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 William was appointed Chairman October 1st, 2008. Mr. Mundell joined the Board of ZBB following completion of the Company’s IPO in mid 2007 and his appointment as Chairman is a further move to strengthen the management of operations from the United States. Mr. Mundell is an international businessman with a solid track record in the information and educational technology industries. He is Chairman of Intekea; a Los Angeles based joint venture focused on economic development in West and Central Africa. He is the former Chairman and CEO of Vidyah Inc., a company founded out of Knowledge Universe to create a second generation of e-learning. During the same time he assumed responsibility for another Knowledge Universe controlled company, International Knowledge Management. Previously, he was Chairman of Trade, Inc. a leading competitive intelligence company specializing in international trade information controlled by Bain Capital and Sutter Hill. From 1989 through 1998, Mr. Mundell was with WEFA, serving first as President and later as President and Chief Executive Officer. WEFA, the world’s premier economic forecasting authority, was founded in 1963 as Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates by the Nobel Laureate economist Dr. Lawrence Klein. Mr. Mundell was also an adjunct professor at UCLA's Anderson Graduate School of Management, where he taught economics and finance and he is an honorary professor at Tsinghau University in China. He received his undergraduate degree in Economics and Political Science at Carlton University in Canada where he was the recipient of the U.S. Ambassadors Award. He completed his graduate studies at Columbia University, earning an MBA in Finance and a Masters in International Economics and Public Finance.
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| Richard Andrew Payne |
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 Richard has been a director of the company since 1998 and previously held the position of chairman of the board from 2004 to 2008. Mr. Payne is a director serving on Class I of our board whose term expires in 2011. Mr. Payne has been a director of our subsidiaries since 1994. Mr. Payne is the principal of Richard Payne & Associates and is a commercial lawyer who has practiced as a corporate and commercial attorney in Australia for over 25 years. Mr. Payne has been a director of the Broome International Airport Group of companies since 2001. Richard Payne & Associates has acted as a legal adviser to the company and its predecessor between 1993 and 2005. Mr. Payne received his Bachelor of Jurisprudence (Hons) in 1980 and a Bachelor of Law in 1981 from the University of Western Australia.
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 Manfred was appointed as an independent director upon the closing of our underwritten offering on 20th June, 2007. Prior to such time and since 1994, Mr. Birnbaum has been an independent management consultant in the energy and power industries. Mr. Birnbaum’s consulting services include assistance on divestitures, contract dispute resolutions, technology licensing, and developing marketing strategies for companies such as Westinghouse Electric Corporation, ABB-Asea Brown Boveri, Inc. Siemens, Alstom, Duke Power, Foster Wheeler and others. Mr. Birnbaum was Chief Executive Officer of English Electric Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Electric Company of England. Mr. Birnbaum held various senior management positions at Westinghouse Electric Corporation between 1958 and 1982. Mr. Birnbaum earned a B.A. in mechanical engineering from Polytechnic Institute, of the City University of New York in 1957 and a Masters Degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Paul was President, CEO and founder of Superconductivity, Inc., a manufacturer of superconducting magnetic energy storage systems from 1988 to 1997 when it was acquired by American Superconductor, an electricity solutions company. He then served as Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning for American Superconductor until his retirement in 2001. From 1993 to 1995, Paul was acting CEO and chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors of Best Power, Inc., a supplier of uninterruptible power supply equipment. Paul has also served as a member of the Board of Directors at Distributed Energy Systems Corp., a public company engaged in the business of creating and delivering products and services to the energy marketplace and also as a member of the Board of Directors at Northern Power Systems from 1998 to until 2003 when Northern was acquired by Distributed Energy Systems Corp. Paul also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Incontact, a Company specializing in the development and marketing of contact center software. Prior to founding Superconductivity, Inc. Paul worked for Wisconsin Power and Light Company for 15 years in a variety of functions. He has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Lakeland College and Associate Degrees in Materials Management and Electrical Power Technology.
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Mr. Abdoo was appointed a director on August 20, 2009 following recommendation by the nominating committee. Mr. Abdoo is president of R.A. Abdoo & Co. LLC, an environmental and energy consulting firm. Prior to his own business, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Wisconsin Energy Corporation from 1991 until his retirement in 2004. He also served as President from 1991 to April 2003 and joined the company in 1975 as Director of Strategic Planning. During his administration, Wisconsin Energy Corporation grew to become a Fortune 500 company through a series of mergers and acquisitions. He merged Wisconsin Electric and Wisconsin Natural Gas Company into a single utility in 1996, acquired WICOR, Inc. and its Wisconsin Gas subsidiary in 2000, and later that same year introduced the company's Power the Future plan to meet the future energy needs of southeastern Wisconsin. Mr. Abdoo currently serves on the boards of AK Steel Corp and NiSource. Throughout his career, he has also been a champion of humanitarian causes. He is currently a member of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital’s Professional Advisory Board. Mr. Abdoo received a master’s degree in economics in 1969 from University of Detroit and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from University of Dayton in 1965. A registered professional engineer in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, he is also a longtime member of the American Economic Association. In 2000, Mr. Abdoo was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, presented to Americans of diverse origins for their outstanding contributions to their own ethnic groups and to American society. Honorees typically include U.S. presidents, Nobel Prize winners and leaders of industry.
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| Eric Apfelbach |
Inside Director
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Mr. Apfelbach was appointed Chief Executive Officer in January 2010. Prior to this time he has been involved in the start-up of multiple technology companies where he helped create over 130 jobs and oversaw the development of 100,000 square feet of high tech development and manufacturing space. Most recently, as President and CEO of Virent Energy Systems, Inc., an 80 person catalytic biofuels company, where, he led the company through multiple financings, defined the company’s market strategy, and secured the company’s first customers. Before Virent, Mr. Apfelbach co-founded Alfalight, Inc., where, as President and CEO, he helped grow the high power diode laser company from zero to 85 employees in two years and led the company through multiple financings. Prior to Alfalight, Mr. Apfelbach was Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing at Planar Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLNR), with responsibility for the LCD division. He began his career working as an engineer in the global semiconductor industry, rising to a senior management position at Applied Materials, one of the world’s largest semiconductor equipment companies. Mr. Apfelbach is a director of Graphene Solutions, Inc, StudyBlue, Inc and National Electrostatics Corp (NEC). In 2006, He was elected to the Board of the Wisconsin Technology Council. He holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
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| Marc Marotta |
Advisor
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 Marc is a partner in the Transactional & Securities and Public Affairs Practices with the highly regarded national law firm, Foley & Lardner LLP. Mr. Marotta represents public and private companies in mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and recapitalizations, and public and private equity and debt financings. He has represented a wide variety of manufacturers, electric utilities, biotechnology and service companies, as well as both national and regional underwriters. Mr. Marotta also advises a variety of companies on public affairs matters ranging from policy, legislative and regulatory issues to procurement.
In January, 2003 Mr. Marotta became the secretary of the Department of Administration for the state of Wisconsin under Governor Jim Doyle. As secretary of the DOA, Mr. Marotta oversaw state government operations, prepared and implemented the state's $54 billion biennial budget and acted as the Governor's chief cabinet adviser. During his tenure, Mr. Marotta served on the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, the Board of University Hospitals and Clinics and the Wisconsin Center District Board.
Mr. Marotta currently serves on the boards of the Bradley Center, Summerfest (Milwaukee World Festival), Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee, Milwaukee Symphony, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, and the Greater Milwaukee Committee. Mr. Marotta is a 1987 graduate of Harvard Law School and a 1984 graduate of Marquette University, where he studied economics, political science and English, and was a three-time academic All-American basketball player.
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