Management

Donald C. Naab, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director

Don Naab oversees all operations of the enterprise, including corporate strategy, partnership and business development.

Prior to joining Danotek, Don served as Group President at Broadwind Energy where he led a growth strategy which boosted technological innovation, increased profitability and ultimately expanded the global reach of the company's gear works and maintenance services.

Don served as President of Smiths Interconnect, a specialized electronics manufacturer within Smith Group. He has held several other executive and leadership positions in the energy, aerospace and wireless telecommunications industries.

Don holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.

Joe Miller, Co-Founder and Chief of Operations

Joe Miller brings 35 years of engineering and manufacturing experience with GE; application engineering, quality control engineering, quality management and operations management.

Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry, Math and Physics from Manchester College. Joe has 6 patents relating to refrigeration motors and small automotive motors for air moving applications.

David Erdman, Co-Founder and Director of Technology

`David Erdman is the original inventor of brushless motor sensor-less control technology. He brings 36 years of experience with General Electric, where many of his ECM designs went into production, including appliance motors and controls, pumps and compressor drives.

David holds a Master degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He holds 40 patents and more than 100 disclosures on brushless motors, controls, induction technology and other advancements.

Daniel M. Saban, PhD, Chief Technical Officer

Dan Saban is a versatile engineering leader with a history of new product development; focused expertise in design and analysis of electrical machines; and a strong background in manufacturing methods, power electronics, controls, mechanical and thermal analysis.

He was formerly with GE Energy, responsible for design and development of generators for large steam turbines up to 1.6GW, wind turbines (gearbox-coupled and direct-drive) and other specialty machines.

He received his Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana and earned a Masters degree at Purdue, West Lafayette. En route to a PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison he acquired concurrent Masters degrees in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

Dan has been granted 24 US patents to-date related to electric machine design, analysis and manufacture.

Peter Gibson, Vice President of Sales & Marketing

Peter Gibson is responsible for the overall strategic direction of Danotek's global and domestic sales, business development, marketing and market research.

Peter joined Danotek from Second Wind, Inc., a provider of wind forecasting and analysis solutions where he worked as vice president of sales. He also spent 10 years at Rolls-Royce, Inc., managing sales for gas turbine driven power generation sets in North American and Asia.

Peter has more than 20 years experience in the energy industry, and he has led sales teams in North American, Europe and Southeast Asia. He is a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology in England. Peter received a Bachelor degree in Electrical/Electronic engineering from the University of Newcastle.

Joseph Abbud, Vice President of Global Operations

Joseph Abbud leads Danotek's expansion of operations on a global basis. He oversees Danotek's Lean, Six Sigma and other cost improvement initiatives.

Prior to Danotek, Joseph served as Vice President of continuous improvement and global quality for Bourns Electronics. Joseph holds a Master's in Quality Systems degree from Instituto Internacional de Estrategica Avanzada in Mexico and a Bachelor degree of Science in Industrial Engineering from Techologico de Monterrey. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt from the University of Michigan and Lean Master from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Steve Richvalsky, Chief Financial Officer

Steve Richvalsky is responsible for all aspects of finance, accounting and information technology.

Steve has more than 25 years financial management and operating experience, primarily in entrepreneurial and early stage technology based companies. He most recently served as CFO of HandyLab, a venture capital backed clinical diagnostic company, where he participated in the growth and financing of the company, ultimately resulting in its sale for $275 million. Previously, Steve served as CFO of Ardesta, an industry accelerator dedicated to the development of microsystems and other small technologies. He was also CFO of Genomic Solutions, a life science products company, where he helped lead its IPO and subsequent sale to Harvard Biosciences.

Steve earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Major in Accounting degree from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Amiee Andrzejewski, Vice President of Human Resources

Amiee Andrzejewski oversees all of Danotek's human resource initiatives and is a strategic partner for the organization.

Amiee has more than 20 years of experience as a human resources and training professional, including with several start-up organizations. Amiee holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Major in Management degree from Wayne State University and a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification from the Human Resources Certification Institute. She also has a Six Sigma Green Belt certification from the University of Michigan.