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Eric Takamura, CEO / President
Eric has 16 years experience in the
field of electric propulsion and permanent magnet motors.
Previously, Eric was the Chief Operating Officer of NGM. Before
being promoted to COO he was their Director of Engineering and
Marketing.
Eric has played a key role in taking NGM from a niche player in the
solar car field to establishing a diversified customer base
internationally and also establishing large scale manufacturing
partnerships in India and China.
Prior to NGM he was a Lab Researcher and Engineer at the Naval
Research Laboratory in Washington, DC where he worked on tribology
assignments. Eric has a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and a
Masters background in Transportation & Safety from The George
Washington University.
Henry Toh, Director
Since 2001, Mr. Toh has served as a
director of Teletouch Communications Inc. Since 1992, Mr. Toh has
served as an officer and director of C2 Global Technologies Inc., a
publicly held voice-over-IP company. Since December 1998, Mr. Toh
has served as a director of IDNA, Inc., formerly National Auto
Credit, Inc., a specialized finance and entertainment company. Since
April 2007, Mr. Toh has served as a director of American Surgical
Holdings Inc, a specialty professional healthcare services company.
Since February,2008, Mr. Toh has served as an officer an director
InovaChem Inc From April 2002 until February 2004, Mr. Toh served as
a director of Bigmar, Inc., a Swiss pharmaceuticals company. From
September 2004 until August 2005, Mr. Toh served as a director of
Vaso Active Pharmaceuticals Inc. Since 1992, Mr. Toh has served as
an officer and director of Four M International, Inc., a privately
held offshore investment entity. Since August 2005, Mr. Toh has
served as a director of Labock Technologies, Inc. Mr. Toh began his
career with KPMG Peat, Marwick from 1980 to 1992, where he
specialized in international taxation and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Toh is a graduate of Rice University.
Dr. Duraid Mahrus, Director
Dr. Mahrus has over 30 years experience in
operational and international corporate management and technology
management in the automotive industry. Dr. Mahrus was Vice President of
the European Power Train Division in Federal Mogul managing 30
manufacturing plants in Europe, Asia and Africa with combined turnover
of over $1.2 Billion. Prior to that, he was President of Metal Leve Inc.
USA, which he started up and built to a market leader in the Heavy Duty
Diesel industry, Managing Director of Metal Leve SA Piston Division, a
market leader in Brazil's automotive business. He holds numerous
patents, has authored several technical papers and was the winner of
Brazil’s Presidential Technology Prize. Along his career Dr. Mahrus has
played a leading role in the "Ethanol Program" in Brazil, contributed to
India's "Zero Emission Initiative" by managing the transfer of electric
vehicle technology and was Board Member on "North Shore Energy
Technology", a start up in the alternative energy sector. Dr. Mahrus is
currently a Board Member of a Consortium involved in building a 750 MW
Combined Cycle Power Plant by Siemens and President of Suntrough Energy
Inc., a solar energy company. Duraid obtained his Mechanical
Engineering degree in Power Station Technology at Munich Technical
University in Germany and worked in Power Stations and power generation
fields. He obtained his Ph.D. at Nottingham University in the UK and a
Business Management education from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil
in cooperation with Vanderbilt University.
Oyvin Haugan, EM
Ovyin is a Senior Electro-Mechanical
Engineer with over 40 years of dynamic experience serving in various
US Domestic, US Defense, and International markets. Industries
served include Defense, Aerospace, Consumer Goods, Transportation,
Shipping, and Public Utilities working for and with companies such
as but not
limited to John Deere, Catepillar, Onan, Stewart & Stevenson, and GE
amongst others.
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