Michael Liedtke joined Maxwell in January 2006 assuming primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining strategic relationships with major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to promote ultracapacitor-based solutions for industrial and transportation applications. Previously he spent eight years as director of marketing and transportation design management for BMW’s California-based DesignworksUSA. Before that he held a series of auto truck and bus design and project management positions with DaimlerCrysler’s Mercedes Benz division in Stuttgart Germany and its Freightliner truck division in Portland Ore. He also spent more than four years in the aerospace industry with McDonnell Douglas and Boeing where he held various engineering and research and development positions. He holds joint U.S. and German citizenship and is fluent in English German and French. He holds a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany. |