Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer FuelCell Energy, Inc.
Named FuelCell Energy's Chief Executive Officer at the start of 2006, and Chairman in January 2007, Mr. Brdar has an extensive track record as a member of the company's management team. During his tenure, he led manufacturing, sales and marketing, and product development operations, and was responsible for the company's successful cost-out efforts.
Mr. Brdar has 24 years of combined technology development and new product introduction experience in a variety of executive positions around the industry. Prior to joining FuelCell Energy, he held management positions at General Electric, where he focused on new product introduction programs for its GE Power Systems business unit, and was product manager for its gas turbine technology. Prior to GE he was Associate Director, Office of Power Systems Product Management, at the U.S. Department of Energy where he was responsible for directing the research, development and demonstration of advanced power systems including advanced gas turbines, gasification systems and fuel cells.
He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981.
Retired Vice President - Law and Government for AT&T
Mr. Bromley recently retired as Vice President - Law and Government Affairs at AT&T. During his 38-year career at AT&T, he served as an attorney for Pacific Northwest Bell, Western Electric, Bell Labs, and as a general attorney in AT&T's New York headquarters. As VP-Law and Government Affairs, Mr. Bromley was responsible for all of AT&T's legal, regulatory and governmental matters west of the Mississippi. He is a member of the bar in California, New York, Washington, and Oregon, as well as the United States Supreme Court.
Chief Executive Officer of Stahlman-England Irrigation Inc.
Mr. England is an independent business consultant and the CEO and a director of Stahlman-England Irrigation Inc. and HEMS, LLC, an investment partnership. Prior to that, Mr. England spent 4 years as Chairman, President and CEO of Sweet Ripe Drinks, Ltd., a fruit beverage company. Prior to that, he spent 18 years at John Labatt Ltd., a $5 billon public company, and served as the company's CFO from 1990-1993. Mr. England started his career with Arthur Andersen & Co. in Toronto after serving in the Canadian infantry. Mr. England is a director of Enbridge Inc. and is a past member of the board of directors of John Labatt Ltd., Canada Malting Co., Ltd., and the St. Clair Paint and Wallpaper Corporation.
Mr. Epstein was the Chairman and CEO of Intermagnetics General Corporation. He began his career as an engineer at General Electric before moving to the U.K. to take on progressive management roles with Oxford Instruments plc. He was recruited to Intermagnetics in 1997 as President and COO, took over as CEO in 1999 and was elected Chairman in 2002. Mr. Epstein led Intermagnetics through multiple years of high growth and expansion until negotiating the sale of Intermagnetics to Royal Philips for $1.3 billion last year. He recently left Philips after leading a successful integration of both companies MR imaging businesses.
Mr. Gerson is a private investor. He is a member of the Board of several public and private companies and civic organizations including, I-Light Technologies, Zipcar, Inc. and VE Enterprises. He is also Chairman of the Board of Evercel, Inc. Prior to its 2007 merger with Schneider Electric, Mr. Gerson served as a Director of American Power Conversion Corp. Mr. Gerson was previously a Vice President of Fahnestock & Co., Inc. (now Oppenheimer & Co.) where he held a variety of positions in corporate finance, research and portfolio management.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Loeb Partners Corporation
Mr. Kempner has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Loeb Partners Corporation since 1979 and a general partner of Loeb Investors Co. LXXV, an investment partnership and an affiliate of Loeb Partners Corporation. Mr. Kempner is a Director of IGENE BioTechnology, Inc., Dyax Corporation, Intersections, Inc., Loeb Holding Corporation, Loeb Arbitrage Management, LP, Loeb Off Shore Management, LP and Director Emeritus of Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Mr. Lawson was the Chairman of the Board of Newcor, which designed and manufactured products principally for the automotive, heavy-duty, agricultural and industrial markets and focused on two core competencies: precision machined components and molded rubber and plastic products. Newcor operated six companies with 1,000 employees and now operates as part of EXX, Inc. Mr. Lawson was also President of W. A. Lawson Associates, an industrial and financial consulting firm.
Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Telus Corporation
Mr. Petty was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Telus Corporation, which is Canada's second largest telecommunications company. Previously, Mr. Petty was Vice President of Global Business Service for AT&T and Chairman of the Board of World Partners, the Global Telecom Alliance. Mr. Petty is a Director of Enbridge Inc., Enbridge Energy Partners, LLC, Enbridge Energy Management, LLC and Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. Enbridge is a global energy transportation and distribution company with $12 billion (Canadian) in sales and 4,900 employees.
Lead Independent Director Managing Partner Core Capital Group, a private investment partnership
Mr. Rolls is Managing Partner of Core Capital Group, a private investment partnership. Mr. Rolls is a Director of AbitibiBowater Inc. and of EDAC Technologies. Previously, Mr. Rolls was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Bank North America, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Technologies, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RCA and Treasurer, Monsanto Company.
Chairman of Noblis, Inc. and the TLI Leadership Group
Mr. West was U.S. Secretary of the Army from 1993 to 1998 and U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 1998-2000. He has practiced law as a partner in the New York law firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler and was of counsel to the D.C. based law firm of Covington & Burling. Mr. West also served as General Counsel to the Departments of Defense and of the Navy. Prior to his appointment with the Army, he was Senior Vice President for Government Affairs with Northrop Corporation. More recently, he was President and CEO of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Mr. West is Chairman of TLI Leadership Group and serves on the boards of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc., AbitibiBowater Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
A publicly traded company since 1992, FuelCell Energy is listed on the NASDAQ under the symbol FCEL.
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