People: Ener1, Inc. (HEV.O)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Gassenheimer, Charles 35 2008 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
Novak, Peter 56 2008 President, Chief Technology Officer, Director
Herlihy, Gerard 56 2007 Chief Financial Officer
Stanley, Richard 52 2009 President - EnerDel, Inc
Ota, Naoki 42 2007 Chief Operating Officer
Grape, Ulrik 48 2006 Executive Vice President; Chief Executive Officer of EnerDel
Gruns, Karl 61 1999 Director
Manfredi, Ludovico 47 2005 Director
Cogan, Marshall 71 2006 Director
Snyder, Thomas 64 2007 Director
Baker, Kenneth 62 2007 Director
Fuhr, Elliot 49 2008 Director
D'Anastasio, Mark 54 2008 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Gassenheimer, Charles Charles Gassenheimer has been the Chief Executive Office of Ener1 Inc since August 2008 and the chairman of the Board of Directors since November 2007. He has served as a director since January 2006. Mr. Gassenheimer has also been serving as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Ener1 Group since January 2006. From 2002 through 2005, Mr. Gassenheimer was Portfolio Manager of Satellite Asset Management's Convertible Arbitrage Division and Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of its Private Investment Group. From 2001 through 2002, he was a Portfolio Manager and head of the distressed securities investment group at Tribeca Investments (Citigroup Global Investments). Mr. Gassenheimer has also been a Vice President with Credit Suisse First Boston, where he served as Investment Manager of a proprietary hedge fund focused on private investments in public equity securities, and a Turnaround Management Consultant at Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Gassenheimer has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Novak, Peter Dr. Peter Novak has been President of Ener1 Inc since November 2007 and the Chief Technology Officer since August 2008. He has served as a director of the company since February 2002 and as Chief Executive Officer from December 2006 to August 2008. Since 2001, he has been the Chief Technology Officer and a director of Ener1 Group. Since 1991, Dr. Novak has focused on bringing advanced electronic technologies to market. In 1998, Dr. Novak worked to form Ener1 s.r.l. Dr. Novak has been the “sole administrator”, a position equivalent to president, and sole director, for Ener1 s.r.l. Ener1 s.r.l. commenced development of a research, development and production facility for advanced lithium metal batteries in Italy in 1998. For the next three years, Dr. Novak managed the start-up business operations of Ener1 s.r.l. Dr. Novak was, during that period, and is now, primarily responsible for technology development. In that capacity, he performed and supervised research and development, developed numerous technologies for which patent applications are now in process at the United States Patent and Trademark office and elsewhere. In 2001, Dr. Novak formed Ener1 Group. As Chief Technology Officer of Ener1 Group, he is responsible for all technology development, licensing and patent matters. He also assists in the management of the business affairs of Ener1 Group. Dr. Novak graduated from the Ural Polytechnic Institute, Physics and Technical Department specializing in experimental nuclear physics, and has a doctoral degree in solid-state physical chemistry.
Herlihy, Gerard Gerard Herlihy has been the Chief Financial Officer of Ener1, Inc since November 2007 and from January 2006 through October 2006. During the period from October 2006 to November 2007, Mr. Herlihy had been directing Ener1’s media and investor relations and external reporting. From June 2004 to December 31, 2007, he served as CFO, of Splinex Technology Inc., an affiliate of Ener1 and from September 2005 to December 31, 2007 he additionally served as President of Splinex Technology. For the year before he joined Splinex, Mr. Herlihy provided accounting, financing and acquisition advisory consulting services to public and private companies. Mr. Herlihy’s previous positions included chief financial and administrative officer of a publicly held truck and automotive parts supplier, managing director of corporate finance at an investment bank and auditor at a national public accounting firm. Mr. Herlihy has a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Rhode Island and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive status).
Stanley, Richard Mr. Richard L. Stanley is President - EnerDel, Inc, subsidiary of Ener1, Inc. As President of Remy, Inc., the largest division of Remy International (formerly Delco Remy International), Stanley achieved a 58-percent increase in revenue, from $500 million to nearly $800 million, through a combination of organic growth, new customer development and corporate acquisitions from 1998 to 2006, a period when the industry as a whole was facing stiff pressures. He also led the company's entry into new and emerging markets, including a range of technologies for hybrid vehicles, and diversified the customer base by winning new business from Audi, Daimler-Chrysler, Fiat, Ford, Hyundai, Kohler, Nissan and Volkswagen. Earlier Stanley was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Automotive Systems at Remy International, managing a $250 million business unit with 1,500 employees while increasing pre-tax operating margins (EBIT) five-fold. That followed a 16-year rise through a series of increasingly senior engineering and management positions with GM's Delco Remy Division, culminating as Director of Customer Programs, where he was responsible for $1.2 billion in yearly sales. Mr. Stanley spent the past two years as President of the ATC Drivetrain arm of ATC Technology Corporation, where customers included Allison, Aston Martin, Chrysler, Ford, GM, Honda, Isuzu, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mitsubishi, Opel, Peugeot, Saab and Subaru. Stanley holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an Master of Science in Manufacturing Management from Kettering University.
Ota, Naoki Naoki Ota has been Chief Operating Officer of Ener1 since November 2007. Mr. Ota has been the President and Chief Operating Officer of the EnerDel subsidiary since July 2005. He has over 15 years of management, technical, operations and marketing experience in lithium-ion battery production and related industries. From May 2004 to April 2005, Mr. Ota was Senior Manager of Technology Marketing for Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc. After 8 years of experience in the lithium-ion business in Japan from 1991 to 1999, he was with Quallion, LLC, a manufacturer of batteries for medical implants and aerospace applications. At Quallion, from November 1999 to March 2004, Mr. Ota held senior management positions in Advanced Material Resources, Application Engineering and Marketing and Strategic Planning. He also has experience as a consultant for sourcing advanced materials for lithium batteries and other electrochemical devices. Mr. Ota earned a Bachelor of Applied Chemistry degree from Osaka Prefacture University, Japan.
Grape, Ulrik Ulrik Grape has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of EnerDel since January 2006. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Grape was Business Development Manager for Gold Peak Industries (N.A.), Inc. in connection with a joint venture between Gold Peak and Danionics A/S. From 1994 to 2004, Mr. Grape was employed by Danionics A/S, an international lithium battery company headquartered in Denmark, where he was Sales and Marketing Director and Vice President, U.S. Prior to that, he was Managing Director for Volund A/S, a privately held Danish industrial group manufacturing mobile access platforms and other structures, and Associate at Trap & Kornum A/S, a mergers and acquisition firm operating in the Scandinavian market. Mr. Grape earned a Bachelor's degree in International Politics and Affairs from Georgetown University and a Masters of Business Administration degree from French business school INSEAD.
Gruns, Karl Karl Gruns a Certified Public Accountant, has been a Director of Ener1, Inc since August 1999 and chairman of the Audit Committee since 2002. Since 2001, Mr. Gruns has owned and operated a management consulting practice in Germany for international clients. From 1998 to 2001, he was Chief Financial Officer of Infomatec Integrated Information Systems AG. Previously, Mr. Gruns owned and operated an audit and consulting practice, and he was formerly with KPMG Certified Public Accountants in the United States and Germany. He is currently Chairman of Sellexx AG, a privately held corporation in Munich, Germany. Mr. Gruns received his degree in Business Administration, with a major in Accountancy, from Northern Illinois University.
Manfredi, Ludovico Ludovico Manfredi has been a Director of Ener1, Inc and member of the Audit Committee since April 2005. He also serves as a member of the Compensation Committee. Since 2000, Mr. Manfredi has been employed as a marketing and business development executive for Cheyne Capital, a London-based hedge fund management company. He is responsible for Cheyne Capital’s European strategic relationships and business development activities. Prior to joining Cheyne Capital, from 1997 through 1999, Mr. Manfredi founded and managed Newfield Group, a company active in soft commodities and investments in South America, the Caribbean and Western Europe. Previously, Mr. Manfredi worked in commodities trading with the European trading firms of Sucres et Denrees in Paris and Riz et Denrees in Paris and New York. Mr. Manfredi has an M.B.A from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, with a concentration in Finance and he received his initial degree from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, with a major in Economics and Finance.
Cogan, Marshall Marshall S. Cogan has been one of Directors of Ener1, Inc since February 2006. He also has been a strategic advisor to Ener1 Group during 2006. For the last five years, Mr. Cogan has been a private equity investor. Since July 2004, he has been Chairman and a director of Greystone Logistics. Since 1986, Mr. Cogan has been a member of the board of trustees for N.Y.U. Medical Center and a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art. Previously Mr. Cogan was a Director of Sheller Globe, a manufacturer of steering wheels and related automotive components. He founded and was Chairman of United Auto Group, and was Chairman of Knoll International, Sheller Globe, Foamex International and the '21' Club. Mr. Cogan received his B.A. and M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Snyder, Thomas Thomas J. Snyder has been elected to the board of Directors of Ener1, Inc since July 2007. He serves on the Governance and Nomination Committee of the board of directors. Mr. Snyder served as the president from 1994 and the chief executive officer from 2000 through 2006 of Remy International in Anderson, Indiana. Mr. Snyder led the management buyout of Delco Remy from General Motors in 1994. Since July 2007, he has served as the president of Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, a mid-west educational institution with over 100,000 enrolled students. Mr. Snyder graduated from Kettering University with a degree in mechanical engineering and holds a master’s degree in business administration from Indiana University.
Baker, Kenneth Kenneth R. Baker has been elected to the Board of Directors of Ener1, Inc. since July 2007. He also serves on the Governance and Nomination Committee as well as the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Since November 1999, Mr. Baker has served as president and chief executive officer and member of the board of trustees of Altarum Institute, a non profit research institute in the areas of national defense, homeland security and environment. Prior to that, he served as an executive at General Motors for over 30 years until his retirement in 1999, including vice president of global research and development and program manager of electric vehicles. He was the founding chairman of the USABC, the organization partially funding the lithium-ion battery development. Mr. Baker graduated with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Clarkson University. He currently serves on the board of directors and is a member of the audit and compensation committees for Aero Vironment, Inc. and Millenium Cell, Inc.
Fuhr, Elliot Mr. Fuhr serves as Director of Ener1 since January 2008. Mr. Fuhr serves on the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors as well as the Nomination and Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee. As a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, Inc. since August 2002, Mr. Fuhr specializes in assisting senior management and boards of directors in the areas of performance improvement, financial and operational restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, business planning and rapid implementation projects. He has broad industry experience including engagements with automotive, apparel, retail, technology, manufacturing, services, chemical, and oil and gas companies. Mr. Fuhr has led or is leading several FTI firm-wide initiatives, including Business Quality, Learning and Education, Business Performance Improvement and Key Client programs. He has over 24 years of experience in consulting and restructuring businesses. Mr. Fuhr was previously a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC in the Business Recovery Services division and had several chemical engineering positions at Exxon.
D'Anastasio, Mark Mark D'Anastasio has been appointed to the board of directors of Ener1, Inc since August 2008. Mr. D’Anastasio is a strategic communications advisor to multinational corporations and government institutions globally. He is founder and president of Washington, D.C.-based Emerging Markets Communication (EMC). Mr. D’Anastasio’s work is spread across rising post-socialist, ‘base-of-the-pyramid’ and dynamic economies of Asia, and has included pioneering assignments supporting some of the most sweeping international economic changes of the past twenty years. EMC, a limited liability company, specializes in market entry, commercial dispute resolution, corporate and CEO positioning, government relations, federal compliance issues and sovereign external communications. Prior to establishing EMC in 2000, Mr. D’Anastasio was a managing director at the global communications consultancy Burson-Marsteller, where he chaired the International Development Practice, and he has served in a number of other high-profile commercial and non-commercial positions, including as a communications policy advisor to foreign governments at Harvard University. He began his career as a business and financial journalist and held international staff positions at Business Week magazine and The Wall Street Journal. Mr. D’Anastasio holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College, an M.A. from Yale University and an M.S. from Columbia University.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Gassenheimer, Charles 500,000
Novak, Peter 435,950
Herlihy, Gerard 420,003
Stanley, Richard --
Ota, Naoki 611,002
Grape, Ulrik 470,003
Gruns, Karl --
Manfredi, Ludovico --
Cogan, Marshall --
Snyder, Thomas --
Baker, Kenneth --
Fuhr, Elliot --
D'Anastasio, Mark --
As Of 30 Dec 2008

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
GASSENHEIMER CHARLES 5,733 $4.14
GASSENHEIMER CHARLES 600 $4.07
SEIDEL JEFFREY 10,000 $4.10
GASSENHEIMER CHARLES 2,800 $4.11
GASSENHEIMER CHARLES 8,777 $4.15
GASSENHEIMER CHARLES 2,090 $4.10
GRAPE ULRIK 100 $5.16
GRAPE ULRIK 200 $5.15
GRAPE ULRIK 3,200 $5.16
GRAPE ULRIK 700 $5.15
GRAPE ULRIK 86 $5.16
GRAPE ULRIK 1,000 $6.26
GRAPE ULRIK 4,000 $6.26
GRAPE ULRIK 5,000 $6.99
BZINFIN SA 896,986 $0.00
BZINFIN SA 214,286 $2.45
BZINFIN SA 400,000 $6.00
COGAN MARSHALL S 23,810 $6.72
COGAN MARSHALL S 23,810 $2.80
ENER1 HOLDINGS INC 142,858 $2.80
BZINFIN SA 16,386,060 $0.00
ENER1 HOLDINGS INC 387,373,593 $0.00
ENER1 HOLDINGS INC 27,689,434 $0.00
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