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Roger M. Slotkin has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since October 2006, and in similar positions with Odyne since May 2003. Mr. Slotkin has over 35 years of general business management and consulting experience, including extensive experience in the management of technology and industrial companies in both the public and private sectors. Mr. Slotkin has effectively managed businesses in several industries, including aerospace, textiles, lumber, precision metal works, chemicals, electronics, and business services, among others. Moreover, he has worked with publicly-traded and privately-held companies on various corporate financings, including reorganizations and exchange offers, and has extensive experience working with technology companies on rapid deployment of emerging technologies. Since 2001, he has been a Managing Partner of the Beachhead Group, a boutique consulting firm specializing in corporate turnaround and start-up company management and since 1983 he has been President and founder of RS Management, Ltd., a business development firm providing divisional spin-off and general management consulting services. From 1994 to 2001, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Xtal Technologies, Ltd., a manufacturer of crystal, filter and magnetics products, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Apace, Inc., a manufacturer and designer of military, space level and commercial servo motor drive electronics; from 1989 to 1994, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AP Industries, Inc., a privately owned holding company that owned several operating companies including Lee Myles Transmission and Struthers-Dunn; from 1983 to 1990, President and Chief Executive Officer of The NBA Group, Inc., a third party administrator of self-insurance health plans; and from 1979 to 1983, President of LSIS, Inc., a self-insurance administrator of health plans, disability plans and workers compensation plans. Mr. Slotkin received a B.S. degree in Management and Finance from Long Island University.
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