Johan Peeters (confirmed)
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Epyon Power, Fast Charging Technology
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Johan joined Epyon in 2009 after a position as VP Product-Marketing at Geotate ltd and four years of incubating the Software-GPS business development at NXP Software from his base in Silicon Valley. Prior to that, Johan held the position of Director of Sales, the Americas for the Business Unit Digital Transmissions Systems of the Philips division Digital Networks, which followed his earlier position as General Manager Marketing and Sales of that business in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Before 1997 Johan held various General Management positions with Philips Kommunikations Industries and Philips Business Communications in Belgium where his claim to fame is that he made the very first GSM phone call in Belgium after project managing the first installations of the GSM network infrastructure in Belgium.
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Chief Executive
ECC Infracharge Ltd
Erik Fairbairn is founder and CEO of ECC Infracharge Ltd who design and make the POD Point networked electric vehicle charging device. Infracharge is the UK’s fastest growing electric vehicle infrastructure provider, and supplies not just the physical infrastructure, but also the network systems, management software and billing software required to support a fully joined up integrated approach to public EV charging.
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Chief Executive Officer
AKER WADE - Rapid Charging Technology
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Bret Aker is the founder and CEO of Aker Wade Power Technologies from Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Aker Wade designs and manufactures advanced fast charging systems for electric vehicles and industrial forklifts. Founded in 2000, Aker Wade is the market-leading provider of fast charging technology for Fortune 1000 companies servicing markets in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Currently Aker Wade has more than 10,000 fast chargers in operation powering the industrial forklift fleets of companies such as DHL, Toyota, Honda, Toys-R-Us and GE. Aker Wade is collaborating with battery companies, infrastructure suppliers and EV manufacturers to deliver advanced Level III fast charging solutions for the future generation of battery electric vehicles. Among the companies Aker Wade is working with are EnerSys, A123, Coulomb Technologies, and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). Aker Wade is proud to be the first non-Japanese company licensed by TEPCO to build the CHAdeMO protocol fast charger which is capable of re-energizing Nissan, Mitsubishi and Subaru electric vehicles in 30 minutes.
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Global Market Manager
Conductix
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Senior Automotive Consultant - Hybrid and EVs
Frost and Sullivan
Nick has worked closely with business planning functions, providing strategy guidance and market development support throughout his career.
In his previous role he was Product Planning Director at TRW with global responsibility for their £3 billion automotive steering business providing strategy guidance for their electric steering products. Prior to this Nick was responsible for leading Lucas/TRW’s developments in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems technologies including ACC and Lane Departure Warning and was instrumental in setting up a JV company with Thales for 77 GHz radar sensor development and production.
Nick has 13 years of automotive experience preceded by 23 years in Aerospace and Defence at British Aerospace and Lucas. As well as holding senior management positions in these corporations, Nick has been MD of EMM Computers, a technology start up company which exceeded $ 1 million turnover in its first year of operation.
Since joining Frost & Sullivan in 2004 Nick has been working closely with senior executives in the automotive domain developing their business and product strategy.
Greg Simmons (confirmed)
Technical Director
Elektromotive
Elektromotive is the world’s leading provider of recharging stations for electric vehicles. The company’s main product is the Elektrobay, which can be installed at the kerbside or in multi-storey car parks.
Elektromotive works with governments and local authorities to provide Elektrobays and engineering consultancy services to help accelerate a shift towards emissions-free motoring. Founded in 2003, Elektromotive has grown very rapidly to become the clear leader in its field – no other company in the world is at such an advanced stage in the development and deployment of recharging stations for electric vehicles.
The simple-to-operate Elektrobay was first introduced in Westminster, London, in 2006, and by May 2009 nearly 100 units will be installed across the UK capital. A further 40 Elektrobay charging stations operate in cities and shopping centres around the UK. At present, the electricity supplied through all UK Elektrobays is provided to the consumer free-of-charge
Building on its success in the UK, Elektromotive is now seeing very significant growth in its export activity. The company is currently working with national and local governments in Sweden, The Netherlands, Germany and Ireland to roll-out the recharging infrastructures that will help accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles.
Elektromotive’s small team is based in Brighton, on the south east coast of England. Birthplace to company Managing Director, Calvey Taylor- Haw, Brighton is also home to suppliers of Elektrobay’s hardware and electronic components.
In February 2009, Elektromotive signed a memorandum of understanding with the Renault-Nissan Alliance to accelerate the installation of charging networks for electric vehicles in European cities. Both parties will study ways to promote the use of electric vehicles, and will share information on electric vehicle development and energy supply on a global scale.
For two consecutive years Elektromotive’s contribution to eco-friendly motoring has been acknowledged by The Green Fleet Awards. In 2007 and 2008 the company was presented the prize for ‘Industry Innovation.’
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