TARRYTOWN, NY / ACCESSWIRE / October 22, 2015 / alpha-En Corporation (PINKSHEETS: ALPE), an innovative clean technology company focused on enabling next-generation battery technologies, today announced the appointment of Steve Fludder, a proven leader in the energy sector, as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
"On behalf of the Board, I am thrilled to welcome Steve as our new CEO," said Jerry Feldman, alpha-En's Chairman. "Steve is a seasoned leader with significant operational experience building, scaling and growing energy related technology businesses. He has a proven track record of execution and delivering results which make him well suited to lead alpha-En forward."
Mr. Fludder brings over 30 years of leadership experience in the energy and infrastructure markets. He recently spent four years with Samsung where he was Senior Executive Vice President of Samsung Techwin Power Systems Division, as well as Chief Marketing and Sales Officer of Samsung Engineering Co., LTD, based in Korea. Mr. Fludder also spent 27 years at GE, including five years as a vice president and corporate officer. While at GE, he led Ecomagination, GE's environmental and clean-tech business initiative, which grew to $18 billion under his leadership, and included venture capital investments in more than 20 clean energy start-up companies. Mr. Fludder also brings extensive global experience, having grown several GE technology-based businesses across Asia, notably GE's Energy business in China, where he grew revenue ten-fold to over $1 billion through joint ventures, acquisitions and building greenfield production facilities.
Mr. Fludder earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics from Providence College, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"alpha-En's lithium technology has the potential to benefit practically every industry which relies on improved battery performance; from consumer electronics, to hybrid and electric vehicles, to electric utility-scale energy storage," said Steve Fludder. "I look forward to leading the company as we advance our technology to help address a growing number of opportunities created by commercial and consumer demands for next-generation battery technologies."
About alpha-En Corporation
alpha-En Corporation (OTCQB: ALPE) is an innovative clean technology company focused on enabling next generation battery technologies by developing and bringing to market pure, state of the art materials produced in an environmentally sustainable manner. For more information, please visit http://alpha-encorp.com.
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