Corporate Governance - Management Team

Robert John Parry – Chief Executive Officer has been a director and chief executive officer of the company since 1998, and has held similar positions with our subsidiaries since co-founding the company in 1982. Mr. Parry is a director serving on Class I of our board and his term expires in 2008. In 1990 Mr. Parry formed, in partnership with Mr. Hann, the accounting practice of Parry Hann & Associates. Mr. Parry obtained an accounting degree from The Western Australia Institute of Technology (Curtin University) in 1973 and he is a Fellow of CPA Australia.

Steven Allen Seeker – Chief Operating Officer was appointed as our chief operating officer in June 2006. Prior to such time and since 2000, Mr. Seeker was Vice President, International Sales and Operations, of Cooper Power Systems, Inc., in Waukesha, Wisconsin where he was responsible for Cooper Power’s international shipments, four international plants, and a network of sales representatives and direct employees in more than 75 countries. Prior to being appointed as Vice President and since 1974, Mr. Seeker held various other executive and non executive positions with Cooper Power and its predecessor company, McGraw-Edison. Mr. Seeker was President of the US National Committee of the International Electrotechnology Commission (IEC) (2000-2005), an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and International Committee member (2000-2005) and a representative on the IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors (2001). Mr. Seeker was most recently awarded the 2006 Astin-Polk International Standards Medal by ANSI. Mr. Seeker obtained both Bachelors and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering received from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM in 1973 and 1974, respectively.

Scott W Scampini – Chief Financial Officer was appointed as Interim CFO to take effect from January 1, 2008. Mr. Scampini holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is a Certified Public Accountant and member of both the AICPA and WICPA. He has previously worked with Price Waterhouse and BDO Siedman. From 1994 to June 2007, he was CFO and Executive Vice President of MGS Manufacturing Group. Scott has been the Company’s external accountant since 1994 and also provided audit services to the Company between 2001 and 2005. Scott is also a member of the Company’s executive management team.

Kevin A Dennis – Vice President of Marketing and Sales has been appointed with effect from January 28 2008. He brings extensive expertise in the utility and renewable energy markets worldwide having held various senior management roles with ABB, most recently as Director, Advanced Power Electronics – North America. Kevin also spent four years as both the sales and engineering manager for Omnion Power Engineering Corporation, a manufacturer of power electronics systems for advanced energy systems. His early career also includes six years as a design engineer with American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEP) in Columbus, Ohio. He holds a Bachelors of Science, Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University, is a registered professional engineer in the States of Wisconsin and California and is a member of the IEEE (Power Electronics Group). He is a past member of National Electrical Testing Association (NETA), participated as an industry representative in the working group for the development of Underwriters Laboratory standard, UL 741, for utility grid connected power converters. He also participates in various renewable energy and energy storage organizations.

Bjorn Jonshagen - Manager, Advanced Engineering. Mr. Jonshagen has been managing our Australian research and development since 1992, and was part of the Australian research and development team since 1986. Mr. Jonshagen is a co-developer of some of our intellectual property. Prior to joining the Company in 1986, Mr. Jonshagen gained extensive experience as a design engineer for wind turbine generators, plate heat exchangers and various valve products. Mr. Jonshagen holds a Masters of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering which he received in 1979 from Lund University of Technology, Sweden, and a Masters of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering Materials Science which he received in 1980 from the University of Hawaii, Honolulu.

Peter Lex - Vice President, Manufacturing. Mr. Lex joined Johnson Controls Battery Group in 1990 and has been our senior systems engineer since we acquired this division from Johnson Controls in 1994. He has coordinated extensive laboratory testing and qualification of zinc-bromine batteries and electrochemical capacitors. He has organized the research in materials development and conducted electrochemical testing of battery components, developed electrode and separator materials and processing techniques that improved the performance and life expectancy of the batteries. He has been the principal US research and development scientist for the Company since 1994 and coordinates the entire group’s materials research activities. He is a co-developer of the Company’s US intellectual property. Mr. Lex holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from The University of Wisconsin-Madison obtained in 1984 and Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from The University of Connecticut, Storrs obtained in 1988.

Michael Hughes - Vice President, Systems Engineering. Mr. Hughes joined Johnson Controls’ zinc bromine battery research division in 1991 and has been our senior systems engineer since we acquired this division from Johnson Controls in 1994. He managed the eight member development team that built, tested and demonstrated the initial 100kWh system utilizing on-board computers, PC-based controls and automated communication systems. Mr. Hughes was also a core team member of the Johnson Controls Inc. electric vehicle race team that demonstrated a zinc-bromine battery powered car capable of a top speed of 95 mph. Prior to joining the zinc-bromine research group at Johnson Controls Inc, he held positions as a research assistant and then project assistant at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Physics. Mr. Hughes holds a Bachelor of Science degree obtained in 1987 and a Masters of Science in Physics in 1991, both obtained from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

David Bornstein – Financial Controller.
Mr. Bornstein joined us as controller in August 2005. He has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as well as his CPA certification. With over ten years experience as controller or director of finance including over fifteen years in the manufacturing sector and four years of public accounting, he has had a broad range of experience from cost accounting to financial reporting in public and privately held companies.