People: Valence Technology, Inc. (VLNC.O)

VLNC.O on Consolidated Issue listed on NASDAQ Capital Market

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9 Feb 2010
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Berg, Carl 72 Chairman of the Board
Kanode, Robert 59 2007 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Goolsby, Ross 42 2008 Chief Financial Officer
Williams, Roger 61 2001 Vice President - Legal, General Counsel, Assistant Secretary
Lim, Khoon Cheng 64 2008 Chief Technology Officer
Roberts, Bert 66 1998 Director
Keramidas, Vassilis 69 2004 Director
Tognazzini, Donn 75 2008 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Berg, Carl Mr. Berg is Chairman of the Board of Valence Technology, Inc., he has served as Director since September 1991 and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board. Mr. Berg has been a Silicon Valley industrial real estate developer and a private venture capital investor. Mr. Berg also serves as the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and director of Mission West Properties, Inc., a real estate investment company; and as a director of Monolithic Systems, Inc., and Focus Enhancements, Inc. Mr. Berg holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
Kanode, Robert Mr. Kanode joined as President and Chief Executive Officer of Valence Technology, Inc., in March 2007 and is a member of Board. Mr. Kanode has over 14 years of experience in the battery industry. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Kanode served as a senior partner for The Sales & Performance Group, a consulting group based in New York, where he worked with Fortune 500 companies to commercialize their products and services, to develop manufacturing, marketing, sales and service functions, and to identify and develop global niche retail and OEM markets. Prior to his tenure there, Mr. Kanode served as president of OptiTec LLC and other private companies. Mr. Kanode holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aviation Management from Auburn University.
Goolsby, Ross Mr. Ross A. Goolsby has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Valence Technology, Inc., effective November 17, 2008, leading Company's worldwide financial operations. Prior to joining Valence, he served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for publicly traded Healthtronics Inc. from 2007 to 2008, where he oversaw the finance and treasury departments. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Goolsby held the position of chief financial officer with publicly traded SigmaTel, Inc. Prior to that he held the position of chief financial officer at Utiliserve, Inc. He began his career working in the Houston and Dallas offices of Ernst & Young. Mr. Goolsby earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Houston.
Williams, Roger Mr. Williams joined Valence Technology, Inc. in April 2001 and serves as the Company's Vice President - Legal , General Counsel, Assistant Secretary. Mr. Williams has been a practicing intellectual property attorney for 32 years, having practiced in both private and corporate positions. From 1991 to 2001, Mr. Williams served as Chief Patent Counsel and Associate General Counsel for the pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle & Co. Mr. Williams has his Juris Doctorate Degree from Drake University Law School and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Western Illinois University. He is a member of the California and Indiana Bars.
Lim, Khoon Cheng Dr. K.C. Lim has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer of Valence Technology, Inc. Dr. Lim provided consulting services to Company in 2007 and 2008 prior to his appointment as Company's Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Lim also serves as the president and co-founder of Pleiades Battery Manufacturing, a lithium-ion battery development and manufacturing company. From 2005 to 2007, Dr. Lim served as the general manager and co-founder of Energy Sciences International, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in lithium-ion battery manufacturing technologies and advanced production machine designs. From 1998 to 2005, Dr. Lim served as the chief technology officer, general manager and co-founder of Macro Energy-Tech, Inc., a consumer electronics lithium-ion battery producer. Additionally, Dr. Lim held positions with Hughes Research Laboratory and The Institute of Conducting Polymer and Organic Solids. He was a post doctoral fellow of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr. Lim holds a Doctorate in Philosophy in Physics from SUNY-Buffalo and both a Masters of Education and a Bachelors of Science in Physics from the University of Malaya in Kuala Lampur. He is a member of the American Institute of Physics and the Electrochemical Society.
Roberts, Bert Mr. Roberts joined Valence Technology, Inc., as a Director in 1992 and served until 1993 prior to rejoining as a director in 1998. Mr. Roberts served as the outside chairman of WorldCom, Inc. from 1998 until December 2002. On July 21, 2002, WorldCom, Inc. and substantially all of its active U.S. subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Roberts served as chairman of MCI, a telecommunications company, from 1996 until 1998, chairman and chief executive officer from 1992 to 1996, and chief executive officer in 1991 after having served as president and chief operating officer since 1985. Mr. Roberts serves on the board of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and is on the advisory board of several high tech companies. Mr. Roberts holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
Keramidas, Vassilis Dr. Keramidas joined Valence Technology, Inc., as a Director in August 2004. Dr. Keramidas currently serves as the managing director of Keramidas International Associates, LLC, which provides consulting services in connection with the generation, management, commercialization and disposition of intellectual property, technology commercialization and strategic research planning. He is currently a director of Twenty First Century Battery, LTD. From 1997 to 2003, Dr. Keramidas served as vice president of formative technologies at Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore), and from 1984 to 1997, he served in director and executive director of research positions with Bellcore. Prior to that, Dr. Keramidas worked as a researcher and research director at Bell Laboratories from 1973 to 1983. Dr. Keramidas holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from Rockford College, a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, a Master’s Degree in Physics from John Carroll University and a Doctorate in Philosophy in Solid State Science (Applied Physics) from the Materials Research Laboratory of Pennsylvania State University. For his contributions to his field and his technical leadership, Dr. Keramidas has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
Tognazzini, Donn Mr. Tognazzini joined Valence Technology, Inc., as a Director in July 2008. From November 1998 to December 2007, prior to its merger with Venoco Inc., he was the president and chief executive officer of Gato Corporation, an independent oil producer. Mr. Tognazzini was senior vice president and later executive vice president of Starbuck, Tisdale & Associates, a professional investment management firm, from 1986 to 2005. He has over four decades of executive experience in the financial services industry, including serving as corporate vice president and manager for First Boston Corporation and Bache, Halsey, Stuart, Shields. Early in his career, Mr. Tognazzini served two years as a Naval Intelligence officer. Mr. Tognazzini holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Stanford University and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Berg, Carl --
Kanode, Robert 337,500
Goolsby, Ross 471,970
Williams, Roger 200,000
Lim, Khoon Cheng 83,231
Roberts, Bert --
Keramidas, Vassilis --
Tognazzini, Donn --
As Of 30 Mar 2009

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Berg, Carl 0 0
Kanode, Robert 0 0
Goolsby, Ross 0 0
Williams, Roger 273,634 73,707
Lim, Khoon Cheng 0 0
Roberts, Bert 0 0
Keramidas, Vassilis 0 0
Tognazzini, Donn 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
TOGNAZZINI DONN V 20,000 $0.85
TOGNAZZINI DONN V 5,000 $0.95
TOGNAZZINI DONN V 15,000 $0.95
TOGNAZZINI DONN V 33,745 $1.90
TOGNAZZINI DONN V 6,255 $1.90
BERG CARL E 1,256,281 $1.99
BERG CARL E 1,666,618 $1.88
BERG CARL E 1,402,743 $3.21
BERG CARL E 500,000 $2.74
HANNA RICHARD 12,498 $1.32
HANNA RICHARD 12,498 $4.00
HANNA RICHARD 900 $3.61
HANNA RICHARD 9,100 $3.60
BERG CARL E 280,112 $3.57
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