People: UQM Technologies Inc (UQM.A)

UQM.A on American Stock Exchange

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

William Rankin

69 2010 Chairman of the Board

Eric Ridenour

54 2010 President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Director

David Rosenthal

58 2013 Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary

Joseph Mitchell

51 2012 Vice President - Operations

Adrian Schaffer

50 2011 Vice President - Sales and Business Development

Jon Lutz

43 2011 Vice President - Engineering

Stephen Roy

63 2000 Independent Director

Joseph Sellinger

67 2008 Independent Director

John Sztykiel

56 2012 Independent Director

Donald Vanlandingham

73 2003 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

William Rankin

Mr. William G. Rankin serves as Chairman of the Board of UQM Technologies Inc. Mr. Rankin, Chairman, has been a member ofr Board for over a decade and, until his retirement in November 2010, served as Chief Executive Officer. In that position and others, he served as an executive officer of the Company for a total eighteen years. Mr. Rankin brings to the Board a deep understanding of the Company, its technologies, customers, competitors and the industry in which operate.

Eric Ridenour

Mr. Eric R. Ridenour serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Director of UQM Technologies Inc. Mr. Ridenour, a 26-year veteran of the automobile industry, began his career as a powertrain engineer with General Motors Corporation. During his 21 years with the Chrysler Group, Mr. Ridenour served in a series of progressively responsible positions including Director of Advanced Vehicle Engineering, Vice President of Product Planning, Vice President of the Premium Vehicle Product Team, Executive Vice President of Product Development and Quality, and from 2005 through 2007, as Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board of Management at DaimlerChrysler AG. Since leaving Chrysler, he has been engaged in consulting and personal business. Mr. Ridenour holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's of Business Administration, both from the University of Michigan.

David Rosenthal

Mr. David I. Rosenthal, CPA, has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary of UQM Technologies, Inc., effective May 1, 2013. From March, 2011 until joining the Company, Mr. Rosenthal was a Financial Consultant for start-up and turnaround companies. From 2010 until 2011 Mr. Rosenthal was a director and served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Cyanotech Corporation, a publicly-traded manufacturer of nutritional supplement products. From 2007-2009, Mr. Rosenthal served as Chief Financial Officer for Sanz, Inc. and Hickory Farms, portfolio companies of the private-equity firm Sun Capital Partners. Earlier in his career, Mr. Rosenthal served as the Chief Financial Officer of publicly-traded companies including Spectralink Corporation, Startek, Inc., Celestial Seasonings and Hauser, Inc. Mr. Rosenthal is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an MBA from California State University and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.

Joseph Mitchell

Mr. Joseph R. Mitchell serves as Vice President - Operations of UQM Technologies, Inc., since June 1, 2012. From March, 2012 until joining the Company, Mr. Mitchell was Director of Quality, North America, for A123 Systems, Inc. Mr. Mitchell served as Director, Operations and Quality - North American Hybrid Electric Drives for Continental Automotive from January 2008 through March 2012. From January 2007 through January 2008 Mr. Mitchell served as Director of Operations and Hybrid Drive Segment Manager for Siemens VDO. Prior to that, Mr. Mitchell held a series of manufacturing and quality positions at Ford Motor Company.

Adrian Schaffer

Mr. Adrian P. Schaffer serves as Vice President - Sales and Business Development of UQM Technologies, Inc., since December 1, 2011. Mr. Schaffer has held a series of progressively responsible sales and business development positions. From February 2006 until joining UQM, he served as Vice President of Sales for the Industrial, Commercial and Energy Group of Linamar Corporation, a supplier to the global vehicle and mobile industrial markets. Mr. Schaffer also spent thirteen years with Motorola Corporation where he held positions in sales, business development and account management in Motorola's Telematics, Powertrain, Autobody and Heavy Vehicle Electronics Groups, including most recently as Director of Global Marketing for the global automotive group. He earned his Executive MBA from Michigan State University and has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College.

Jon Lutz

Mr. Jon Lutz serves as Vice President - Engineering of UQM Technologies Inc., since September 2007. From 2000 to 2007, Mr. Lutz served as Director of Engineering and prior to that as Motor Group Manager and Motor Magnetics Design Engineer. Mr. Lutz joined the Company in February 1993.

Stephen Roy

Mr. Stephen J. Roy serves as an Independent Director of UQM Technologies Inc., since 2000. He is the Principal, STL Capital Partners, LLC since 2002. Managing Director- Investment Banking for A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. from 1989 through 2002.

Joseph Sellinger

Mr. Joseph P. Sellinger serves as an Independent Director of UQM Technologies Inc. He retired since 2006; Vice President Anheuser Busch Companies and Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Anheuser Busch Packaging Group from 2000 to 2006.

John Sztykiel

Mr. John E. Sztykiel has been appointed as Independent Director of UQM Technologies, Inc., effective November 1, 2012. Mr. Sztykiel is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPAR) and a member of Spartan's board of directors. Prior to his appointment in 2002 as Spartan's President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Sztykiel was President and Chief Operating Officer of Spartan Motors, Inc. and President of the Company's subsidiary, Spartan Motors Chassis. Spartan Motors, Inc. designs, engineers and manufactures specialty chassis, specialty vehicles, truck bodies and aftermarket parts for the recreational vehicle, emergency response, government services, defense, and delivery and service markets.

Donald Vanlandingham

Mr. Donald W. Vanlandingham serves as an Independent Director of UQM Technologies Inc., since 2003. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ball Corporation from 2002 to 2003; President and Chief Executive Office of Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation from 1996 to 2002. He is the member of the Compensation and Benefits Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

William Rankin

1,602,560

Eric Ridenour

1,219,770

David Rosenthal

--

Joseph Mitchell

298,190

Adrian Schaffer

332,440

Jon Lutz

359,933

Stephen Roy

--

Joseph Sellinger

--

John Sztykiel

--

Donald Vanlandingham

--
As Of 30 Mar 2013

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