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Dr. Aldrich joined DayStar as a director in October 2003 and has chaired the Compensation Committee since that time.
Since 1995, Dr. Aldrich has provided executive and consulting assistance to identify and develop business opportunities arising from globalization, technology, environmental quality and energy deregulation. From September 2000 to 2005 he served as Chief Executive Officer of Dirigo Energy, Inc., an energy-related risk management company. Other assignments during this period included serving as a director and interim President of TTI Technologies, Inc., a developer of solid waste fluidized bed combustion systems; Chairman of Burstpower, Inc., a developer of ultracapacitor energy storage products; President, Commercial Operations, Solo Energy Corporation, a catalytic microturbine developer; and resident executive, leadership and management training, for the Onshore Oil Company of Abu Dabi, UAE.
Dr. Aldrich served from 1992 to 1995 as Vice President and Group Vice President, Electric Power Research Institute. Since 1992 he has been a member of the American Management Association's International Council. From 1988 to 1992, Dr. Aldrich served as President, Texel Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcan Aluminum Corporation. From 1993 to 1995 he was Director of Ramtron, a public company developing non-volatile memory chips.
Dr. Aldrich holds a Ph. D. in Solid State Science and Technology from Syracuse University and a Bachelor in Metallurgical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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