People: Hoku Corp (HOKU.PK)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Wei Xia	52	2010	Chairman of the Board
Xiaoming Yin	49	2012	President, Acting Chief Executive Officer
Dayi Liu	31	2012	Principal Financial Officer
Tao Zhang	38	2010	Interim President - Hoku Materials, Director
Keith Asato	33	2012	Principal Accounting Officer
Jerrod Schreck	37	2010	Chief Strategy Officer
Zhengfei Gao	43	2010	Director
Scott Paul	38	2012	Director
Dean Hirata	54	2007	Independent Director
Karl Stahlkopf	71	2002	Independent Director
Yi Zheng	38	2009	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Wei Xia	Mr. Wei Xia is the Chairman of the Board of Hoku Corp. Mr. Xia has served as a member of the Board since December 2009 and the Chairman of the Board since March 2010. Mr. Xia has served since 2004 as the Vice General Manager of Baoding Tianwei Group Co., Ltd., the parent company of Tianwei. From 1999 to 2004, he served as the Vice General Manager of Baoding Tianwei Baobian Electric Co., Ltd., an affiliate of Tianwei. From 1997 to 1999, he served as the Vice Manager of Baoding Tianwei Group Large Transformer Company, an affiliate of Tianwei. Mr. Xia holds a Bachelor in Engineering from Lanzhou University of Technology. Mr. Xia brings to the Board the knowledge and experience in the energy industry, particularly those in the People’s Republic of China, and his affiliation with Tianwei, stockholder, also provides the experience in the solar energy market relevant to the operations.
Xiaoming Yin	Dr. Xiaoming Yin, Ph.D., is President, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Hoku Corporation. He was appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, effective July 1, 2012. He has served as the President of the Corporation since February 28, 2011. Prior to joining the Corporation he served as the founder and managing director of SinoTransPacific Ventures, a cross-border private equity investment advisory firm headquartered in Los Angeles that focuses on clean technologies. From 2000 to 2007, Dr. Yin was a founding member and Vice President at LightCross, Inc., a California-based manufacturer of optical networking and switching components, which was merged with Arroyo Optics in 2005 to form Kotura, Inc. Subsequent to the acquisition of LightCross, Dr. Yin served in a variety of executive roles at Kotura, Inc. From 1996 to 2000, Dr. Yin served as the program manager and technical staff at the IBM, Siemens, Toshiba Development Alliance in East Fishkill, New York. Dr. Yin holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China, an M.B.A. from UCLA Anderson School of Management, and a Ph.D. in semiconductor physics from the City University of New York.
Dayi Liu	Mr. Dayi Liu has been appointed as Principal Financial Officer of Hoku Corporation, effective April 1, 2012. He has served as Vice President of Finance of the Company since April 2011, and is responsible for managing the subsidiary’s finances. From June 2010 to April 2011, Mr. Liu was an accounting manager at Tianwei New Energy Holdings Co., Ltd., an enterprise in the power transmission industry and the parent company of the Company. From August 2003 to June 2010, he was an audit manager at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd. Beijing Branch, a public accounting firm. From April 2005 to July 2005, he was an assistant accountant at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd. Hong Kong Branch. Mr. Liu has a B.S. in Economics and a B.S. in Physics from Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
Tao Zhang	Dr. Tao Zhang is an Interim President - Hoku Materials, Director of Hoku Corporation, since October 29, 2010. He has been served as a member of the Board since July 2010. Dr. Zhang has served since 2009 as Vice General Manager of Tianwei New Energy Holdings Co., Ltd. From 2007 to 2009, he served as the Senior Manager/Director of Spansion Inc., a public company in the semiconductor industry by Fujitsu and AMD. From 2002 to 2007, he served as Senior Automation Engineer, Flash Factory IE Manager, Systems IE Manager, Department Manager, and Staff Technologist for Intel. From 1998 to 2002, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. He is Co-Chair of an IEEE Technical Committee and the recipient of an IEEE Early Career Award and the IIE Young Industrial Engineer Award. He is also listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, invited to Asia 21 Young Leader Summit, and selected to the China Global Expert Recruitment program. Dr. Zhang received the M.S. and the Ph.D. degrees, as well as the Management of Technology certificate from the Haas School of Business and the College of Engineering, all at the University of California, Berkeley in record-breaking 3 years. Dr. Zhang’s background and knowledge in operations management and working experiences in a U.S. public company provides the Board with the skills and experience in analyzing the business operations. In addition to his other responsibilities, Dr. Zhang is the Director and Executive Vice President of the US-China Green Energy Council, which promotes the expansion of public and private cooperative relationships in the solar industry between the United States and China, and he is currently in charge of Tianwei’s photovoltaic module sales and marketing efforts in North America.
Keith Asato	Mr. Keith Asato has been appointed as Principal Accounting Officer of Hoku Corporation, effective April 1, 2012. He has served as Corporate Controller of the Company since August 2010. From October 2006 to August 2010, Mr. Asato was an Assurance Manager with Accuity LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm. From October 2001 to October 2006, Mr. Asato was a senior associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm. Mr. Asato has a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Georgetown University and is a certified public accountant in the State of Hawaii.
Jerrod Schreck	Mr. Jerrod M. Schreck is Chief Strategy Officer of Hoku Corp. since April 2010. He served as the company Vice President of Business Development from July 2009 to March 2010. Previously, he served as the company Director of Business Development from June 2008 to July 2009. From November 2006 to May 2008, Mr. Schreck was Development Director and Strategic Projects Manager at the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, an international non-profit conservation organization. From March 2006 to November 2006, he was an Associate at Sennet Capital, LLC, a merchant bank in Honolulu, Hawaii, providing strategic, financial and M&A advisory services. From August 1995 to March 2006, Mr. Schreck served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, resigning his commission as a Lieutenant Commander. Prior to concluding his active duty service, Mr. Schreck served as Chief Engineer in USS RUSSELL (DDG 59), a destroyer, and as Material Officer at Destroyer Squadron 31, a Pearl Harbor-based operational command responsible for the combat readiness of eight U.S. warships. Mr. Schreck has a Master’s degree as an Olmsted scholar and a B.S. from Cornell University.
Zhengfei Gao	Mr. Zhengfei Gao is Director of Hoku Corporation since July 30, 2010. Mr. Gao has served as the General Manager of Tianwei New Energy Holdings Co., Ltd since 2009. From 2007 to 2009, he served as the Vice President of CLP Electric Group Co., Ltd., an electric power station in China, and Board Chairman of Jiangxi Jingde Semiconductor New Material Co., Ltd., a polysilicon manufacturer. From 2003 to 2007, he served as the Vice President of Shanghai Dongdeng Group Co., Ltd. and General Manager of Shanghai Dongdeng Information Technology Co., Ltd., an information technology company. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Gao served as Director and Chief Financial Officer of Shanghai United Gene Technology Group Co., Ltd., a biotechnology company. From 1999 to 2001, he served as General Manager of the Finance Department of China for Asia Pulp & Paper, a producer of pulp, paper, and packaging. Mr. Gao holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Management Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University. He has the experience in the energy and technology industries, particularly his management of Tianwei’s photovoltaic products business, and his management position in a polysilicon manufacturing company, provides the Board with an understanding of the factors impacting the construction and operation of the polysilicon plant, as well as the future strategic growth of the solar business.
Scott Paul	Mr. Scott B. Paul is Director of Hoku Corporation. He resigned as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, effective June 30, 2012. Mr. Paul served as the Chief Operating Officer from November 2008 to April 1, 2010. Previously, he served as the Vice President, Business Development and General Counsel from July 2003 to November 2008. Mr. Paul was also the Secretary from November 2004 to March 2005. From June 2002 to June 2003, Mr. Paul was Associate General Counsel and Director of Business Development at Read-Rite Corporation, a component supplier for hard disk and tape drives. From April 2000 to June 2002, he was an attorney in the Business and Technology Group at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, a law firm. From October 1999 to April 2000, Mr. Paul was an attorney in the Business Solutions Group at Reed Smith Crosby Heafey, LLP, a law firm, and from October 1998 to October 1999, he was an attorney at Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, a law firm. Mr. Paul has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles and a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law.
Dean Hirata	Mr. Dean K. Hirata is an Independent Director of Hoku Corporation., since January 2007. Since August 2011, Mr. Hirata has been serving as Chief Financial Officer of Tetris Online, Inc. From 2010 to July 2011, Mr. Hirata served as Deputy Director of the Department of Budget and Finance for the State of Hawaii. From 2006 to May 2010, Mr. Hirata served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Central Pacific Financial Corp., the holding company of Central Pacific Bank. From 2004 to 2006, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Central Pacific Financial Corp. From 2002 to 2004, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CB Bancshares, Inc., a bank holding company, whose principal subsidiary was City Bank. From 1999 to 2002, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CB Bancshares. From 1990 to 1999, Mr. Hirata served as Controller of First Hawaiian Bank. From 1980 to 1990, Mr. Hirata was with KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm. Mr. Hirata holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Hawaii. Mr. Hirata’s experience in financial reporting, public accounting, corporate finance and risk management.
Karl Stahlkopf	Dr. Karl E. Stahlkopf, Ph.D., is an Independent Director of Hoku Corp., since July 2002. He is currently a Founding Partner and Director at Kairos Energy Capital where his emphasis is in technology analysis and evaluation, utility integration and project design optimization for project finance for renewable energy projects. He was also a Partner and Director of Sennet Renewables, a merchant bank, where he focused on the financing of renewable energy projects from July 2009 to April 2010. Dr. Stahlkopf was Senior Vice President, Energy Solutions and Chief Technology Officer of Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc., from May 2002 until July 2009. While at Hawaiian Electric Dr. Stahlkopf also served as President of Renewable Hawaii, Inc., the renewable energy subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. From November 1973 to April 2002, Dr. Stahlkopf served as Vice President of Power Delivery and Utilization at Energy Power Research Institute, or EPRI, an independent, non-profit center for electricity and environmental research. During his tenure at EPRI, Dr. Stahlkopf was also a founder and served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of EPRI Solutions, a subsidiary of EPRI, and was Chairman of the board of directors of Sure-Tech, LLC, a manufacturer of power electronic devices. Dr. Stahlkopf has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Naval Science from the University of Wisconsin and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He has the experience in the energy industry, particularly his background and knowledge in developing and financing renewable energy projects and technologies, provides the Board with the insight and experience with respect to the operations.
Yi Zheng	Dr. Yi Zheng, Ph.D., is an Independent Director of Hoku Corp., since December 2009. Dr. Zheng has served since 2009 as the President of Yuanhong Venture Capital Co., Ltd. He has also served since 2007 as a Venture Partner for Lightspeed Venture Partners. Dr. Zheng served as a director of Tianwei from April 23, 2009 to August 1, 2009. From 2004 to 2007, Dr. Zheng served as the Managing Director of Investment of TongFang Co., Ltd. In 2003, Dr. Zheng co-founded and served as Chief Financial Officer of Baihe.com. From 2002 to 2003, he served as an Associate of TPG-Newbridge Capital, LLC. Dr. Zheng has an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Tsinghua University, a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis, and a Master of Financial Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. His background and experience in finance, auditing and investment management provide him with the skills and qualifications to serve as a director of the Board and contribute significantly to the Board’s understanding of the strategic and financing planning and transactions.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Wei Xia	--
Xiaoming Yin	--
Dayi Liu	--
Tao Zhang	135,789
Keith Asato	--
Jerrod Schreck	264,912
Zhengfei Gao	--
Scott Paul	635,541
Dean Hirata	--
Karl Stahlkopf	--
Yi Zheng	--

As Of 30 Mar 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Wei Xia	0	0
Xiaoming Yin	0	0
Dayi Liu	0	0
Tao Zhang	0	0
Keith Asato	0	0
Jerrod Schreck	0	0
Zhengfei Gao	0	0
Scott Paul	170,833	893,170
Dean Hirata	0	0
Karl Stahlkopf	0	0
Yi Zheng	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
NAKAMOTO DARRYL S	190	$0.63
HIRATA DEAN K	47,619	$0.00
STAHLKOPF KARL E	47,619	$0.00
XIA WEI	79,365	$0.00
SCHRECK JERROD M	9,956	$0.63
PAUL SCOTT B	239	$0.63
GAO ZHENGFEI	47,619	$0.00
ZHANG TAO	9,167	$0.63
NAKAMOTO DARRYL S	9,591	$0.63
ZHENG YI	47,619	$0.00
YIN XIAOMING	16,102	$0.63
PAUL SCOTT B	21,156	$0.63
PAUL SCOTT B	581	$1.60
NAKAMOTO DARRYL S	526	$1.60
NAKAMOTO DARRYL S	644	$1.61
PAUL SCOTT B	584	$1.61
ZHANG TAO	3,811	$1.90
PAUL SCOTT B	55,263	$0.00
ZHANG TAO	28,947	$0.00
SCHRECK JERROD M	28,947	$0.00
NAKAMOTO DARRYL S	28,947	$0.00
YIN XIAOMING	42,105	$0.00

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