Board of Directors
Benjamin L. Scott has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2002 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors since February 2007. Since May 2002, Mr. Scott has served as a Venture Partner with Austin Ventures, a venture capital firm. From January 2000 to May 2002, Mr. Scott served as a Venture Partner with Quadrant Management, a venture capital firm. From October 1997 to November 1999, Mr. Scott served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IXC Communications, a public provider of data and voice communications services that is now known as Broadwing Communications. Mr. Scott has served as a senior executive with AT&T, PrimeCo and Bell Atlantic. Mr. Scott also serves on the board of directors of several private companies and holds a B.S. in psychology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Ake Almgren has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2004. Since May 2003, Dr. Almgren has served as President of his consultant company, ORKAS Corp. From July 1998 to May 2003, Dr. Almgren served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capstone Turbine Corp. Prior to his employment at Capstone, Dr. Almgren had a 26-year career at ASEA Brown Boveri Limited (ABB), a worldwide power solutions company, where he held the position of worldwide Business Area Manager for Distribution Transformers and managed the operation of 36 plants in 28 countries. He also was President of ABB Power T&D Company, President of ABB Power Distribution, and President of ABB Power Systems during his tenure at ABB. Dr. Almgren also serves on the board of directors of several private companies. Dr. Almgren holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from Linkopings Tekniska Hogskola in Sweden and a Masters of Mechanical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.
Richard E. Anderson has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 1997. In 1992, Mr. Anderson co-founded Hill Partners, Inc., a real estate development and investment company, where he currently serves as partner. Mr. Anderson holds a B.A. in economics from Southern Methodist University.
Rodney S. Bond has served as a member of our Board of Directors since September 1994. From October 2000 to the present, Mr. Bond has served as a principal engaged in financial and strategic planning consulting at Sherman Partners and has also been the Chief Financial Officer for Up Link Corporation, a privately held supplier of GPS business solutions for the golf industry. From May 1990 to October 2000, Mr. Bond served in various capacities, including as Chief Strategic Officer and Chief Financial Officer, with VTEL Corporation, a publicly traded digital video communications company. Mr. Bond holds a B.S. in metallurgical engineering from the University of Illinois and a M.B.A. from Northwestern University.
Brad Boston has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2005. Since August 2001, Mr. Boston has been with Cisco Systems, Inc., and is currently serving as Cisco’s Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. From June 2000 to July 2001, Mr. Boston served as the Executive Vice President of Operations at Corio, an enterprise-focused Internet application service provider. From June 1996 to June 2000, Mr. Boston served as Executive Vice President of product development and delivery at the Sabre Group, a publicly traded travel-related products company. He has also held executive positions at American Express, Visa, United Airlines/Covia and at American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago. Mr. Boston serves on the board of directors of Mercury Interactive Corporation, a publicly traded software solutions company. Mr. Boston holds a B.S. in Computer Science from University of Illinois, College of Engineering, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
James A. Clishem serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Active Power and has served as a member of the Board of Directors since assuming these responsibilities in May 2006. From November 2005 until May 2006 Mr. Clishem was President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, and from May 2005 until November 2005 he served as Vice President of Business Development for the Company. Prior to joining Active Power, from 2004 Mr. Clishem was most recently Vice President of Business Development at Peregrine Systems, Inc, a publicly traded enterprise software company. Between 1999 and 2004 Mr. Clishem was founder and Chief Executive Officer of Xodiax, Inc., a managed IT services business. He has also held executive management positions with Broadwing Communications, MCI, Ericson, and Tandem Computers. Mr. Clishem holds a B.S. and an M.S in electrical engineering from the University of Louisville and an MBA from Southern Methodist University.
Jan H. Lindelow has served as a member of our Board of Directors since February 1998. From June 2001 to June 2002, Mr. Lindelow served as Vice President, Emerging Business Development at IBM Corporation. From May 1997 to May 2001, Mr. Lindelow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tivoli Systems Inc., a division of IBM. From July 1994 to December 1995, Mr. Lindelow was President and COO of Symbol Technologies. From 1989 to June 1994, Mr. Lindelow worked in several senior executive positions at Asea Brown Boveri AG, a power and automation engineering company. Mr. Lindelow serves as Chairman of the board of directors of Vignette Corporation, a publicly traded software company, and several other private companies. Mr. Lindelow holds an M.S. in electrical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.
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