People: ZBB Energy Corp (ZBB)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Paul Koeppe	63	2010	Independent Chairman of the Board
Eric Apfelbach	51	2010	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
William Hogoboom	58	2010	Chief Financial Officer, Secretary
Charles Stankiewicz	53	2012	Chief Operating Officer, Director
Daniel Nordloh	46	2010	Executive Vice President - Global Business Development
Jeffrey Reichard	54	2012	Chief Technology Officer, Director
Anthony Siebert	43	2012	Vice President - Sales and Product Marketing
Kevin Dennis	49	2010	Vice President - Engineering and Product Development
James Ozanne	69	2011	Director
Richard Abdoo	69	2009	Independent Director
Manfred Birnbaum	80	2007	Independent Director
Richard Payne	57	2008	Independent Director
Dilek Wagner			Investor Relations Officer

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Biographies

Name	Description
Paul Koeppe	Mr. Paul F. Koeppe is Independent Chairman of the Board of ZBB Energy Corp. He has served as a Director since November 2009 and as Chairman since September 2010. Mr. Koeppe was President, CEO and founder of Superconductivity, Inc., a manufacturer of superconducting magnetic energy storage systems from 1988 to 1997 when it was acquired by American Superconductor, an electricity solutions company. He then served as Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning for American Superconductor until his retirement in 2001. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Koeppe was acting CEO and chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors of Best Power, Inc., a supplier of uninterruptible power supply equipment. Mr. Koeppe also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Incontact, a Company specializing in the development and marketing of contact center software. Mr. Koeppe has also served as a member of the Board of Directors at Distributed Energy Systems Corp., from 2003 to 2010 and also as a member of the Board of Directors at Northern Power Systems from 1998 to until 2003 when Northern was acquired by Distributed Energy Systems Corp Prior to founding Superconductivity, Inc. Mr. Koeppe worked for Wisconsin Power and Light Company for 15 years in a variety of functions. He has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Lakeland College and Associate Degrees in Materials Management and Electrical Power Technology.
Eric Apfelbach	Mr. Eric C. Apfelbach is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of ZBB Energy Corp. He has served as a Director since January 2010. Mr. Apfelbach has served as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer since January 7, 2010. From December 2008 until September 2009, Mr. Apfelbach served as President and CEO of M2E Power, Inc., a start-up technology company. From August 2003 until November 2008, Mr. Apfelbach served as President, CEO and a member of the board of directors, including Chairman from 2004 to 2008, of Virent Energy Systems, Inc., a catalytic biofuel company. From August 1999 until June 2003, Mr. Apfelbach served as President and CEO and Chairman of the board of directors from May 2000 to April 2003 of Alfalight, Inc., a high-power diode laser company he co-founded that serves the telecom, medical, military and industrial markets. From October 1997 until August 1999, Mr. Apfelbach served as Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing of Planar Systems (NYSE AMEX:PLNR), Inc., a company that designs and manufactures flat-panel displays. Mr. Apfelbach currently serves as a director of Xolve, Inc., Wedge Technologies, LLC and the Wisconsin Technology Council. Mr. Apfelbach holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
William Hogoboom	Mr. William C. Hogoboom serves as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary of ZBB Energy Corp. He joined the Company in September 2009 and was appointed Secretary, Controller, and Director of Finance in March 2010 before being appointed Chief Financial Officer in November 2010. From 1996 to 2001, he was CFO of Superconductivity, Inc. and the Wisconsin division of American Superconductor Corp., and from 2001 to 2010 he was the CFO for several privately held high-technology companies including Imago Scientific Instruments Corp. and Spectrocon International LLC. Mr. Hogoboom was formerly audit partner at Smith & Gesteland, LLP and audit manager at Ernst & Young. Mr. Hogoboom holds a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a Certified Public Accountant. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants (WICPA).
Charles Stankiewicz	Mr. Charles W. Stankiewicz is Chief Operating Officer, Director of ZBB Energy Corp. He has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer effective July 3, 2012. He joined the Company in November 2011 as Executive Vice President – Operations. In connection with this appointment, Mr. Stankiewicz was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors as a Class II director with a term expiring at the Company’s 2012 annual shareholders meeting. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Stankiewicz held a number of executive level positions at American Superconductor Corporation, including from June 2007 through August 2011, Executive Vice President of AMSC Power Systems, a division of American Superconductor Corp., based in Wisconsin with operations in Europe and China. During his tenure at American Superconductor, he grew the Power Systems group from virtually no revenue to several hundred million in revenues. Prior to joining AMSC Power Systems in 1998, Mr. Stankiewicz worked in a variety of technical and business management positions at Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) where he served as the Vice President of Power Development.
Daniel Nordloh	Mr. Daniel A. Nordloh is Executive Vice President - Global Business Development of ZBB Energy Corp. Mr. Nordloh joined the Company as Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development in April 2010 and was appointed Executive Vice President of Global Business Development in May 2010. From August 2007 to April 2010 Mr. Nordloh served as Principle of Synapse Junction, LLC a boutique advisory practice founded in 2007 to assist early stage and established companies with effective growth planning and execution initiatives. In his role at Synapse, Mr. Nordloh served in numerous leadership roles, including interim President and CEO of a technology company on behalf of a private equity group. From August 2005 to August 2007 Mr. Nordloh served as President and CEO of Naviant, Inc. (formerly MTM International), a consulting and technology firm. Mr. Nordloh serves on the Board of Directors of Standard Imaging Inc., and previously served a President of the Board of the not-for-profit Family Support & Resource Center. He earned an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a BS degree in Behavioral Sciences from Eastern Kentucky University.
Jeffrey Reichard	Mr. Jeffrey A. Reichard serves as Chief Technology Officer, Director of ZBB Energy Corp. Mr. Reichard joined the Company in January 2011 as Vice President of Electronics Development and was promoted to Chief Technology Officer in September 2012. Mr. Reichard founded Tier Electronics, LLC in June 2003 and currently serves as its President. Tier Electronics specializes in power converters and conversion systems for alternative energy and power quality applications and operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. From June 2000 to June 2002, Mr. Reichard served as Vice President of R&D at American Superconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: AMSC), an electricity solutions company. Acquired by American Superconductor in 2000, Integrated Electronics developed the converter that became the standard for AMSC’s power quality products. Mr. Reichard earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University.
Anthony Siebert	Mr. Anthony J. Siebert serves as Vice President - Sales and Product Marketing of ZBB Energy Corp., since August 24, 2012. Mr. Siebert has more than 20 years of experience in sales and engineering in the utility and industrial industries. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Siebert held several position at American Superconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: AMSC), an electricity solutions company, including from 2004 through August 2012, Managing Director of Grid Sales. From 1990 to 2004, Mr. Siebert held several engineering and sales positions with ABB (NYSE:ABB), a power and automation technologies company. He holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from Milwaukee School of Engineering and is a member of the IEEE (Power Electronics Group) and CIGRE.
Kevin Dennis	Mr. Kevin A. Dennis is Vice President - Engineering and Product Development of ZBB Energy Corp. Mr. Dennis has experience in the utility and renewable energy markets having held various engineering, sales and senior management roles with ABB (NYSE:ABB), a power and automation technologies company, most recently as Director, Advanced Power Electronics – North America. He also spent four years as both the sales and engineering manager for Omnion Power Engineering Corporation, a manufacturer of power electronics systems for advanced energy systems. His early career also includes five years as a design engineer with American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEP). He holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University, is a registered professional engineer in the States of Wisconsin and California and is a member of the IEEE (Power Electronics Group). He participated as an industry representative in the working group for the development of Underwriters Laboratory standard, UL 741, for utility grid connected power converters. He also participates in various renewable energy and energy storage organizations.
James Ozanne	Mr. James H. Ozanne serves as Director of ZBB Energy Corp. He has served in executive and director positions in the financial services industries since 1972. During this time he has held the positions of Chief Financial Officer, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of several leasing, rental, and consumer finance businesses ranging from full service railcar leasing to general equipment finance and grocery pallet rental. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Nation Financial Holdings and its predecessor, US WEST Capital. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President of GE Capital responsible for the Consumer Finance and Operating Lease/Asset Management business units. Mr. Ozanne is a director of United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI), the equipment rental company in the world, and a director of the Bank of Maine. Previously, Mr. Ozanne was Lead Independent Director of RSC Holdings Inc., a director of Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd. and Distributed Energy Systems Corp., Vice Chairman and director of Fairbanks Capital Corp. and Chairman of Source One Mortgage Corporation. Mr. Ozanne received a Bachelors of Science degree from DePaul University.
Richard Abdoo	Mr. Richard A. Abdoo is Independent Director of ZBB Energy Corp., since August 2009. Mr. Abdoo is president of R.A. Abdoo & Co. LLC, an environmental and energy consulting firm. Prior to starting this business, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Wisconsin Energy Corporation from 1991 until his retirement in 2004. He also served as President from 1991 to April 2003 and joined the company in 1975 as Director of Strategic Planning. During his administration, Wisconsin Energy Corporation grew to become a Fortune 500 company through a series of mergers and acquisitions. He merged Wisconsin Electric and Wisconsin Natural Gas Company into a single utility in 1996, acquired WICOR, Inc. and its Wisconsin Gas subsidiary in 2000, and later that same year introduced the company’s Power the Future plan to meet the future energy needs of southeastern Wisconsin. Mr. Abdoo currently serves on the boards of AK Steel Corp and NiSource. Mr. Abdoo served on the boards of Renegy Holdings, Inc. and M&I Marshall & Ilsley Corporation until 2009. Throughout his career, he has also been a champion of humanitarian causes. He is currently a member of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital’s Professional Advisory Board. Mr. Abdoo received a master’s degree in economics in 1969 from University of Detroit and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from University of Dayton in 1965. A registered professional engineer in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, he is also a longtime member of the American Economic Association. In 2000, Mr. Abdoo was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, presented to Americans of diverse origins for their contributions to their own ethnic groups and to American society. Honorees typically include U.S. presidents, Nobel Prize winners and leaders of industry.
Manfred Birnbaum	Mr. Manfred Emanuel Birnbaum is Independent Director of ZBB Energy Corp., since June 2007. Since 1994, Mr. Birnbaum has been an independent management consultant in the energy and power industries. Mr. Birnbaum’s consulting services include assistance on divestitures, contract dispute resolution, technology licensing, and developing marketing strategies. From 1982 to 1985, Mr. Birnbaum was chief executive officer of English Electric Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric Company of England. Prior to that, Mr. Birnbaum held various senior management positions at Westinghouse Electric Corporation between 1958 and 1982. Mr. Birnbaum serves as a director of STW Resources Holding Corp., which provides customized water reclamation services and expects to be publicly traded soon. Mr. Birnbaum earned a B.A. in mechanical engineering from Polytechnic Institute, of the City University of New York in 1957 and a Masters Degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
Richard Payne	Mr. Richard Andrew Payne is Independent Director of ZBB Energy Corp. In addition to serving as a member of the Board of Directors, Mr. Payne also serves as a director and chairman of the board of ZBB PowerSav Holdings Limited, the entity through which the company are executing China joint venture (“Hong Kong Holding Company”). Mr. Payne is the principal of Richard Payne & Associates and is a commercial lawyer who has practiced as a corporate and commercial attorney in Australia since 1982. Mr. Payne has been a director of the Broome International Airport Group of companies since 2001. Richard Payne & Associates acted as a legal adviser to the Company and its predecessor in Australia between 1993 and 2005. Mr. Payne received a Bachelor of Jurisprudence (Hons) and a Bachelor of Law degrees from the University of Western Australia.
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Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Paul Koeppe	295,878
Eric Apfelbach	725,253
William Hogoboom	316,946
Charles Stankiewicz	356,525
Daniel Nordloh	255,607
Jeffrey Reichard	574,222
Anthony Siebert	--
Kevin Dennis	--
James Ozanne	--
Richard Abdoo	--
Manfred Birnbaum	--
Richard Payne	101,225
Dilek Wagner	--

As Of 29 Jun 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Paul Koeppe	0	0
Eric Apfelbach	0	0
William Hogoboom	0	0
Charles Stankiewicz	0	0
Daniel Nordloh	0	0
Jeffrey Reichard	0	0
Anthony Siebert	0	0
Kevin Dennis	0	0
James Ozanne	0	0
Richard Abdoo	0	0
Manfred Birnbaum	0	0
Richard Payne	0	0
Dilek Wagner	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
OZANNE JAMES H	197,000	$0.38
APFELBACK ERIC	57,894	$0.38
STANKIEWICZ CHARLES W	65,789	$0.38
KOEPPE PAUL F	1,063,157	$0.38
MARATHON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L C	3,465,000	$0.38
HOGOBOOM WILLIAM C	28,947	$0.38
ABDOO RICHARD A	263,157	$0.38
BIRNBAUM MANFRED EMANUEL	5,000	$0.47
APFELBACK ERIC	5,000	$0.67
KOEPPE PAUL F	125,000	$0.80
OZANNE JAMES H	25,000	$0.80
ABDOO RICHARD A	31,250	$0.80
SCAMPINI SCOTT W	12,500	$0.80
MARATHON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L C	1,500	$0.82
MARATHON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L C	1,120,294	$0.72
BIRNBAUM MANFRED EMANUEL	13,335	$0.75
HOGOBOOM WILLIAM C	14,000	$0.75
KOEPPE PAUL F	133,334	$0.75
ABDOO RICHARD A	33,334	$0.75
PAYNE RICHARD ANDREW	26,668	$0.75
DENNIS KEVIN	13,335	$0.75
OZANNE JAMES H	37,313	$0.67
KOEPPE PAUL F	37,313	$0.67
STANKIEWICZ CHARLES W	37,313	$0.67
ABDOO RICHARD A	37,313	$0.67

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