EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the Companys executive officers as of May 31, 2024.
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Name |
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Age |
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Executive Officer Since |
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Present Position with the Company |
C. (Dino) Xykis |
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65 |
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2021 |
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CEO; Chief Technical Officer |
Xun (Kenneth) Li |
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54 |
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2022 |
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CFO |
Randall Lehner |
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52 |
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2024 |
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General Counsel |
The narrative descriptions below set forth the employment and position with the Company, principal occupation and education
for each of the three current executive officers.
C. (Dino) Xykis was appointed as the CEO on April 24, 2023. Prior to that, Mr. Xykis
served as the Interim CEO from June 1, 2022 to April 24, 2023. Mr. Xykis was also appointed as the Chief Technical Officer on March 15, 2021 and continues to serve in that role. Mr. Xykis is responsible for the oversight of
the Companys advanced product development, engineering design and analysis, on-highway engineering, applied engineering, emissions and certification, Waterford, Michigan engineering operations, program
management and product strategic planning. Since joining the Company in 2010 and until his appointment as Chief Technical Officer in March 2021, Mr. Xykis served as Vice President of Engineering for the Company. He has more than 30 years of
professional experience in multi-disciplined engineering areas including senior management and executive positions at various companies including Cummins Inc., an NYSE-listed company, and Generac Power Systems, an NYSE-listed company. Mr. Xykis
also served as Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at the Milwaukee School of Engineering and previously served on the audit and compensation committees of the Board of Directors of Image Sensing Systems, a publicly traded
company on NASDAQ, from 1996 to 2001. Mr. Xykis has also served on the advisory board of CEGE, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota for eight years.
Mr. Xykis holds a Bachelors degree in Structural Engineering, a Masters degree in Vibration/Dynamics, and a PhD. in Structural/Applied
Mechanics from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Xun (Kenneth) Li was appointed as the CFO on August 26, 2022. Mr. Li is
an accomplished executive who has more than 20 years of professional experience in the areas of finance, accounting, financial planning and analysis, internal controls and strategy, among others. Most recently, Mr. Li served as Chief Financial
Officer for ND Paper, a leading pulp, packaging and paper company, from 2020 to August 2022, where he was a member of the executive leadership management team with primary responsibility for finance, accounting, tax, auditing, treasury, risk
management, internal audit, and strategic planning, among other areas, and served as a strategic advisor to the chief executive officer. Prior to this role, Mr. Li was with Caterpillar Inc., a publicly traded company on the NYSE, from 2008
through 2020, where he served in various financial leadership positions, the most recent of which was Chief Financial Officer of the global mining machine product group from 2013 to 2020. Prior to Caterpillar, Mr. Li was with Ford Motor
Company, a publicly traded company on the NYSE, where he held finance leadership roles of increasing responsibility, from 2003 to 2008.
Mr. Li holds
a Master of Business Administration with high distinction and a Master of Science degree in Accounting, both from the University of Michigan. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a
Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai JiaoTong University. Mr. Li is also a Certified Public Accountant.
Randall
Lehner was appointed as the General Counsel effective March 4, 2024. Mr. Lehner is an accomplished and strategic legal advisor who has more than 25 years of legal experience in the areas of regulatory compliance, internal controls,
and dispute resolution, among others. Most recently, from May 2020 to February 2024, Mr. Lehner served as Associate General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel at Guaranteed Rate, Inc., a leading mortgage company, where he was a member of the
leadership management team with primary responsibility for
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