help promote clean energy technologies that can improve the world's carbon cycle by providing energy storage solutions to the transportation, and electric grid services markets.

Mr. Fulop has an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management where he was a Sloan Fellow.

John German, Senior Fellow, International Council for Clean Transportation

John German is a senior fellow for the International Council for Clean Transportation, with primary responsibility for technology innovation and United States policy development.

Mr. German has been involved with advanced technology and efficiency since joining Chrysler in 1976, where he spent 8 years in powertrain engineering, working on fuel economy issues. He then spent 13 years doing research and writing regulations for EPA's Office of Mobile Sources' laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His rulemaking work included Tier 2 standards, revisions to the Federal Test Procedure, cold temperature CO standards, and on-board diagnostics. His research and analytical work included fuel economy technology assessments, fuel economy modeling, computer models of second-by-second emissions, and nonroad emission inventories.

Prior to joining ICCT earlier this year, Mr. German spent 11 years as manager of Environmental and Energy Analyses for American Honda Motor Company. His responsibilities included anything connected with environmental and energy matters, with an emphasis on being a liaison between Honda's R&D people in Japan and regulatory affairs.

Mr. German is the author of a wide variety of technical papers, including the future of hybrid vehicles, light truck trends, factors affecting vehicle emissions, emission modeling, and energy demand modeling. He has given numerous presentations on hybrid vehicles at conferences and university seminars, including participation in the SAE Industrial Lectureship Program from 2001 to 2003. He wrote a book on hybrid gasoline-electric vehicles published by SAE for their Technology Profile series and wrote the chapter on hybrid-electric vehicles for the Encyclopedia of Energy. He is also the first recipient of the Barry D. McNutt award, presented annually by SAE for Excellence in Automotive Policy Analysis.

Mr. German has a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Michigan and got over half way through an M.B.A. before he came to his senses.

Dania Ghantous, Vice President, Technology & Battery Development, Imara Corporation

Dania Ghantous is vice president of technology and battery development for Imara Corporation, a high-power/high-energy next-generation lithium ion battery company targeting power tools, outdoor power equipment, and vehicle applications. In this role, she manages the research and development, battery design and testing teams for the development of innovative high-performance batteries.

Ms. Ghantous has more than 15 years of experience developing numerous materials and battery systems for primary and rechargeable applications in the areas of nanotechnology, medical devices, and cleantech. She has served in a series of key technical roles, driving product concepts from the lab to market in early stage companies.

Most recently, Ms. Ghantous was co-founder and technology director of NanoGram Devices Corporation. In this role, she used her expertise in nanotechnology to dramatically enhance the performance of implantable batteries, enabling defibrillators to last several years longer. She also successfully led a series of key engineering projects developing a range of nanomaterials-based power source systems.

The company was acquired for $50 million by Greatbatch, Inc. (NYSE:GB), the market leader for specialty power sources, just fourteen months after raising funding. Ms. Ghantous went on to serve as director and general manager of Greatbatch's Advanced Research Laboratories where she led the development of nanotechnology-based products for medical devices.

Previously, Ms. Ghantous was a senior engineer at Pinnacle Research Institute where she led the development of alternative materials for ultra capacitors in automotive applications. Prior to that, she was a research engineer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories where she worked on the development of advanced lithium-ion batteries for hybrid electric vehicles.

Ms. Ghantous is an inventor of several published and pending patents on novel materials and battery designs. She holds bachelor of science and master of science degrees in chemical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Daron Gifford, Vice President, Automotive Industry Practice, A.T. Kearney, Inc.

Daron Gifford is a vice president in the Automotive Industry Practice of A.T. Kearney, Inc., a leading global management consulting firm. He began his career with General Motors in 1975 as a GMI co-op student, and has worked or consulted with management in the automotive industry ever since.

From 1982 to 1986, Mr. Gifford worked in a variety of management roles for Gould Electronics, including manufacturing and engineering of electroplated copper foil for circuit boards, a similar component used for electrodes in today's lithium ion batteries. In 1986, he entered management consulting with Touche Ross (now known as Deloitte & Touche), and has worked as a consultant for much of the past 23 years. During that time, he was a partner for Deloitte, leading their global automotive practice, executive vice president of global sales and marketing at Covisint, chief executive officer of an Asian spin-off of Deloitte, vice president of Automotive for Volkswagen's gedas business, and a partner with KPMG as their automotive industry leader, leading up to his current position with A.T. Kearney.

Mr. Gifford is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration with a master of business administration, and General Motors Institute (now known as Kettering University) with a bachelor of industrial administration. He has received certifications in production and inventory management, and electroplating and surface finishing.

Philip G. Gott, Director, Automotive Consulting with the Global Automotive Group, Global Insight

Phil Gott is a director for Automotive Consulting within the Global Automotive Group of IHS Global Insight. He specializes in identifying technical/competitive advantages, and creating and implementing technical, business and/or market entry strategies to exploit them and achieve targeted business results. He has served the automotive industry since 1975 and has conducted a number of technology and market assessments or developed market entry strategies for many light vehicle technologies, including powertrain, electronic and mechanical systems, and advanced materials, as well as vehicles.

Mr. Gott was with Arthur D. Little (now TIAX, LLC) from 1973 to 1985, and was one of the founding members of ADL’s Automotive Technology Unit. Both at Little and HIS Global Insight, he has consulted to passenger car and truck original equipment, aftermarket component and material suppliers, as well as governmental agencies, including the EPA, DOT, DOE and NASA. He helps clients arrive at focused, implementable solutions to technically driven business problems. At other times, he has been involved in straight forward engineering research and development programs requiring innovative solutions to technical problems. He has assessed the market opportunities for both in-house and client technologies and participated in the development of a number of market entry, business and product plans. He assisted one client in raising 8 million dollars to develop a business around a high-risk technology. several clients substantially increased sales--one gaining sufficient market share to put a competitor out of business.

From 1985 to 1988, Mr. Gott was vice president and member of the Board of Directors of Barrack Technology Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Barrack Consulting, Inc. There, he was responsible for the establishment and operation of this international company's United States engine research and development laboratory and consulting operations. His challenge was to build that business as a professional, technical resource for the United States auto industry.

Mr. Gott has authored a number of industry publications including the award winning book, Changing Gears, a hardbound, 400+ page history of the automotive transmission and how the industry responded to different market, societal and business forces to develop new transmission technologies. "The Changing Automotive Industry and the “Roles of its Suppliers," is a 1981 SAE paper in which he foresaw the need for suppliers to take on what has now been called "simultaneous" or "concurrent" engineering and to undertake pro-active product development programs. His recent SAE paper, "Is Mobility As We Know It Sustainable," suggests solutions to the challenges facing the industry if it is to provide personal mobility to the burgeoning middle class of 2030.

Mr. Gott holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Lafayette College. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the honorary engineering fraternity, Pi Tau Sigma.

Robert Graham, Manager, Policy, Planning, and Infrastructure, Electric Transportation, Southern California Edison

Robert Graham is the manager of Policy, Planning, and Infrastructure within the Electric Transportation in the Transmission & Distribution Business Unit of Southern California Edison (SCE). Advanced Technology is SCE's R&D organization responsible for SmartGrid development which includes advanced grid technologies, electric transportation, smart metering and integration of energy-smart consumer products.

Prior to assuming his current job, Mr. Graham was the manager of Electric Transportation at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Palo Alto, California. During his time at EPRI, in partnership with SCE and other national utility organizations, he developed the nation's focus on Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles (PHEV). In this PHEV introductory role, he traveled extensively throughout the United States and around the globe to argue the benefits of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles which are today being developed by the automotive industry in the United States, Asia, and Europe.

Prior to his position at EPRI, Mr. Graham established and was project manager on the Federal Transit Administration financed Advanced Technology Transit Bus project which developed the first hybrid drive system in a heavy duty vehicle. In 2004, he was named by the transit industries "Metro Magazine" as one of the top 50 most influential people in public transit in the last 100 years.

Michael Granoff, Head of Oil Independence Policies, Better Place

Michael Granoff has been head of Oil Independence Policies for Better Place since its 2007 founding. In that capacity Mr. Granoff helps stakeholders of all types to calibrate policies consistent with the Better Place approach to ending the corrosive effect of oil dependence on the economy, the environment, and security. Stakeholders he works with include governments on every level, industry and current and future Better Place partners.

Mr. Granoff is founder of Maniv Energy Capital, a New York-based investment group which became the first investor in Better Place. Maniv Energy has several other interests in the alternative energy and clean technology space, and was instrumental in the founding of Israel Cleantech Ventures, the first venture fund in Israel with an exclusive focus on the cleantech space.

In 2004, Mr. Granoff became a founding board member of Securing America’s Future Energy, a Washington, DC-based group which works with corporate and retired military leaders to advocate for policies which contribute to the energy security of the United States.

Previous to Maniv Energy, Mr. Granoff was founder of Maniv Bioventures, a $20 million fund which invested in 10 early-stage life science companies. Politically active for two decades, he served in two presidential campaigns and several political organizations, and has served on the boards of a half-dozen non-profit institutions.

Mr. Granoff holds a B.A. from Tufts University, an M.B.A. from Kellogg School of Management, and a J.D. from Northwestern School of Law.

Britta K. Gross, Director, Global Energy Systems and Infrastructure Commercialization, General Motors Company

Britta Gross is director, Global Energy Systems and Infrastructure Commercialization within General Motors R&D and strategic planning. In this role she is responsible for assessing energy system alternatives, identifying energy strategies and business opportunities, and steering the commercialization efforts for electrical and hydrogen infrastructures required to support the deployment of GM’s rapidly developing electric propulsion vehicle technologies, based on fuel cells and plug-in batteries.

Ms. Gross has an extensive and diverse background in Automotive and Aerospace industries. She began her career in 1983 with Hughes Space & Communications in Los Angeles, leading Mission Design and Systems Engineering teams developing satellite programs. In 1995, she transferred to Opel in Russelsheim, Germany where she led a joint aerospace/automotive project that involved Hughes, GM, and Opel vehicle design engineers. After seven years in Europe, she returned to the U.S. and joined General Motors’ Advanced Vehicle Technology programs to work on the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle program.

Ms. Gross serves on the Board of Directors of the National Hydrogen Association. She received a degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and studied language arts at the University of Wurzburg in Germany.

Hans Hansen, VP of Market and Product Planning for Workhorse, Navistar

Hans Hansen is currently Vice President of Market and Product Planning for Workhorse, a subsidiary of Navistar. Mr. Hansen's current responsibilities are to facilitate development of new light and medium duty products for Navistar and Workhorse. Currently, he is part of a team working to develop a Class 3 Electric Vehicle to be produced and sold in North America.

Mr. Hansen has over thirty years experience in Light and Medium Commercial Trucks in various sales, marketing and product planning positions with major truck OEM's, including GM, Ford and Daimler Truck North America. Mr. Hansen earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from General Motors Institute.

Chris Hennessy, Chief Technologist - Powertrain Systems, AVL Powertrain Engineering Inc.

Chris Hennessy is chief technologist for Powertrain Systems at AVL Powertrain Engineering Inc. He has over 15 years of powertrain systems engineering experience and has led programs in research and advanced engineering disciplines, as well as production release programs.

Mr. Hennessy has led programs for multiple OEM's in both the automotive and commercial truck markets. His recent activities included the oversight of a team of powertrain controls and systems engineers through the development and validation of a Parallel Hybrid Commercial Truck currently in fleet validation testing. This project included an intensive focus on the development of customer usage profiles in support of battery durability and useful life testing, as well as the development and validation of the energy management strategy required to optimize the overall fuel economy. He has also held other chief engineer roles in the design and development of a Class 8 Parallel Hybrid for the Military. His chief technologist role focuses his effort on technology development for the vehicle electrification market.

Robert C. (Bob) Johnson, Director of Fleet Relations, National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA)

Bob Johnson has over 40 years of experience in utility fleet and heavy equipment maintenance and design. He started working with the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) on a consulting basis in 2004 and joined the NTEA staff on a full time basis in 2006 as director of Fleet Relations. In this position he acts as a liaison between end user vocational fleets and the manufacturers and distributors of vocational truck bodies who belong to the NTEA. As a part of this responsibility, he conducts training seminars for fleet managers on topics such as designing vocational trucks; vehicle weight distribution analysis; bridge law compliance; and vocational vehicle life cycle cost analysis. He is also involved in the NTEA's efforts to promote the adoption of alternative fuels and hybrid truck technology within the vocational truck industry. In addition, he develops fleet management-oriented content for NTEA publications and the NTEA web site.

Prior to joining the NTEA, Mr. Johnson was with Verizon Communications and its predecessor companies Bell Atlantic and C&P Telephone. While employed by these companies, he worked as a district fleet supervisor; fleet acquisitions specialist; and fleet specifications and design specialist. His final position with Verizon was national manager of fleet technical support services. In this position his group supported a fleet of over 65,000 vehicles in 38 states. He has also worked as an R&D technician for a company which built underground mining equipment, as a mechanic for a Caterpillar Equipment dealer, and as a wheel and tracked vehicle mechanic in the United States Army.

Mr. Johnson holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, an M.B.A. in general management and has completed numerous special training programs provided by various OEMs and component manufacturers.

David W. Joos, President and Chief Executive Officer, CMS Energy

David Joos is president and chief executive officer of CMS Energy and chief executive officer of its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy.
Mr. Joos joined Consumers Energy in 1976 and has spent his entire career with the company (with the exception of the period 1979 to 1983, when he worked as a design engineer for a major architect-engineering firm). During his CMS career, he has held senior level positions in operations, engineering, marketing, and regulatory affairs. Prior to his current position, he was president and chief operating officer of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy from 2001-2004.

Mr. Joos is past chairman of the board of directors of the Michigan Manufacturing Association and a board member of the Edison Electric Institute. He is a member of the board of directors of Steelcase, Inc. and Detroit Renaissance.

Mr. Joos earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering science in 1975 and a master of science degree in nuclear engineering in 1976, both from Iowa State University. In 1989, he completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School. He is a licensed professional engineer in Michigan.

Roland Kibler, Manager,Technology Development, NextEnergy

Roland Kibler serves as manager of Technology Development at NextEnergy Center. He is responsible for technical and market assessments of alternative energy concepts to support the development of emerging alternative energy companies and technologies. He has over 30 years experience in the automotive industry, in the areas of product development and applications for engine management-related components and systems.

Mr. Roland holds a B.S.E.E. degree from General Motors Institute, an M.S.E.E. from Michigan State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan Flint.

Felix Kramer, Founder, California Car Initiative (CalCars.org)

Felix Kramer is a serial entrepreneur and lifelong environmentalist focusing on innovative technology-related ideas, events and businesses.

In 2002, Mr. Kramer enlisted engineers, entrepreneurs, environmentalists, and drivers to promote plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) by technology demonstrations, advocacy and buyer demand. In 2006, he became the world's first non-technical consumer owner of a PHEV. He popularized the "100+MPG" goal and "cleaner/cheaper/domestic" to describe electricity's benefits. Thomas Friedman, in his best-seller, Hot Flat and Crowded, said, "Felix Kramer has made plug-in electric cars not only his passion but an imminent American reality."

With allies including Andy Grove, Mr. Kramer is forging a technical, business and government coalition to spark a new industry to turn millions of large internal combustion engine vehicles now on the road into safe, practical, EVs and PHEVs via OEM-sanctioned retrofits. In 2008, Mr. Kramer began advising several transportation electrification and conversion startups.

Mr. Kramer is a graduate of Cornell University.

Ray Lane, Managing Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Ray Lane is a managing partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, focused on helping entrepreneurs with technological and market insight, organizational development, team building, selling, and managing growth. Since joining KPCB, he has sponsored several investments for the firm in enterprise and consumer technology, as well as clean and alternative energy. These companies include Ausra (solar concentrator), GreatPoint Energy (coal to gas conversion), Fisker Automotive (plug-in hybrid car), Th!nk NA (electric car), Luca Technologies (biologically enhanced gas recovery from fossilized hydrocarbons), Xsigo Systems (virtual I/O switch for datacenters), SpikeSource (open source platform for integration and testing), MEVIO (social media network), Vertica Systems (data warehousing solutions) and Elance (marketplace for services). He also serves on the board of Quest Software.

Before joining KPCB, Mr. Lane was president and chief operating officer of Oracle Corporation, the second-largest software company in the world and the leading enterprise software and services company. During Mr. Lowe's eight-year tenure, Oracle exhibited phenomenal revenue growth from approximately $1 billion in 1992 to over $10 billion. He led Oracle's business expansion beyond its core database technology into enterprise applications and professional services.

Before joining Oracle, Mr. Lane was a senior partner with Booz-Allen & Hamilton, where he pioneered and led the Information Systems Group, a worldwide consulting practice targeted at helping senior management achieve better results from information technology. He also served on Booz-Allen's board of directors and executive management committee. Prior to Booz-Allen & Hamilton, he served as division vice president with Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS). In addition, he spent ten years with IBM in various product-management, sales and marketing positions.

Mr. Lane received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and an honorary Ph.D. in science from West Virginia University (WVU). He was elected to the Academy of Distinguished Graduates of WVU, served as a director of the WVU Foundation Board, and currently serves on the University's Board of Governors. WVU has honored Mr. Lane by naming the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. He also serves on the board of trustees of Carnegie Mellon University and presently serves as its chairman. He has been an active campaigner and planner for Carnegie Mellon's establishment of a Silicon Valley campus, and the co-creator of a High Dependability Computing Consortium with Carnegie Mellon and NASA. He serves as vice chairman of Special Olympics International and has served on the International Board of Special Olympics for several years. He also holds an honorary Ph.D. from Golden Gate University.

Jonathan J. Lauckner, Vice President, Global Program Management, General Motors Company

Jon Lauckner was appointed vice president of General Motors global program management effective May 1, 2005. In that role, he leads an organization which includes GMs vehicle line executives and the global and regional program management groups. In addition, as a member of GM's Automotive Product Board, he is part of the GM Automotive Leadership Group.

Mr. Lauckner began his career with General Motors in 1979 as a salaried-employee-in-training with Buick Motor Division. He held various positions in powertrain and vehicle engineering until 1984, when he was named product line manager for large and luxury cars for Buick. In 1988, he transferred to the Marketing and Product Planning Staff in Detroit and, in 1990, was appointed director of market and business analysis for Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

In 1992, Mr. Lauckner moved overseas as director of export operations and trade development for GM do Brasil in São Paulo. In 1995, Lauckner became director of planning for GM do Brasil, with responsibility for product planning and program management.

In January 2000, Mr. Lauckner was appointed vehicle line executive for compact cars for General Motors Europe, with responsibility for the Opel/Vauxhall Astra and Zafira. In May 2004, he became the global vehicle line executive for the Epsilon Architecture, based in Rsselsheim, Germany, until his latest appointment.

Mr. Lauckner received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1979. He earned a master's of science degree in management from Stanford Business School in 1990 through the Sloan Fellowship program and attended the GM-Harvard Senior Executive Program in 2001.

Mike Ligett, Director, Emerging Technology, Progress Energy Corporation

Mike Ligett is the director of Emerging Technology for Progress Energy Corporation, a role that encompasses the development of company strategies and programs for renewable energy, energy storage technologies, electric transportation and other newly emerging technologies.

In 1998, Mr. Ligett joined Carolina Power and Light, which became Progress Energy Corporation after a merger with Florida Power Corporation in 2000. After the merger he was appointed the director of Market and Energy Services for Progress Energy, responsible for the marketing, sales and delivery of products and services in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Prior to joining Progress Energy, Mr. Ligett gained 30 years of experience in a variety of industries including stints as general manager of a packaging machinery manufacturing company, vice president of an international trade business in Eastern Europe and founder of an internet services business.

Mr. Ligett currently serves on the Board of the Electric Drive Transportation Association, the Advisory Board of the Advanced Transportation Energy Center at North Carolina State University and participates actively in the Electric Power Research Institute electric vehicle development programs.

Mr. Ligett is a graduate of Michigan State University and the Rutgers Graduate School of Business Administration.

Richard Lowenthal, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Coulomb Technologies, Inc.

Richard Lowenthal is the chief executive officer of Coulomb Technologies, which he co-founded in 2007. From 1998 until 2007, he was instrumental in starting several companies, including Lightera, Pipal Systems and Procket Networks.

From 1996 to 1997, Mr. Lowenthal was vice president and general manager of Cisco's WAN Access Products Division. From 1990 through 1995, he was vice president of research and development for StrataCom, a telecommunications equipment company. Prior to StrataCom, he was co-founder and vice president of engineering for Stardent Computers, and vice president of engineering for Convergent Technologies.

Mr. Lowenthal is also a former mayor of Cupertino, California, and has been heavily involved in the non-profit world. He has a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from University of California Berkeley.

James Lyons, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Novus Energy Partners

Dr. James Lyons became a founder of Novus Energy Partners in 2008 after a 30 year technology career at GE. He serves as the chief technology officer at Novus—a new venture capital firm focused on the creation and growth of clean/renewable energy companies.

Dr. Lyons was chief engineer for Electrical and Electronic Systems at GE Research serving as technology leader and mentor for a 250-member global team. He was a leading advocate for renewable energy within GE and corporate champion behind, then principal technologist for its wind energy business—GE’s most successful startup with $6+B 2008 revenue. He was also the technology leader behind the creation of GE’s Digital Energy business unit in 2000.

Dr. Lyons has most recently led new business/technology initiatives on waste gasification, plug-in hybrid vehicles, lithium technology batteries, and thin-film Si-PV.
He has served on the board of directors of Powerex, the Electric Drive Trade Association, Nordic Windpower, and United States Offshore Wind Collaborative. He was co-chair of the 2006 American Wind Energy Conference and an initiator of the AWEA/DOE roadmap to generate 20% of United States electricity from wind.

Dr. Lyons has a B.S.E.E. degree from RPI, an M.S.E.E. from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University.

malkan Dhiraj Malkani, Principal, RockPort Capital Partners

Dhiraj Malkani is Principal at RockPort Capital Partners. He is actively engaged in all aspects of RockPort's diligence process including research, financial and technical analysis, intellectual property evaluation, and structuring. He is also a member of the Screening Committee and assists in Portfolio Company monitoring activities which includes work with: Advanced Electron Beams, Deerpath Energy, Think Holdings AS, Solyndra, and SustainX, among others.

Mr. Malkani began his career at Lucent Technologies as a product-development engineer working on optical MEMS products. He has received U.S. Patents for his inventions in MEMS technology. He has also worked with the Photonics Center, a business incubator at Boston University, where he helped screen early-stage photonics/life-sciences companies for their incubator program. During business school, he worked as a Summer Associate at Deutsche Bank's Technology Investment Banking group.

Mr. Malkani holds an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management, an M.S., with honors, in mechanical engineering from Boston University and a B.S., with Distinction, in mechanical engineering from the University of Mumbai.

Matt Mattila, Project Manager, Project Get Ready initiative in the MOVE group, Rocky Mountain Institute Mattila, Matt

Matt Mattila is the project manager for the Project Get Ready initiative in the MOVE group at the Rocky Mountain Institute. The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is an independent, entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining. MOVE exists to catalyze profitable, efficiency-led solutions to reduce the reliance on oil in the transportation industry.

Mr. Mattila specializes in business strategy and comes from a background in management consulting. He is currently managing the Accelerating Vehicle Electrification project-a new energy paradigm that allows America's cars to plug in to homes and buildings, uniting our transport, building, and grid energy systems.

Karina Morley, Global Vice President, Control and Electronics Engineering, Ricardo, Inc.

Karina Morley serves as global vice president, control and electronics engineering for Ricardo—one of the world’s foremost independent automotive engineering consulting companies. A member of the company’s executive team, she is responsible for managing and growing the company’s electronic and hybrid vehicle engineering activities. Her role is currently in leading a global organization for all hardware, software, algorithm, and battery initiatives, he also serves on the U.S. Ricardo Board and the global Ricardo Operating Boards.

Ms. Morley has 25 years of experience in electrical engineering, manufacturing, quality, business planning, and customer sales.

Prior to joining Ricardo, Ms. Morley served as global director for powertrain electronics at Visteon Corporation. She worked at Ford Motor Company and Visteon for 18 years over multiple electronic areas of the vehicle, e.g. powertrain, audio, instrument clusters, speed control, chassis controls and climate controls. During the time at Ford, she worked in the United Kingdom for four years in management positions.

Prior to joining Ford Motor Company, Ms. Morely worked at Chrysler Corporation as an electronic engineer in audio systems and electromagnetic compatibility design.

Ms. Morley earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering and a master’s of science degree in electrical engineering at the University of Michigan. She also earned a master of business administration in international business at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

muscat Joseph A. Muscat, Partner and Director, Americas Cleantech Network, Ernst & Young LLP

Joseph Muscat is partner and director of the Americas Cleantech Network, a multidisciplinary team of professionals across the US, Canada, Israel and Brazil serving biofuel, solar, energy efficiency, battery, water and other cleantech organizations. The Network was established to assist in bringing cross industry expertise to companies looking to benefit from cleantech innovation. Muscat is currently also a member of the Global task force to develop Ernst & Young's Climate Change and Sustainability Services.

Mr. Muscat was a co-founder of Ernst & Young's Americas Cleantech Network while serving as Ernst & Young's America Director of the Venture Capital Advisory Group. In this role, he coordinated the firm's relationships with leading U.S. venture capital firms and worked with the regional colleagues and clients to analyze changing market conditions and regulatory environments.

Mr. Muscat's clients have included global public and private investors, Fortune 500 companies and high-growth start-up companies across multiple industries, including energy, utilities, telecommunications, technology and life sciences. His specific client engagements range from business and revenue model planning to capital market readiness to board advisory to venture capital financing to debt restructuring.

Previously, Muscat served as the managing director of the Ernst & Young Corporate Finance practice. In this position, he advised companies on strategic transaction opportunities, including initial public offerings, private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring divestitures and strategic alliances.

Mr. Muscat has been asked to speak to industry and governmental groups about the opportunities and challenges facing innovative high growth companies. He has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Nightly Business Report, the Money Message and other media.

Based in Palo Alto, California, Mr. Muscat has also worked in Auckland, New Zealand. He holds a B.S. in commerce and accounting with Honors from Santa Clara University and is a member of the AICPA and California Society of CPAs.

Simon Ng, Ph.D., P.E.,Gershenson Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Director, Alternative Energy Technology Professor, Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University

Dr. K. Y. Simon Ng is currently a professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Wayne State University (WSU), a Gershenson Distinguished Faculty Fellow, the founding director of WSU's Graduate Programs in Alternative Energy Technology, and the director of the WSU/NextEnergy National Biofuels Energy Laboratory. He also served as a visiting scientist with General Motors Research Center and as a visiting professor in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore.

Dr. Ng's research interests include alternative fuels, environmental and fuel conversion catalysis, polymers, smart sensors, and biomedical devices. He received funding from the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, 21st Century Job Fund, Michigan Life Science Corridor, NextEnergy, American Chemical Society, Engineering Foundation, Ford, GM, and Exxon, among others.

Dr. Ng has published and presented over 250 research papers. He has also served as the president of the Michigan Catalysis Society and received several awards including the Career Development Chair Award and the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching from WSU; and a Distinguished Faculty Award from the Michigan Association of Governing Boards of State Universities.

Dr. Ng is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Michigan. He is a member of Council of Energy Research and Education Leaders, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Oil Chemists Society, North American Catalysis Society, and American Society for Testing and Materials. He recently served as a special advisor to the Michigan Renewable Fuel Commission.

Dr. Ng received his B.S.E., M.S.E., and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

George E. Pataki, Counsel, Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Governor George Pataki's practice focuses on energy, environmental and corporate matters. Prior to joining Chadbourne & Parke LLP, he served three terms as the 53rd governor of New York State, from 1995 through 2006. First elected in 1994, he won re-election in 1998 and 2002. Governor Pataki brings to Chadbourne broad experience in law and public service. He was a partner in the New York law firm of Plunkett & Jaffe until 1987. He was elected mayor of Peekskill, New York in 1981, and served in the New York State Legislature as an assemblyman and then a senator from 1985 to 1994, before becoming governor.

During his tenure as New York's chief executive, Governor Pataki advanced award-winning, cutting-edge policies in the renewable energy and environmental fields. His initiatives included the protection of over one million acres of open space, the adoption of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the implementation of the nation's first green building tax credit, landmark Brownfield legislation and programs to enhance the production and use of alternative energy like biodiesel, ethanol, fuel cells, and clean coal. In 2005, BusinessWeek named Governor Pataki one of the top 20 "Individuals who stand out for their efforts to cut gases that cause global warming" in the world. Also, in 2006, Vanity Fair called him a governor who "gets it" in its "Green Issue" for his efforts concerning the environment.

Governor Pataki earned a B.A from Yale University in 1967, a J.D. from Columbia Law School, and editor of the Columbia Law Review, 1970 and he was admitted to practice: New York, 1972; U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York, 1973.

Doug Parks, Senior Vice President, Business Development & Attraction, Michigan Economic Development Corporation

Doug Parks is senior vice president of Business Development & Attraction for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. In his current role, he leads the MEDC’s business development efforts, focusing on national and international attraction, as well as Michigan expansion and retention. He leads a broad-based team who are all dedicated to continue to increase the economy of Michigan while leveraging the state's significant strengths.

Mr. Parks has filled several roles while at the MEDC. Earlier, as vice president of administration, he was responsible for managing the corporation’s budget and finance, contracts and grants, office services, human resources, information technology, web development, telecommunications, and customer relationship management services. He also directed the efforts of the organization's research team. In addition, he has served as the MEDC’s chief technology officer and as deputy director of the Travel Michigan Office.

Prior to joining the MEDC, Mr. Parks was a vice president at Valassis Communications, heading a division that developed print, software and web site solutions for travel industry organizations.

Mr. Parks is a retired U.S. Army Intelligence Officer and a graduate of Lake Superior State University.

John Patten, P.E., Ph.D., CMfg.E., Director, Manufacturing Research Center, Western Michigan University

John Patten is chair and professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Western Michigan University, and director of the Manufacturing Research Center.

Prior to joining WMU in 2003, Professor Patten was on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. After working out of state for over 20 years (three years in upstate New York and 19 years in North Carolina), he returned to his roots (born and raised in Michigan) to continue his career.

In addition to his manufacturing career, Mr. Patten has been active in energy and environmental programs for most of his professional career. Previous work includes positions of energy engineer, solar and wind energy projects, electric vehicles (solar charged), and his latest work involving plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (charged with wind energy).

poswatz Anthony L. Posawatz, P. E., Vehicle Line Director, Chevrolet VOLT , General Motors Company

Tony Posawatz currently serves as Vehicle Line director for the Chevrolet VOLT and Global Electric Vehicle Development. He was appointed to this position in March, 2006 and led the development of the highly-acclaimed VOLT concept car, January 2007, and continues to help lead the development of the 2011MY production VOLT.

Mr. Posawatz has served as a GM Vehicle Line director for the past eleven years. In this capacity, he and his product development teams have compiled an impressive record of successful, award-winning and innovative products like the Cadillac Escalade and Chevrolet Avalanche. His teams have amassed seven General Motors Chairman's Honors Program awards for excellence and have overseen the development of cars and trucks from concept initiation to production and market launch in four different countries.

As planning director for the Full-size Truck business in 1996, Mr. Posawatz helped grow GM's Full-size Truck portfolio from 1.1M to 1.7M units of capacity annually by 2003. These technological product innovations have also garnered many prestigious awards including multiple Popular Mechanics Design & Engineering awards, a consecutive string of J. D. Power APEAL awards and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishes in the 2005 J. D. Power Initial Quality Survey (IQS2) for the mid-size car segment.

Mr. Posawatz has been with GM for over 25 years. Some of the more noteworthy efforts include the introduction of the following innovations:

1st four door Crew Cab short box full-size pick-up in 1998,
2002 Motor Trend "Truck of the Year" Chevy Avalanche and its derivatives,
Cadillac Escalade product franchise including the EXT & ESV models,
Sierra Denali with four-wheel steering and the Chevy Tahoe/Suburban Z71 packages
Fuel saving technologies - 1st mid-size cars w/ cylinder deactivation & ethanol capability,
Advanced work on 1st generation hybrid technologies,
Leadership in electrically-driven vehicles through the Chevrolet VOLT initiative.

Mr. Posawatz began serving as co-chairman of the Electric Drive Transportation Association in December 2008. He holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Wayne State University, completing his education in 1982 as a General Motors Scholar & Engineering Intern. He also received his master of business administration from Dartmouth College (The Amos Tuck School) supported by a General Motors Graduate Fellowship in 1986. He is licensed in the State of Michigan as a professional engineer and has held the accreditation of ASQC Certified Quality Engineer (CQE). He holds many other professional distinctions and has had many diverse experiences within GM including assignments as a quality engineer, production foreman, plant area manager and finance director with the Central Office Finance Staff.

Ron Prosser, President and CEO, The Prosser Group LLC

Ron Prosser is president and CEO of The Prosser Group LLC. He is responsible for green energy and clean water related programs and infrastructure development. The Prosser Group is actively engaged in smart grid engineering and development programs including infrastructure related upgrades to support electric vehicle charging and the use of renewable energy. Mr. Prosser also serves as the United States China Clean Energy Forum co-chairman for Smart Grid.

Prior to forming The Prosser Group, Mr. Prosser had a long and successful executive career with Boeing and Rockwell in Aerospace and Energy. He held positions of president of Boeing Services Company and vice president of Boeing Advanced Systems and served on Boeing's Strategic Planning Council.

Ravi Ramanathan, Ph.D., Director, Global Business Development, Dow Automotive

Ravi Ramanathan is director of Global Business Development in the Dow Automotive business unit of The Dow Chemical Company. He is responsible for understanding markets and developing business development strategies in the alternative energy and powertrain area within transportation, globally. His passion for clean energy transportation resulted in Dow innovating in the diesel exhaust emissions area; Dow is currently commercializing advanced Diesel Particulate Filters that help the country meet emissions and fuel efficiency standards. He and his team currently lead market assessment, strategy development and execution specifically in the emerging clean technology segment of Energy Storage Devices space including Lithium Ion Batteries.

Dr. Ramanathan joined The Dow Chemical Company in 1989 after a stint at Virginia Tech as a post-doctoral research associate and a researcher in the corporate central R&D in Midland. He followed this with several stints in advanced research, manufacturing, and product development before moving to Business Development and Marketing, during his 20 years with the company.

Dr. Ramanathan has authored or co-authored over 20 technical publications and has over 30 patents to his credit. He is a member of several professional societies including the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), and the International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies (FISITA). He has been recognized with many awards for technical excellence, both externally and within Dow.

Dr. Ramanathan holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Louisville.

Juergen Reers, Managing Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

Juergen Reers is a partner at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and managing partner of Roland Berger’s North American operations, including the Chicago, Detroit, and New York offices. His area of practice includes automotive, consumer goods, engineered products, energy/utilities and transportation.

Mr. Reers is a member of the Management Team of Roland Berger’s Global Automotive Industry Practice and heads the North American Automotive Practice.

Prior to his career in consulting, Mr. Reers worked for GEHL, a manufacturer of agricultural and construction equipment. He has extensive experience in corporate and business strategy, marketing & sales, product development and restructuring.

Mr. Reers earned a master’s degree in business administration from Westfaelische-Wilhelms University in Muenster, Germany and holds a M.B.A. from Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles, California.

J.E. "Ted" Robertson, P. Eng, Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President New Product Creation, Magna International Inc.

James Edward "Ted" Robertson joined Magna International Inc. in May 2006 as the executive vice president of New Product Creation. In addition, in 2008 he was named chief technical officer of the Americas.

Prior to joining Magna, Mr. Robertson spent 35 years at General Motors, beginning in 1968 as an experimental engineer for GM of Canada. Throughout his GM career, he held various positions including staff engineer for Buick Experimental Manufacturing and Buick Styling & Body Design, director of Engineering and Forward Planning, chief engineer for the Camaro and Firebird, and chief engineer for Mid-Size Trucks.

While at GM, Mr. Robertson was responsible for engineering five Indy 500 pace cars, two Daytona 500 pace cars, and numerous other vehicle programs including the Chevrolet Trailblazer that won Truck of the Year and the GMC Envoy that won SUV of the Year. In 2002, he retired from GM and was conferred the title chief engineer, emeritus, for General Motors by Jack Smith, chairman of GM. He then joined ASC as vice chairman for Product Development and in 2005 was elected president of SAE International.

Since joining Magna in 2006, Mr. Robertson has held the position of vice president, Strategic Planning for FISITA, the international federation of automotive engineering societies, and more recently was named FISITA president-elect.

Mr. Robertson has published papers with the ASME and SAE and holds six patents. He is a registered professional engineer, licensed pilot, and recipient of the Queen's Scout Award (Eagle Scout). He is an active alumnus of the University of Toronto, where he earned a bachelor of science degree and a master of science degree in mechanical engineering.

Robert E. Robinson, Jr., Partner, Energy, Chemicals & Utilities Practice, Booz & Company

Rob Robinson is a partner in the Energy, Chemicals & Utilities practice of Booz & Company based in Detroit. He specialized in strategy, development, and operations across utility transmission and distribution and wholesale power market sectors, and leads the firm's smart grid and vehicle electrification initiatives. Mr. Robinson has 20 years of consulting experience, including 16 years dedicated to the energy industry. His portfolio of experiences with utilities includes enterprise transformations, business model development, operations improvement, infrastructure management, performance management, and merger and acquisition services.

Mr. Robinson received an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Duke University.

Matt Rogers, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy for the Recovery Act, U.S. Department of Energy

Matt Rogers is the senior advisor to the secretary of Energy for the Recovery Act. Previously, he was a senior partner in McKinsey & Company's San Francisco Office. Over his time with McKinsey he led their American Petroleum Practice and their North American Electric Power and Natural Gas practice, and helped establish their Clean Technology practice. He spent more than 20 years consulting with leading oil companies and utilities, globally.
Mr. Rogers played a leading role in developing McKinsey's perspectives on global energy supply/demand and greenhouse gas abatement economics. He served the Obama Presidential Transition Team in a special effort to develop opportunities to reduce the cost and increase renewable content in federal energy procurement.

Mr. Rogers graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University. After graduation, he joined Credit Suisse First Boston as an energy investment banking analyst. He earned an M.B.A. from Yale University's School of Management.

Jim Romine, President, COMBU - Executive Vice President of Engineering, Yazaki North America

As president of the Component Business Unit of Yazaki North America, Jim Romine is responsible for all aspects including product design and development, sales, quality assurance, cost maintenance, distribution and customer support for wire, connectors, terminals, electronics, and junction blocks as well as for all component manufacturing locations in the Americas.

Mr. Romine also serves as executive vice president of engineering, responsible for all central engineering functions including Testing, Core Electrical Distribution Systems, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Systems as well as the Technology Management Group and Environmental Affairs of the Americas at Yazaki North America. In addition, he chairs Yazaki North America's Product and Business Strategy Committee. He served as president of the General Motors business unit from 2005 through 2008 and president of the DaimlerChrysler business unit from 2000 through 2005. He joined Yazaki in 1994 as executive director of engineering in the Chrysler business unit.

Previously, Mr. Romine spent 16 years with Chrysler Corporation in various engineering management and senior management roles.

Mike Rowand, Director, Advanced Customer Technologies, Duke Energy

Mike Rowand is director, Advanced Customer Technologies for Duke Energy. He is responsible for evaluation of emerging customer technologies and their integration with Duke’s smart grid planning. In this role, he has responsibility for Duke’s strategy and planning for electric transportation, including determining the impacts of plug-in vehicles on power delivery systems, customer service processes, and marketing programs.

Mr. Rowand joined Duke Energy in 1985 and has experience in a variety of areas including transmission and distribution engineering, customer service, rates and regulatory processes, and marketing.

Mr. Rowand is a licensed professional engineer in North Carolina and South Carolina and a certified energy manager. He is a graduate of the University of Florida with a degree in mechanical engineering.

rubino Michael Rubino, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Administration, A123Systems

Michael Rubino is the chief financial officer and vice president of Finance and Administration for A123Systems, which is one of the world's leading suppliers of high-power lithium ion batteries, designed to deliver a new combination of battery power, safety and life. The company's breakthrough technology, innovative multinational manufacturing model, and experienced executives are providing the power to change the game for today's Transportation, Electrical Grid Services and Portable Power Manufacturers.

With more than twenty-five years experience leading the financial and operational development of high-growth venture capital and publicly traded companies, Mr. Rubino brings a wealth of financial leadership and senior executive experience to A123Systems. He has extensive experience in managing venture capital funded companies through all stages of growth.

Prior to A123Systems Mr. Rubino was the chief financial officer of Maker Communications (acquired by Conexant Systems after a successful IPO), Agile Networks (acquired by Lucent Technologies), Ellacoya Networks, and Telephotonics (acquired by DuPont).

Jeff Sakamoto, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Department, Michigan State University

Dr. Sakamoto's research interests are centered on the development of advanced materials and material processing for energy and biomedical technologies. Research in the Sakamoto group is underpinned by the design, fabrication, and characterization of micro (<2nm), meso (2-300nm) and macroporous (>300nm) media synthesized through "wet" inorganic and organic chemistry. Related work also involves patterning and functionalizing hierarchically ordered nano-to-micron scale structures through the use of self-assembled templates.

Currently, Dr. Sakamoto is an assistant professor at Michigan State University in the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Department. At MSU, he continues his work in Electrochemical Energy Storage, Thermoelectrics, and Biomedicine.

From 1997-1999, Dr. Sakamoto was an intern at Jet Propulsion Laboratory and from 2001-2007, he was a senior engineer in the Power and Sensor Division at Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he worked on the lithium-ion batteries for the Mars Exploration Rovers and Radioisotope Generators for future deep space missions. While at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he also worked on patterning biocompatible implants for spinal cord repair.

Dr. Sakamoto has over 30 publications and is the primary contributor for 6 patents.

saluja Dipender Saluja, Managing Director, Capricorn Investment Group, President and CEO, Automatiks, Inc.

Dipender Saluja is managing director at Capricorn Investment Group, a private investment firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California, where he invests in, and helps incubate companies in energy technology, clean tech, and IT. His current areas of interest are solar, electrification of vehicles, energy storage, smart grid, wind and water.

Mr. Saluja is also president and CEO of Automatiks Inc, a Capricorn portfolio company developing electronics connectivity platforms for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles and Smart Grids.

Before Capricorn & Automatiks, Mr. Saluja was chief of staff at Cadence, a global market leader in electronic design. Prior roles at Cadence included corporate vice president of Technical Field Operations and GM of Worldwide Services, in which he led a 1,200 person global organization. He was also GM of Asia Pacific field operations, and vice president of Applications Engineering, and set up and managed organizations in various regions around the world including North America, Europe, Japan, Asia Pacific, China and India. Prior to Cadence, he was at Data General (now EMC), Honeywell, and ROLM (now IBM).

Mr. Saluja is an electrical and computer engineer by training, and attended the University of North Dakota, the University of Minnesota, and Stanford.

Ann Marie Sastry, Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder, Sakti3
Professor of Mechanical, Biomedical, and Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Battery Coalition of Drivetrains, University of Michigan

Dr. Sastry is a leader in development of energy storage technologies and materials. Her longstanding research and partnerships in battery technologies led her and her co-founders to form Sakti3. Her teams’ efforts are focused on creation of technologies, knowledge, and workforces for electric vehicles.

Sakti3 is a high-tech, advanced automotive battery manufacturing company. Founded in 2007, Sakti3 received $2M in financing from Khosla Ventures, one of the world’s premier cleantech funds. Dr. Sastry led her team in a successful bid for support by the State of Michigan in 2008. As part of this support, Sakti3 was designated as a Michigan Center of Energy Excellence by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), receiving a $3M grant to accelerate its prototyping efforts and also to partner with the University of Michigan to conduct life cycle analyses of high power batteries.

Dr. Sastry holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from Cornell University, and a B.S. from the University of Delaware, all in mechanical engineering. Her credentials include several of the highest honors in her field. Among these are the 2007 ASME Gustus Larson Award, the University of Delaware Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement (2004), the University of Michigan College of Engineering 1938E (2000), the University of Michigan Henry Russel Award (1999), and NSF's Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (1997). In 2005, she was honored with a University of Michigan Faculty Recognition Award, acknowledging outstanding contributions as a senior faculty member in research, teaching and service. She has served on three Editorial Boards: the ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technologies, Journal of Composite Materials, and as a Founding Associate Editor of the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.

In her academic life, Dr. Sastry is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of mechanical, biomedical and materials science at the University of Michigan. Her laboratory’s numerical simulations, and advanced materials characterization and design approaches have been applied to energy technologies and fundamental problems in applied mathematics, biology and electrochemistry. She has pioneered new models for industrial/university collaborations on technology, and serves as co-director with Bob Kruse of General Motors, of the GM/UM Advanced Battery Coalition for Drivetrains.

Dr. Sastry has not only worked to research and develop batteries, and to commercialize battery technologies, but has also worked to create a stable electrification workforce. She founded and serves as the director of the nation’s first program dedicated to providing graduate education in vehicle electrification technologies and energy systems engineering at the University of Michigan. These efforts collectively will create knowledge and knowledge workers for the automotive and battery OEMs as vehicle electrification progresses.

Dr. Michael Schen, Senior Scientific Advisor to the Director of the Technology Innovation Program (TIP), National Institute of Standards and Technology

Michael Schen currently serves as the senior scientific advisor to the director of the Technology Innovation Program (TIP), on matters related to the scientific, technological, and programmatic collaborations of TIP with stakeholders and clients. Working across TIP functions, Dr. Schen acts to integrate the program's actions and relations within the nation's scientific, industrial, academic, and public policy framework.

Dr. Schen's area of detailed technical expertise includes materials science and engineering, polymer science, nanotechnology, and electronic and photonic materials, he has detailed experience within the electronics, photonics, microelectronics, and materials industries. In total, he has over 30 years of combined industrial, academic, and government experience in fundamental research, technology development, corporate research and development, advanced metrology, technology planning, program management and relations, and supervision.

Prior to joining TIP, Dr. Schen served a number of science, technology, and management positions within NIST and industry. He was an office director, program manager, and project manager within the former NIST Advanced Technology Program; program manager for the NIST Laboratories' Electronic Packaging and Interconnection Program; program analyst within the NIST Director's Office; staff polymer science researcher at NIST; Fulbright and French Government co-sponsored post-doctoral researcher at the Université de Montpellier, CNRS Laboratories, Montpellier, France; and research chemist at the Eastman Kodak Co.

Dr. Schen received his Ph.D. in polymer science and engineering from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, gained his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY , and received his associates in applied sciences from the State University of New York at Alfred.

Luke Schneider, Chief Technology Officer, Zipcar, Inc.
Part technology guru and part futurist, Luke Schneider is Zipcar's chief technology officer. He ensures that Zipcar's technology stays current across the web, wireless, mobile, and vehicle systems.

Mr. Schneider brings to bear more than 20 years of experience in automotive and software industries. In addition, he has spent more than a decade building high-growth technology companies such as B2eMarkets, Verticalnet, and most recently Flexcar.

Mr. Schneider earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon University.

Lyle W. Shuey, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Bright Automotive^TM

Lyle Shuey is currently vice president of Marketing and Sales for Bright Automotive^TM. He is a seasoned business-to-business professional, operating in a highly dynamic industrial environments. He has extensive background in technical research, planning, project development, customer interface, negotiations, brand and team management, and building momentum in large, complex organizations. He is responsible for driving the development, sales, distribution, and service of Bright Automotive products to exceed customer expectations through highly interactive voice-of-the-customer initiatives.

Since 2000, Mr. Shuey was a partner in Maybee Associates as a sales executive in the transportation field, developing major business opportunities with customers such as Caterpillar, Cummins, Navistar, Harley-Davidson, Mercury Marine, and others. He completed significant sales contracts to trucking fleets, military, university and industrial consortiums. Key customer focus areas included: engine, transmission, chassis and fuel systems power and energy controls and electronics.

Mr. Shuey's efforts also included selling to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), aftermarket, service, and distribution channels. This broad range of experience has contributed to unique insights into value propositions of most major vehicle systems and multiple sales channel strategies. Starting in 1983, Mr. Shuey spent 17 years with Delphi Corporation, with specific project focus on engine, transmission, chassis, and power products. During his tenure with Delphi he led multiple engineering teams and implemented several multi-million dollar projects. He managed technical resources in the US, Mexico, Europe and Asia, and implemented product programs in both domestic and foreign manufacturing facilities. Mr. Shuey engineered and implemented actuators for GM's first high volume Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS). In addition, Mr. Shuey developed and implemented key branding, advertising and promotion programs for major Delphi business sectors.

Mr. Shuey holds 3 international patents and several records of invention. He holds a B.S. and an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University and has participated in multiple professional development programs.

Paul F. Skalny, Director of the National Automotive Center, Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC)

Paul Skalny is currently the director of the National Automotive Center. In this role, he leads all of the Center's activities in the areas of advanced commercial automotive technologies and program development, budget, assessment and evaluation. The National Automotive Center, chartered by the Secretary of the Army in 1993 to serve as the Army focal point for the leveraging and development of dual-use automotive technologies and their application to military ground vehicles, is an organization under the Research, Development and Engineering Command's (RDECOM), Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC). Mr. Skalny's tenure for the Army spans over thirty-one years and covers the full spectrum of the Army military vehicle acquisition process, from vehicle inception to support in the field. His first seven years were spent in support of major weapon systems that included the M60 series and M1 Abrams tanks.

For the last twenty-three years, Mr. Skalny has been an associate of TARDEC. During this tenure, he has held a number of key acquisition positions, to include his present assignment. He has served as the core acquisition logistics engineer for all of TARDEC's emerging systems, the chief of logistics and system engineering for the Advanced Technology Program, and as the deputy product manager for the Advanced Technology Program. For his role as the chief of the Technical Area of the Advanced Technology Program Source Selection Evaluation Board, Mr. Skalny was awarded the Army Achievement Medal for Civilian Service. Mr. Skalny's last sixteen years at TARDEC have been as a member of the National Automotive Center. Prior to his current position in the National Automotive Center, he held the roles of associate director for Operations; associate director for Innovative Technology; associate director for Advanced Technologies; and the deputy director/director of Strategic Initiatives.

In 1997, Mr. Skalny, as the Department of Defense focal point, was asked to lead the Government's 21st Century Truck Initiative, an Initiative geared to make the Nation's military and commercial truck fleets more fuel-efficient, safer, more reliable, better performing and more environmentally friendly. The Initiative was announced as a National Initiative in April of 2000 by the Administration. The 21st Century Truck Initiative included major truck manufacturers, tier one suppliers and the Departments of Energy and Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Skalny was given a second Medal of Achievement for his leadership of the Initiative and was recognized by the White House for his efforts.

In 2002, Mr. Skalny assumed leadership of the Future Tactical Truck System (FTTS) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) program. The FTTS ACTD, was a sixty-four million dollar program geared to deliver future light and medium/heavy prototype trucks for assessment by the Army. It became the critical data source for both the Army and Marine Corps decisions regarding Tactical Wheeled Vehicle transformation and ultimately the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. The FTTS ACTD is the first and only ACTD in TARDEC's history. For his efforts, Mr. Skalny was awarded the Medal of St. Christopher by the Army Chief of Transportation, the highest award given for Transporters. Mr. Skalny has served or currently serves on several Executive Boards and Scientific Committees. He is also currently a director for the 2nd Bombardment Association, an association composed of World War II veterans of the Army Air Force's 2nd Bombardment Group, 15th Army Air Force.

Mr. Skalny, a member of the Army Acquisition Corps, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Wayne State University. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in May 1979. In December 1993, he received his master of science degree in industrial engineering/operations research from Wayne State University's College of Engineering.

brettsmith Brett Smith, Group Director, Automotive Analysis Group, Center for Automotive Research

Brett Smith is group director, Automotive Analysis Group, at the Center for Automotive Research. He joined CAR in 2000 after 12 years at the University of Michigan's Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation (OSAT).

Much of Mr. Smith's work in recent years has been in the area of advanced powertrain technology. He has authored several reports on this subject, including Positioning the State of Michigan as a Leading Candidate for Fuel Cell and Alternative Powertrain Manufacturing, a report prepared for the Michigan Automotive Partnership and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). He also worked with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to begin the development of a Roadmap for the High Volume Manufacture of Fuel Cells and authored a report for Argonne National Laboratory on an analysis of vehicle fuel efficiency. Current powertrain activities include the research on Plug-in electric hybrid vehicles.

Mr. Smith is also currently leading a research program identifying the characteristics of the aftermarket company of the future. This Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) funded effort will identify how SEMA member companies can proactively prepare for changing vehicle technology and vehicle manufacturer strategy.

While at OSAT, Mr. Smith co-authored four iterations of the Delphi Forecast and Analysis of the North American Automotive Industry: Materials Volume. He also co-authored the Automotive Interiors Delphi Forecast and Analysis, and the Delphi X Marketing Volume. Other reports co-authored by Mr. Smith include the Canada-U.S. Border-An Automotive Study, Creating Shareholder Value in the Supply Base-a Case Study of the Gentex Corporation, and The Future of Modular Automotive Systems: Where are the Economic Efficiencies in the Modular Assembly Concept. Other activities have included a monthly column and a series of articles on vehicle launch performance and human resource issues in the automotive industry for Automotive Manufacturing and Production Magazine, (1997-2001), as well as numerous articles for other publications. He has also been an instructor for the U.A.W-GM Paid Education Leave Program since 1992.

Mr. Smith is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers. He received a B.S. in economics and an M.B.A. from Eastern Michigan University.

William Stark, Director, Center for Alternative Fuels, Macomb Community College

William Stark is the director of the Center for Alternative Fuels at Macomb Community College. He came to Macomb after a 40-year career with General Motors.

Mr. Stark's career includes Powertrain, Chassis, Body, and Vehicle Development assignments across the design, development and manufacturing spectrum. He was appointed director, Body Closures Engineering in 1996 with product and manufacturing engineering responsibilities for eight assembly plants. In 1999, he was appointed director, Global Vehicle Process Development. He was appointed director, Analysis, Reliability and Validation in 2003 at the GM Powertrain unit. He assumed the Macomb position in December 2006.

Mr. Stark serves on the Michigan Academy for Green Mobility Governing Board, the Bloomfield Township Planning Commission, the WSU Engineering Technology Division Industrial Advisory Board, and is an SAE member. He received his B.M.E. from Kettering University and M.S.E.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

John Sullivan, Ph.D., Project Lead and Energy Systems and Life Cycle Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory

Dr. Sullivan recently moved to the Energy Systems Division of Argonne National Laboratory. In that capacity, he serves as a project lead and energy systems and life cycle analyst as applied to a wide range of transportation and infrastructural energy and carbon questions.

With over 30 years of industrial research experience at Ford Motor Company’s Scientific Research Laboratory, Dr. Sullivan has conducted and led research projects in advanced materials, experimental structural analysis techniques, recycling of automotive materials, life cycle assessment, advanced vehicle safety, alternative fuels, and transportation sustainability. He has published over 120 papers and company reports, given over 160 presentations, and hold 5 patents.

After leaving Ford, Dr. Sullivan joined University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute to lead the Sustainable Transportation Systems Program. The program focused on research in the areas of alternative fuels, life cycle performance of advanced transportation systems, diffusion of advanced transportation innovation into the automotive marketplace, value of advanced vehicle technology to the consumer, and the sustainability and resilience of coupled infrastructures. His sponsors included Department of Energy (DOE), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), NSF, and the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). With support from DOE, one of his research accomplishments was to develop the Virtual Automotive Market Place model, which is an agent based simulation for assessing the viability (levels and rates of penetration) of new vehicle technology into the United States auto market place. The specific objective of that project was to estimate the market penetration history for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) over the next 30 years.

Mark Swenson, Vice President, Manufacturing Engineering and Vehicle Production Engineering, Nissan North America, Inc.

Mark Swenson is vice president, manufacturing engineering and vehicle production engineering for Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA). He leads manufacturing engineering activities at NNA's facilities in Smyrna, Tennessee; Canton, Mississippi; and Cuernavaca and Aguascalientes, Mexico. He also oversees production engineering efforts at Nissan Technical Center North America in Farmington Hills, Michigan. His responsibilities have expanded to include preparing Smyrna to launch U.S. production in late 2012 of the Nissan LEAF, the world's first mass-market, zero-emission car.

Mr. Swenson joined Nissan in 1989 as a product engineer. He was promoted to the management team in 1997 and has held director and senior positions in stamping engineering and body engineering. In 2004, he was named vice president of manufacturing engineering and added simultaneous engineering activities to his role in April 2006.

Mr. Swenson holds a bachelor of science degree from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. He has served as a board member of the Children's Discovery House in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and currently serves on Tennessee Tech's Manufacturing Research board of advisors. He is also a graduate of the Leadership Rutherford program.

maria thompson Maria A. Thompson, General Manager, Government Solutions Group, A123Systems, Inc.

Maria Thompson runs the Government Solutions Group of A123Systems, Inc. (formerly T/J Technologies, Inc.). A123Systems is known internationally for its Nanophosphate^TM lithium ion battery technology. Ms. Thompson was co-founder, president and CEO of T/J Technologies, Inc., a nationally recognized Michigan company for alternative energy technologies, which was acquired by A123Systems Inc. in 2006. Combined, the organizations represent the largest lithium-ion R&D team in North America, with world-class expertise and management, and global manufacturing operations. A123Systems is one of the world's leading suppliers of high-power lithium-ion batteries. Applications include electric vehicles, hybrid electric and plug in hybrid vehicles, grid stabilization, power tools, defense, and aerospace.

Under Ms. Thompson's leadership, T/J Technologies attracted national and regional recognition. In 2008, she was honored by the Washington D.C.-based Minority Enterprise Executive Council as one of the 25 Powerful Minority Women in Business. The Small Business Foundation of Michigan honored Ms. Thompson as a Small Business Entrepreneur Extraordinaire 2008. She was chosen as one of Crain's Detroit Business Most Influential Women for 2007. NASA Headquarters honored T/J Technologies with a "Special Recognition Award" presented by NASA Administrator, Dr. Michael Griffin. T/J Technologies was also named one of "50 Companies to Watch in Michigan" and Crain's Detroit Business chose the company as one of the "20 Largest Technology-Based Companies". She was invited to speak to the U.S. House Committee on Small Business as part of the Small Business Administration's 50th Anniversary. T/J Technologies received the Nunn/Perry Award from the Department of Defense for its ultra capacitor development with Lockheed Martin. In 2000, she was named one of Metro Detroit's Innovators by Crain's Detroit Business. Additional recognition includes awards from NASA Glenn Research Center, the Small Business Foundation of Michigan, and The Small Business Association of Michigan. Prior to starting T/J Technologies, Ms. Thompson worked at Steelcase and IBM, where she earned numerous company awards.

Ms. Thompson is a member of Ann Arbor SPARK's Board of Directors, the Zell Lurie Institute Advisory Board, The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute External Advisory Board and United Bank and Trust Washtenaw Board of Directors. She served for 6 years on the Advanced Technology Advisory Board for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and is a former member of several non-profit organization boards. Ms. Thompson earned a master's of business administration degree from the University of Michigan Business School.

David Vieau, President and Chief Executive Officer, A123Systems

David Vieau is the president and CEO of A123Systems. He has served as A123Systems only president and CEO, joining the company in March of 2002, three months after the company’s initial financing. He brings more than thirty years of experience and leadership in developing rapid-growth technology and component businesses. Applying his expertise to A123Systems, he has led the expansion of A123 from its initial creation to currently more than 1,400 employees, and through more than $250 million in private financing.

Prior to A123Systems, Mr. Vieau held corporate officer positions at American Power Conversion [NASDAQ: APCC], serving as vice president of Marketing and vice president of Worldwide Business Development. During his nine years at American Power Conversion, he helped grow the company from $50MM to $1.5B, becoming the world leader in power protection for PC and IS markets and employing 6,000 globally.

Mr. Vieau serves as a board member for Avocent, a leading global provider of IT infrastructure management solutions for enterprise data centers. He earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Syracuse University in 1972.

John Waraniak, Vice President of Vehicle Technology, Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA)

John Waraniak leads SEMA’s advanced vehicle technology strategy, programs, and initiatives. His role is to help members understand the challenges, develop solutions, and capitalize on the business opportunities presented by today’s complex vehicle systems and technologies.

Mr. Waraniak is a proven industry leader who has worked for automotive, motorsports, aerospace, and consumer products companies for more than 20 years. With specific expertise in systems engineering and product development, he serves as the primary contact for SEMA members to reach automakers and suppliers on vehicle architecture and systems integration issues. He is also responsible for developing SEMA’s technology briefings and connecting SEMA members to the benefits of OEM-Aftermarket collaboration and technology transfer. Mr. Waraniak works directly with SEMA’s OE Relations Department representing the association’s members and the automotive specialty-equipment industry with OEMs, industry associations and academic institutions.

Prior to joining SEMA, Mr. Waraniak held executive positions with a range of companies, including TATA Consultancy Services, Johnson Controls, General Motors, Hughes Aircraft, Northrop, and No Fear. His visionary and entrepreneurial leadership skills played an integral role in helping these companies develop and implement innovative strategies for adapting best business and technology practices and achieving lean product-process development for growth and improved profitability.

Mr. Waraniak has authored numerous industry articles and reports, and is a frequent speaker on the benefits of collaborative product development, lean customization and open systems. He has co-chaired the auto industry’s prestigious Management Briefing Seminars, where he has been an outspoken advocate for the specialty equipment and performance aftermarket industry with the OEM community.

Mr. Waraniak earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan. He has a master’s degree in mechanical and industrial engineering from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree in engineering management from West Coast University. He also graduated from the California Institute of Technology’s Executive Engineering Management Program.

justinward Justin Ward, Advanced Powertrain Program Manager, Advanced Powertrain Depatment (APT), Toyota Technical Center, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North American, Inc.

Justin Ward is the Advanced Powertrain program manager with Toyota's Advanced Powertrain (APT) department at Toyota Technical Center (TTC), located in Gardena, California. TTC, Toyota's North American R&D center, has been a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America, Inc. (TEMA) since 2006. His responsibilities include suitability testing of advanced powertrain configurations in North America, coordinating development of new or improved software logic for Fuel Cell and Hybrid Vehicle (FC&HV) controls systems, managing Toyota's contributions to North American FC&HV Codes & Standards activities, and supporting technical outreach related to advanced powertrains.

Mr. Ward began his career at TTC in 2001, when he joined the company to support the opening of Toyota's first facility in North America dedicated to Fuel Cell Vehicle development, located at the California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) in West Sacramento, California. In this role, he supported CaFCP PR outreach efforts and technical workgroups. He was promoted to his current position in 2008.

Mr. Ward has been a member of SAE since 2000. He earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California Davis in 1999.

Dr.-Ing. Jochem Wolschendorf, Vice-President, Vehicle System & Drivetrain Engineering Division, FEV, Inc.

Jochem Wolschendorf is vice president, Vehicle System and Drivetrain Engineering Division of FEV, Inc. in Auburn Hills, Michigan. In this capacity, he is responsible for all vehicle-related development work, but also includes the areas of transmission, hybrid, and NVH development, as well as powertrain integration work. He is the chief technical officer at FEV, Inc. Prior to taking this recent position with FEV, Inc. in the United States, Dr. Wolschendorf was manager of a diesel engine production development program at FEV. Before moving to the United States in 1996, he was responsible for the engine NVH development work at FEV Motorentechnik in Aachen.

Dr. Wolschendorf studied mechanical engineering at the RWTH in Aachen and subsequently received his Doctor of Engineering from RWTH Aachen in 1990.

Jan-Olaf Willums, Chairman, Inspire Group

Dr. Willums is a serial entrepreneur and founding chairman of the InSpire Group, a social/environmental investor with offices in Oslo, London, South Africa and Morocco. He has been co-founder of several pioneering technology companies since the 1980s, including Computas (Artificial Intelligence), REC (Solar PV), THINK Global (electric vehicles), MoveAbout (EV carsharing), and ZEM-Energy Ltd. (EV battery financing). He is a founding investor in Novus Energy Partners, an international investment fund focused on new energy technologies.

He has held senior management positions in the energy sector, including head of Volvo Petroleum, before being elected executive director of Energy and Environment at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, mandated to represent global corporations in the 1992 UN Earth Summit in Rio. Subsequently, he became a founding director of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in Geneva.

Dr. Willums has an M.Sc. from the Swiss Institute of Technology and a D.Sc. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is advisory board member of the World Bank’s Global Corporate Governance Forum, sits since 1994 on the President’s environmental advisory Council of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and is vice chair of the Bellagio Forum, established by the Rockefeller Foundation to promote sustainability among Foundations.

In 2000, Dr. Willums was named Adjunct Professor at the Norwegian School of Management, where he teaches entrepreneurship.

Dr. Yibing Wu, Managing Director, Legend Holdings Limited

wu yibing Dr. Yibing Wu is the managing director of Legend Holdings Limited, overseeing overall business operations and investment activities. From 1996 to August, 2008, He worked for Mckinsey & Company, a world-renowned management consulting firm. During his tenure at the firm, he served as a senior partner, general manager of their Beijing office, and head of their Asia-Pacific Post-Merger Management Practice. From 2005 to April, 2008, Dr. Wu worked full-time at Lenovo, first as the Chief Integration Officer, later as the Chief Strategy Officer, and most recently, as Chief Transformation Officer and CIO. He was one of the core team leaders overseeing the acquisition of IBM's PC division, and co-led the strategy development, transaction negotiation process, integration program, and the performance transformation.

Dr. Wu is non-executive director of Lenovo Group and sits on the advisory board of China Unicom, as well as the board of China Social Entrepreneur Foundation. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University and a B.S. from the University of Science and Technology of China. Born in China, Dr. Wu is a native speaker of Chinese and is fluent in English.

Brian P. Wynne, President, Electric Drive Transportation Association

Wynne, Brian Brian Wynne was appointed president of the Electric Drive Transportation Association in April 2004. He acts as chief staff executive of this member-based international organization, which promotes battery, hybrid, plug-in and fuel cell vehicles, and infrastructure. He brings in-depth experience in transportation and technology applications gained in leadership roles in trade associations and public-private partnerships.

Mr. Wynne previously served as senior vice president for business and trade at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America. Prior to that role, he led a global technology association as chief executive officer of AIM International, Inc. He started his career as a legislative assistant to United States Senator Charles Percy and has served on several not-for-profit Boards.

Mr. Wynne holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Scranton and a master's degree from the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

Jeff Ziarko, Legislative Assistant to Congressman Sander Levin

Jeff Ziarko is a legislative assistant to Congressman Sander Levin, who represents Michigan's 12th Congressional District. He has served on Congressman Levin's staff since 2005 and handles issues related to the automotive industry, tax policy, financial services and housing. This includes legislation introduced by Congressman Levin to encourage investments in alternative refueling property, to extend and improve incentives to purchase medium and heavy duty hybrid trucks, and to expand the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Loan Program.

Mr. Ziarko holds degrees in finance and political economy from Michigan State University.

Martin Zimmerman, Ph.D., Ford Motor Company Clinical Professor of Business Administration Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan

Martin Zimmerman is the Ford Motor Company clinical professor of Business Administration at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Professor Zimmerman’s career has spanned academia, government, and business. He served as chief economist, as well as group vice president at Ford Motor Company where he was responsible for corporate economics, governmental affairs, environmental and safety engineering, and corporate social responsibility.

Professor Zimmerman serves on the National Commission on Energy Policy and also served as a senior staff economist on the President’s Council of Economic Advisors. His research is concerned with energy policy, government regulation of business, and economic developments in the automotive industry.

Professor Zimmerman is a summa cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College and earned a Ph.D. degree in economics from MIT.

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