People: Comverge, Inc. (COMV.O)

COMV.O on Consolidated Issue listed on NASDAQ Global Market

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Dreyer, Alec 50 2009 Chairman of the Board
Picchi, Michael 42 2009 Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Vos, Arthur 34 2008 Vice President - Strategy, Chief Technology Officer
Smith, Matthew 34 2008 Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Waterworth, John 31 2009 Vice President, Corporate Controller
Schaefer, Mark 41 2007 Vice President - Administration and Risk Management
Myszka, Edward 46 2008 Chief Operating Officer of Clean Energy Solutions Group
Young, R. Blake 50 2006 Director
Brownell, Nora 61 2006 Director
Gutierrez, Thomas 61 2009 Director
Ungerer, Scott 50 2009 Independent Director
Jones, A. Laurence 56 2009 Independent Director
O'Donnell, Joseph 62 2009 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Dreyer, Alec Mr. Alec G. Dreyer has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Comverge, Inc effective June 22, 2009. He has been member of Board of Directors of Comverge, Inc. since January 2008 and appointed as Lead Director since September 2008. He serves on the audit, nominating, governance and compensation committees of Board of Directors. Mr. Dreyer is currently retired. Mr. Dreyer previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Horizon Wind Energy, LLC, a wind energy developer, from September 2005 to July 2007, when Horizon was sold to Energias de Portugal, S.A., a Portuguese utility. From February 2000 to September 2005, Mr. Dreyer served as an Executive Vice President of publicly traded Dynegy, Inc. and President of Dynegy Generation, a division of Dynegy Inc. Prior to February 2000, Mr. Dreyer was President of Illinova Generating Company, and a Senior Vice President of Illinois Power Company. Before starting his career at Illinova, Mr. Dreyer was a Senior Manager in the Accounting and Auditing Services division of PriceWaterhouse in St. Louis. In February 2008, Mr. Dreyer joined the board of directors of publicly traded EcoSecurities Group PLC, which is in the business of sourcing, developing and trading carbon credits, and serves on the audit and remunerations committees of EcoSecurities’ board of directors. Mr. Dreyer received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois and an Master of Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis.
Picchi, Michael Mr. Michael D. Picchi has been appointed as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Comverge, Inc effective June 22, 2009. He has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Comverge, Inc. since June 2006. He joined the company in February 2006 as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer responsible for all accounting functions. From July 2004 to February 2006, Mr. Picchi was Senior Vice President—Finance and Controller for publicly-traded PRG-Schultz International, Inc., an audit recovery services firm. From February 2003 to July 2004, Mr. Picchi served as Chief Accounting Officer—Corporate Controller for Randstad North America, the U.S. operations of temporary staffing labor firm Randstad Holding, B.V. From November 1999 to January 2003, Mr. Picchi served as Vice President—Finance for publicly-traded AirGate PCS, Inc., a Sprint PCS wireless affiliate. Mr. Picchi began his career at Coopers & Lybrand LLP and is a certified public accountant and chartered financial analyst. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and an Master of Business Administration in Finance from Indiana University.
Vos, Arthur Arthur Vos IV joined Comverge, Inc. in April 2003 as Vice President of Development for 6DiNET Group after the acquisition of Sixth Dimension, Inc. and was named Vice President, Marketing, Products and Strategy in 2004. In September 2007, Mr. Vos was named Vice President, Marketing and Strategy, in order to convey the primary focus of his work in those two areas. As co-founder and Vice President of Sixth Dimension from 1997 to April 2003, Mr. Vos has been extensively involved in the electric utility industry for over 12 years, including the development of demand response offerings based on real-time monitoring and control technology, strategic sales to electric utilities, alliances and joint product and development offerings with partner companies. Mr. Vos obtained B.S. and M.S. degrees from Colorado State University with an emphasis in artificial intelligence, distributed control systems, manufacturing systems and embedded system design.
Smith, Matthew Matthew H. Smith has served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Comverge, Inc. since January 1, 2008. Mr. Smith joined the company in January 2005 as Senior Counsel responsible for contract negotiations, intellectual property, litigation and corporate governance matters. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Smith worked for the law firm King & Spalding LLP from 2002 to January 2005 concentrating primarily on intellectual property and litigation matters. Mr. Smith began his legal career as a federal appellate court clerk for Judge H. Emory Widener, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Mr. Smith obtained a B.A. in History and Psychology and a J.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Waterworth, John John Waterworth has served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Comverge, Inc. since March 2009. Prior to that Mr. Waterworth served as Controller of the Company from July 2006 to February 2009. In addition, prior to joining the Company, Mr. Waterworth was a member of the audit services group of KPMG, LLP. As Vice President and Corporate Controller, Mr. Waterworth is responsible for the Company’s financial reporting and internal controls. Mr. Waterworth is a certified public accountant, and earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in accounting from the University of Georgia. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Schaefer, Mark Mark Schaefer has served as Vice President, Risk Management and Administration of Comverge, Inc. since July 2007 and is responsible for the overall company-wide risk assessment and human resources. Prior to that, from 2001 to 2007, Mr. Schaefer was Senior Vice President – Finance of Enerwise Global Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Comverge, where he was responsible for the subsidiary’s accounting, financial reporting, financial planning, insurance and human resources areas. Mr. Schaefer has over 17 years experience in strategic financial planning, analysis, and management. As an integral member of strategic planning and management teams, he has provided financial planning and forecasting leadership for new business lines, developed and implemented financial reporting processes, and analyzed the financial effects of business decisions. Mr. Schaefer received an MBA from Villanova University and his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware in business.
Myszka, Edward Edward J. Myszka has served as Chief Operating Officer of Comverge, Inc.'s Clean Energy Solutions Group since October 2008. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Products & Services Business unit from April 2005 to September 2008. Prior to joining the company, he spent 17 years at Motorola, Inc., a global communications company, where he held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in business management, strategic planning and technology development. Since 2000, he was head of the OEM Energy Systems Division where he had profit and loss responsibility with operations in Asia, Europe and the U.S. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Myszka led engineering and manufacturing efforts for Lytel, Inc., an early-stage company pioneering optoelectronic and semiconductor laser solutions for the telecommunications industry. Mr. Myszka obtained a B.S. degree from Polytechnic Institute of New York and a M.S. in Metallurgical and Material Engineering and an M.B.A. from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Young, R. Blake R. Blake Young is the Board of Directors of Comverge,Inc in August 2006 and serves as Chairman of the compensation committee of Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Young had previously served on the nominating and corporate governance committee and the audit committee. Mr. Young is currently Senior Vice President, Global IT & Technology for BG Group, a major London-based energy company. He has been with BG Group since January 2007. Mr. Young had previously held various senior management positions with publicly-traded Dynegy Inc. from 1998 to 2005, including Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. He also served as President of Illinois Power Company and Dynegy’s electric and gas transmission and distribution company. He was also a member of Dynegy’s six-member executive management team. Mr. Young was responsible for corporate strategy and development, human resources, information technology, corporate communications and other major functions. Prior to such assignment, he was Executive Vice President & President of Global Technology at Dynegy. Prior to Dynegy, Mr. Young was with Campbell Soup Company at their World Headquarters and served as Chief Information Officer of the US Grocery Division. Prior to his tenure with Campbell Soup, Mr. Young had a 14 year career with Tenneco Energy, a large integrated natural gas transporter and marketer and served in a number of senior administrative and commercial management positions, including as Chief Information Officer and Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO.
Brownell, Nora Nora Mead Brownell, became a member of Board of Directors of Comverge,Inc in December 2006 and serves on the compensation committee of Board of Directors. In May 2001, Ms. Brownell was confirmed as Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission where she served until the expiration of her term in June 2006. During her time as Commissioner, Ms. Brownell was an advocate for the development of regional transmission organizations, markets for wholesale power and national energy infrastructure development. After leaving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Ms. Brownell started BC Strategies, an energy consulting firm. Prior to her time as Commissioner, she served as a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission where she took an active role in the rollout of electric choice in Pennsylvania, helped to establish a framework for one of the most successful retail electric markets in the country and worked towards a public policy to develop a robust competitive telecommunications market in the state. Ms. Brownell is the former President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. Ms. Brownell is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Oncor Corp., LEAF Clean Energy Company, Spectra Energy Partners and SkyFuel, Inc. Ms. Brownell attended Syracuse University.
Gutierrez, Thomas Thomas Gutierrez is Director of Comverge, Inc in January 2009. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Gutierrez served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Xerium Technologies Inc. a multinational company that develops, manufactures and markets technically advanced synthetic textiles from 2001 to 2008. From 1995 to 2001, Mr. Gutierrez also served as Chief Executive Officer of Invensys Power Systems, a $3 billion multinational business and world leader in power control and energy storage products, systems and services for industrial applications. Mr. Gutierrez has extensive international experience in product development, manufacturing, marketing and sales. Mr. Gutierrez has also held several executive officer positions with Pulse Engineering (1992-1994), Pitney Bowes, Inc. (1985-1992) and Motorola, Inc. (1981-1984). Mr. Gutierrez currently serves on the Board of Directors of Verso Paper Corp. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology.
Ungerer, Scott Mr. Scott B. Ungerer is the Independent Director of Comverge, Inc. Mr. Ungerer is the founder and a managing director of EnerTech Capital, a pioneer in the CleanTech space that has been successfully investing in energy and clean energy technology companies since 1996. His experience in the energy and power markets has spanned his 29 year career beginning with Atlantic Electric in 1980, including his role as president and chief operating officer of Atlantic Energy Enterprises. Mr. Ungerer previously served on Comverge's board of directors from October 2003 to January 2008 and currently serves on the boards of Intellon Corporation and privately held CURRENT Group LLC, Tangent Energy Solutions, The Nanosteel Company and CoaLogix and is a member of the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) Venture Advisory Board.
Jones, A. Laurence Mr. A. Laurence Jones is the Independent Director of Comverge, Inc. Mr. Jones is chief executive officer and president of StarTek, Inc. (NYSE: SRT), a $274 million provider of outsourced call center and customer support services for the communications industry. Since he joined StarTek in 2007, the organization has achieved double digit revenue growth, restructured its North American call center platform and initiated a global expansion strategy. Mr. Jones brings to Comverge his extensive experience in marketing services, enterprise software, financial information services and IT services.
O'Donnell, Joseph Mr. Joseph M. O'Donnell is the Independent Director of Comverge, Inc. Mr. O'Donnell brings more than 30 years of sales and technology experience to his new role with Comverge. Most recently he served as chief executive of Inmar, Inc., a provider of technology-driven logistics and supply chain software and services. Prior to Inmar, he was Chairman and CEO of Artesyn Technologies for 12 years. Mr. O'Donnell currently serves on the boards of Comverse Technology and The University of Tennessee College of Business.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Dreyer, Alec --
Picchi, Michael 518,274
Vos, Arthur 146,589
Smith, Matthew 273,721
Waterworth, John --
Schaefer, Mark --
Myszka, Edward 509,942
Young, R. Blake --
Brownell, Nora --
Gutierrez, Thomas --
Ungerer, Scott --
Jones, A. Laurence --
O'Donnell, Joseph --
As Of 30 Dec 2008

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Dreyer, Alec 0 0
Picchi, Michael 17,367 444,055
Vos, Arthur 120,000 0
Smith, Matthew 0 0
Waterworth, John 0 0
Schaefer, Mark 0 0
Myszka, Edward 358,586 1,271,910
Young, R. Blake 0 0
Brownell, Nora 0 0
Gutierrez, Thomas 0 0
Ungerer, Scott 0 0
Jones, A. Laurence 0 0
O'Donnell, Joseph 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
DREYER ALEC G 45 $10.23
GUTIERREZ THOMAS 116 $10.57
SMITH MATTHEW HARNDEN 222 $10.97
MAGNOTTI FRANK A 188 $10.85
WATERWORTH JOHN 21 $10.85
SMITH MATTHEW HARNDEN 88 $10.85
PICCHI MICHAEL 3,125 $0.82
DREYER ALEC G 45 $11.43
PICCHI MICHAEL 21,872 $0.00
GUTIERREZ THOMAS 116 $11.47
YOUNG R BLAKE 2,500 $12.90
SCHAEFER MARK 204 $12.95
SMITH MATTHEW HARNDEN 221 $12.95
WATERWORTH JOHN 25 $12.26
SCHAEFER MARK 82 $12.26
SMITH MATTHEW HARNDEN 89 $12.26
MAGNOTTI FRANK A 189 $12.26
PICCHI MICHAEL 3,125 $0.82
DREYER ALEC G 45 $13.16
GUTIERREZ THOMAS 116 $10.83
SCHAEFER MARK 242 $11.21
WATERWORTH JOHN 2,500 $0.00
CHISTE ROBERT M 1,965 $3.18
CHISTE ROBERT M 274 $8.36
SCHAEFER MARK 97 $8.36
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