Board of Directors

Chris D'Couto Dr. Gerard C. (Chris) D'Couto
President
Chief Executive Officer

Dr. D'Couto has served as a member of our Board since January 28, 2008 and as our Chief Executive Officer and President since February 2008. Until such time, Dr. D’Couto served as our Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President since September 2007. Prior to joining us, Dr. D’Couto served as senior director of marketing at Form Factor Inc. from January 2006 until September 2007, where he headed the launch of NAND flash and DRAM sort probe cards. Prior to that, Dr. D’Couto had a nine-year tenure at Novellus Systems, Inc., with positions of increasing responsibility ranging from product management to technology development and sales. Prior to that, Dr. D’Couto worked at Varian Associates and as a consultant to Intel Corporation. Dr. D’Couto received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology in India and also received a master’s and a doctoral degree in chemical engineering from Clarkson University in New York. Dr. D’Couto also earned an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. D’Couto was chosen to serve on our Board because of his management and operational skills from his business school education and past management positions as well as his technical knowledge related to our fuel cell technology.

Jeffrey B Sakaguchi Jeffrey B Sakaguchi
Chairman of the Board


Mr. Sakaguchi has served on our board since November 2010 and has served since 2009 as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross, Greater Los Angeles Chapter where he has been responsible for the financial and organizational turnaround of chapter performance. From 2004 until 2007, Mr. Sakaguchi served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Evolution Robotics Retail, Inc. In that role, Mr. Sakaguchi co-led a spin off of Evolution Robotics Retail, Inc. from its former parent company and developed and executed a commercialization strategy for a breakthrough visual scanning product targeted for the retail industry. From 1995 until 2003, Mr. Sakaguchi served as the Managing Partner for the North American Energy Strategy Practice at Accenture LLP in Los Angeles. From 1989 until 1995, Mr. Sakaguchi served as the Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, Inc. in Los Angeles. Mr. Sakaguchi earned his bachelors of science in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his masters in business administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Sakaguchi was chosen to serve on our Board because of his extensive business leadership experience with technology and emerging companies and his knowledge of the emerging fuel cell industry.

David Schmidt
Director

Mr. Schmidt has served on our board since November 2010. Mr. Schmidt has served since 2008 as an independent consultant advising chemical, material and alternate energy spaces regarding strategic marketing and execution services. From 2004 until 2008, Mr. Schmidt served as the Manager of Commercial Excellence and the Strategic Marketing Business Development Manager at Honeywell International Specialty Materials, Inc. From 2000 until 2003, Mr. Schmidt served as a Senior Director and Chief Operations Officer of Plasmion Corporation, Inc. Mr. Schmidt has also served in management positions at Film Specialties, Inc. from 1993 until 2000, Hydromer, Inc. from 1989 until 1992 and ROI Group, Inc. from 1986 until 1988. Mr. Schmidt earned his bachelor of science in business and economics from Lehigh University. Mr. Schmidt was chosen to serve on our Board because of his extensive executive and business development experience in technology industries.

Jon Garfield Jon M. Garfield
Director

Mr. Garfield has served on our Board since May 2008. Mr. Garfield served as Chief Executive Officer of technology company Clearant, Inc. (OTCBB: CLRA) from January 2007 until October 2010 and as Chief Financial Officer at Clearant, Inc. from September 2006 until January 2007. Mr. Garfield has served as a member of Clearant, Inc.’s board of directors since May 2007. From September 2001 through 2006, Mr. Garfield served as an independent financial consultant, including advising as to SEC reporting obligations and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. From 1998 until 2001, he served as Chief Financial Officer of a telecom service provider and a software developer. From 1996 to 1998, he served as Vice President of Acquisitions for the formerly NYSE-listed ground transportation consolidator Coach USA, Inc. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Garfield served as Corporate Assistant Controller of Maxxim Medical, Inc., a formerly New York Stock Exchange listed manufacturer and distributor. During 1986 to 1991, Mr. Garfield practiced public accounting with Arthur Andersen and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Garfield received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from University of Texas, Austin. Mr. Garfield was chosen to serve on our Board because of his past experience in chief executive officer and chief financial officer roles at public companies and because of his financial literacy.

Michael Selsman Michael Selsman
Director

Mr. Selsman has served on our Board since September 2009. Mr. Selsman writes and edits financial analyses, annual reports, stockbroker-investor overviews, corporate presentations, speeches, books and media communications for public and private companies. He has an extensive background in marketing, public relations, fund raising, media relations, strategic planning, corporate identity/image, public policy advocacy, employee communications and advertising. Since 1992, Mr. Selsman has been a principal of Public Communications Co. of Beverly Hills, California. Mr. Selsman was chosen to serve on our Board because of public relations knowledge and experience advising public companies on strategic matters.

 

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Military MILITARY
Instead of carrying multiple batteries, soldiers would need to carry only one fuel cell and cartridges for continuous power capability - lessening their load by 70%.
Mobile Life MOBILE LIFE
Users demand a convenient and longer-lasting power source to keep up with their connected lives. Neah delivers continuous untethered power.
First Responders FIRST RESPONDERS
Police, fire, and other first responder personnel often have to operate in environments where power is unavailable for long period of time.
Logistics LOGISTICS
When one fuel cartridge is exhausted, a worker could simply pop it out and insert another one to continue to work without interruption.

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