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Active Power Appoints Martin Olsen Vice President of Sales and General Manager of the Americas

^{Published on 2010-11-12 06:05:57 - Market Wire}
 

AUSTIN, Texas--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Critical backup power and infrastructure systems manufacturer Active Power (NASDAQ: ACPW) announced today the appointment of Martin Olsen as vice president of Sales and general manager for the Americas region. Olsen will lead all multi-channel sales strategies to drive growth and market penetration in North America and Latin America. Olsen will report directly to Jim Clishem, president and CEO.

"Under his leadership, Olsen and his team helped expand the business into new markets, assisted in new product development initiatives and uncovered new market opportunities for Active Power"

In addition to his sales responsibilities, Olsen will continue to oversee all global business development efforts to diversify sales channels and expand new revenue streams. Olsen replaces Clishem who was also serving as interim vice president of Sales for the Americas.

A holder of three U.S. patents, Olsen is a seasoned professional in the datacenter infrastructure markets with more than 13 years of global marketing, product development and business development experience. Prior to this appointment, Olsen served as vice president of Global Channels and Business Development for Active Power. Before joining the company in 2007, Olsen was director, Data Center Group for Wright Line LLC, and at APC by Schneider Electric led the product marketing and business development charter in Munich, Singapore and the United States.

aUnder his leadership, Olsen and his team helped expand the business into new markets, assisted in new product development initiatives and uncovered new market opportunities for Active Power,a said Jim Clishem, president and CEO, Active Power. aIn particular, our strategic IT partner channel and OEM channel have performed extremely well and the success of these channels was critical in our achieving record third quarter 2010 revenue and our first quarterly net profit in company history.

aWe will benefit immensely from Martina™s experience and proven record of success as we continue our strong growth and expansion in the UPS (uninterruptible power supply) and power infrastructure markets.a

About Active Power

Active Power provides efficient, reliable and green critical power solutions and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems to enable business continuity in the event of power disturbances. Founded in 1992, Active Powera™s flywheel-based UPS systems protect critical operations in datacenters, healthcare facilities, manufacturing plants, broadcast stations and governmental agencies in more than 40 countries. With expert power system engineers and worldwide services and support, Active Power ensures organizations have the power to perform. For more information, please visit [ www.activepower.com ].

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