RICCARDO SIGNORELLI, MIT Ph.D. – PRESIDENT and CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Dr. Riccardo Signorelli is the founder and President of the FastCAP SYSTEMS Corporation, a company devoted to the commercialization of next generation energy storage ultracapacitor systems for hybrid automotive applications.  Dr. Signorelli recently completed his Ph.D. at MIT at the Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic System where during a six year research he co-designed and co-developed a low cost, high energy, and power density ultracapacitor.  During his doctorate Dr. Signorelli led and managed an inter-departmental team of postdoctoral associates, graduate and undergraduate students, and technicians focused on the development of the nanotube enhanced ultracapacitor technology.  Prior to joining MIT in 2003 he worked as a researcher at GE Global Research, in Schenectady, NY, as an Engineer at Siemens AG, in Erlangen, Germany, and EXIDE Technology, in Italy. Dr. Signorelli received his Laurea cum Laude from the Polytechnic Institute of Milano in Italy and his Master of Science in Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002.

JOHN COOLEY – VICE PRESIDENT and DIRECTOR OF SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
During his 5 years as a Doctoral candidate at MIT, John has focused on cutting‐edge renewable and sustainable energy technologies. He has led a team of graduate associates in the lab at LEES RLE who have developed innovative electronic systems for energy monitoring and power processing. Meanwhile John's Doctoral thesis work has been on the design and fundamental modeling of hybrid power systems. In early 2009, John joined FastCAP Systems to commercialize a breakthrough energy storage technology developed at MIT LEES.  John holds four technical degrees from MIT, three in Electrical Engineering and one in Physics. In 2007, John simultaneously won the MIT Master's Thesis Prize and the Masterworks Competition for his work on a retrofit demand-side energy management tool.  In 2009, John became a Martin Fellow for his work on sustainable energy research.  Prior to joining FastCAP Systems, John worked as an Electrical Engineer at AAI Corp., Baltimore, MD and Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN.

JOEL SCHINDALL, MIT Ph.D. – TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR
Dr. Schindall is serving as Technology and Operations advisor to FastCAP Systems. He is currently the associate director of the MIT LEES laboratory and of the MIT RLE laboratory. He has been working with Dr. Signorelli over the past six years on the development of the nanotube
enhanced ultracapacitor technology now being commercialized by FastCAP. Prior to returning to MIT as a Professor of the Practice, Dr. Schindall worked for over 35 years in industry as president of Loral Conic, Executive VP for Loral, and Chief Engineer of Globalstar. Among his management roles he was responsible for managing a $1B multinational contract for Satellite telecommunication at Loral.

JOHN KASSAKIAN, MIT Ph.D. – ENGINEERING ADVISOR
John Kassakian is professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and director of the MIT laboratory for electromagnetic and electronic systems. Dr. Kassakian is also a member of the board of the New England ISO. He was the
founding president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Power Electronics Society and served as the U.S. representative to the European Power Electronics Association. He is the recipient of the IEEE Centennial Medal, the IEEE William E. Newell Award, the IEEE Power Electronics Society’s Distinguished Service Award, the IEEE Millennium Medal, the European Power Electronics Association Achievement Award, and the Kabakjian Science Award. He is a fellow of the IEEE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He is a co‐author of the textbook Principles of Power Electronics.

DONALD SADOWAY, Ph.D. -- SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR
John F. Elliott Professor of Materials ChemistryDepartment of Materials Science & Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Professor Donald Sadoway has been working with Dr. Signorelli for nearly three year on the metallurgy governing the electrode improvement and on the electrochemistry governing the ultracapacitor operation.  Professor Sadoway’s research interests lie in the field of chemical processing of materials -- both in engineering applications and in the supportive fundamental science. His primary interest is
electrochemical processing in nonaqueous media.

NIKOLA MARINCIC, Ph.D. – MANUFACTURING ADVISOR
Dr. Marincic is serving as FastCAP's manufacturing advisor. In his role he is advising FastCAP on cell design, optimization and manufacturing strategy. Dr. Marincic is one of the world leading experts in the development of advanced ultracapacitors. He has been developing batteries, ultracapacitors and electrochemical systems for over forty years. Most recently he started Advanced Battery for the development of specialized batteries for drilling applications. Prior to that he was responsible for electrochemical research and battery manufacturing at RT&E and Duracels.

MR. WILLIAM AULET – BUSINESS ADVISOR
William Aulet is serving as FastCAP's business advisor. In his role he is advising FastCAP’s management on business, market, and fund raising strategy. Currently, Mr. Aulet is the acting managing director of the MIT entrepreneurship center. Prior to this appointment Mr Aulet has served as the CFO of Visage technology, CEO of SensAble and CEO of Cambridge decision dynamics, and senior manager at IBM.


MR. LEON SANDLER -- OPERATION ADVISOR
Leon Sandler is the Executive Director of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His experience spans senior general management, marketing, finance and business development roles at companies such as Boston Consulting Group, Eastman Kodak, Texas Instruments and Digital Equipment. Prior to joining the Deshpande Center he ran his own consulting firm, Monmouth Group, where he transformed more than 20 growing businesses in a variety of technology sectors. Leon has also served as the CEO of several start-ups and has assisted many ventures as an interim executive or advisor. He holds a bachelor of science and masters in science in Chemical Engineering from Natal University in South Africa, and a MBA from the Stanford Business School.