People: Active Power Inc (ACPW.O)

Mr. Martin T. Olsen is Vice President - Global Sales of Active Power Inc. He joined Active Power in April 2007 as Director of Product Management before being promoted in May 2008 to Vice President of Business Development. In January 2010, Mr. Olsen was promoted to Vice President—Channel Sales & Business Development and in December 2010 he was promoted to Vice President-Global Sales. In this role Mr. Olsen is responsible for all of sales activities, including channel sales business for OEM partners and IT channel sales partners, as well as business development activities to expand product and sales distribution channels. Prior to joining Active Power, Mr. Olsen was the Director for the data center group at Wright Line LLC, a global data center infrastructure provider, for four years, and prior to that was a product marketing manager with American Power Conversion Corp., a global UPS manufacturer in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He also has prior product management experience with Siligen AS, a manufacturer of power availability products in Denmark. A U.S. patent holder, Mr. Olsen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from the International Business College at Kolding, Denmark, and diplomas in Logistics and International Business Law from the International Business College at Kolding, Denmark.