Saturday, February 26, 2011
Growing a Clean Tech Enterprise
Over the course of his 25-year career, Russell Ford has gained extensive experience building world-class manufacturing and service organizations through roles as CEO of Prestolite Electric, chief operating officer of Holley Performance Products, senior vice president of operations for Lockheed Martin’s Aeronautics Division, and general manager of Allied Signal’s Gas Turbine Division. This experience has served him well as president and CEO of ClearEdge Power. The company had 30 employees when he joined it in May 2009, but now has more than 200. In his short tenure, Ford has also guided the company’s flagship power-generating fuel cell product for small businesses and residences, the ClearEdge5, from concept development to initial commercial production and more than $50 million in sales backlog.
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