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Management
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William G.
Klehm III
President
and Chief Executive Officer
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Bill Klehm brings over 20 years of automotive-related experience
to Fallbrook Technologies Inc. (Fallbrook). With numerous leadership
positions in the automotive business, including finance, marketing,
sales, product development, and manufacturing operations, he
has a proven track record of leading and growing successful
organizations. Most recently, Bill served as President and
general manager of Newgen Results Corporation, an automotive
customer relationship management firm. During his three-year
tenure, Newgen’s revenue and profit grew from $60 million
to over $108 million and $6 million to over $15 million respectively.
Prior to joining Newgen, Bill served as President and SBU director
for Visteon Climate Control Systems. He was instrumental in
developing and launching Visteon’s $1 billion Aftermarket
Division. Bill started his career with Ford Motor Company in
1985 and held a variety of posts within the Ford Customer Service
Division where he was responsible for developing and executing
the marketing/growth strategy for the $5 billion customer service
parts business.
Bill holds a B.A. in Management and Marketing from Northwood
University and also participated in the Executive Development
Program at Harvard University.
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Al Kammerer
President
Effective September 1, 2011, Al Kammerer, who has been and will continue to be a member of the Board of Directors, will also serve as Fallbrook’s President reporting to Bill Klehm, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Al is a seasoned automotive industry veteran who spent 34 years with Ford Motor Company before retiring in 2008 as product development director for Jaguar Land Rover. Prior to this assignment, he served as executive director for SUV and body-on-frame vehicles in North America, where he led product development activities for Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles with these platforms. In his previous work with Ford, he also served as vehicle line director for the group that developed the critically-acclaimed Ford Focus.
Al holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from California State University at San Luis Obispo, and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.
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Nicole T.
Nicks
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer & Assistant Secretary
Nicole Nicks has over 12 years of accounting, financial reporting
and SEC filing experience. She has worked in various industries
such as database management and customer retention, real estate
investment trust, home building & land developing, healthcare, public sector-enterprise fund, manufacturing, and not-for-profit organizations.
Immediately prior to joining Fallbrook, Nicole worked as an
independent consultant specializing in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
Previously, she served as Controller for Newgen Results Corporation
where she helped support the company’s revenue growth from $60
million to $108 million in 2003. Nicole also served as Senior
Audit Accountant for the San Diego office of Deloitte & Touche, LLP.
Nicole holds a Business Administration/Accounting degree magna
cum laude from San Diego State University’s Honors Business
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Alan M. Nordin
President, Bicycle Products Division
Al Nordin has 20 years of successful sales, product development,
and business development experience in the automotive industry,
both in the US and international markets. He previously served as Vice President Sales and Business Development at Fallbrook. Prior to joining Fallbrook,
Al served as Vice President of Sales for Newgen Results Corporation,
an automotive customer relationship management firm. While at
Newgen, Al managed a sales group of over 100 people, and was
instrumental in building company sales from $60 to $108 million
over a three-year period. During that period, Al grew Newgen’s
automotive dealer base by over 35%.
Al’s previous experience also includes service as Division Manager of Global Aftermarket
Operations for Visteon Corporation and global sales/marketing
roles at Federal-Mogul and Echlin Inc.
Al holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Western Michigan
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Robert A.
Smithson
Vice
President of Business Development
Chief Technical Officer
Rob Smithson has over 21 years of engineering and management experience in the automotive, aerospace, and robotics fields. He previously served as Vice President, of Product Development at Fallbrook.. He was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers for his contributions to drivetrains in 2009. Prior to joining Fallbrook, Rob served as the group leader of the Drivetrain Design & Development Group for The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, Texas.
Rob's career includes serving as a product development engineer for The Ford Motor Company
in Dearborn, Michigan. He also was Vice President of Robot Design and a co-founder of ARM
Automation, Inc., and worked as a spaceflight hardware engineer for the McDonnell-Douglas
Astronautics Company. Rob was the first to recognize that the NuVinci variator was
kinematically equivalent to a variable ratio planetary gearset, hence the term
"Continuously Variable Planetary" or CVP.
Rob holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University and an M.S.
in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Additionally,
he holds an Executive M.S. in Science & Technology Commercialization (named Kozmetzsky
Scholar and Outstanding Graduate) from the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2009, Rob was named a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). |
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Alain Charlois
Vice President of Corporate Development
Alain Charlois has a proven track record of building organizations, and establishing and executing growth strategies. He also has extensive international experience having worked and lived in France, Canada, and China..
Before joining Fallbrook, Alain served as the President of the $12 million NAFTA region for HEF Group, a $200 million global company specializing in tribology, surface treatment and specialized bushings. Prior to HEF, he worked for 15 years at TRW Automotive where he held a series of increasing responsible positions in program management, product planning and business development. His last position at TRW was vice president of Product Planning for TRW chassis, occupant restraint and electronics business units. In that role, Alain had global product marketing and portfolio management responsibilities for those $11 billion product lines.
.Alain began his management career as the General Manager for Southern Europe at SDRC, a $200 million provider of software tools and engineering services. Previously he had served as an R&D Engineer in France and a mechanical officer in the French Navy.
Alain holds a BS. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nancy, France and a Six Sigma Green Belt. |
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Daniel Katona
Vice President of Marketing
Dan Katona has nearly 40 years of marketing, sales, customer service and business development experience in the automotive industry, including extensive experience in retail and wholesale dealership operations. He spent over 32 years with Ford Motor Company before retiring in early 2011 as National Sales Manager of Ford’s aftermarket parts division.
Dan's assignments also included: Senior Auditor, Finance Staff, Ford General Auditors Office; Global Customer Satisfaction Manager, Ford Global Marketing Operations; Marketing Manager, Ford Heavy Truck Vehicle Center; and Regional Manager in several different Ford, Lincoln & Mercury U.S. regional field office locations.
Dan holds a B.A. in Economics from Oakland University and a Six Sigma Green Belt. |
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Robert (Rick) Meyer
Vice President of Sales
Rick Meyer has an extensive background as a senior sales executive in the automotive industry. His most recent position was Senior VP Sales & marketing for ETX Inc., an automotive parts holding corporation in Alma, Michigan, that has several units involved in the manufacture and sale of compressors, transmissions, and air conditioning parts.
Prior to ETX, Rick served as a general manager at Visteon Corporation responsible for all aftermarket operations and $1.3 billion in sales. He began his career as the OEM sales manager Monroe Auto Equipment for Ford Motor Company and subsequently held a series of increasingly responsible positions at Monroe, culminating as Executive Director of Sales. Between his time at Monroe and Visteon, Rick also served as the Executive VP Sales for Exide Corporation.
Rick holds a general business degree from Adrian College, Adrian Michigan. |
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Sharon A. O'Leary
Chief Legal Officer
Sharon A. O’Leary has over 25 years of increasingly responsible legal experience. Her experience includes leading the way for a company to establish the necessary internal controls and corporate governance mechanisms to implement the Sarbanes Oxley Act as well as leading a company to a successful IPO. Prior to joining Fallbrook, Sharon served as the General Counsel at Phorm, Inc., working in the London office. Phorm provides a product to Internet Services Providers.
Sharon began her legal career as an assistant deputy attorney general for the New York State Organized Crime Task Force. Subsequently, she served in a variety of legal capacities for U.S. West, was a partner at Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, P.C. in Helena, Montana, and served as the Vice President – Law at MediaOne Group, Inc. when it was spun off from U.S. West.
Sharon left MediaOne in 2000 to become the Senior Vice President & General Counsel for LoneTree Capital Management, a private equity fund formed by former MediaOne executives She subsequently joined TeleTech Holdings, Inc., a customer relationship management firm, as Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary. In 2005, Vonage Holdings Corp. hired Sharon as its first in-house general counsel and she assumed a leadership role in managing the provision of all legal support necessary to take the company public.
Sharon holds a Bachelor’s Degree cum laude from Dominican College, and a J.D. cum laude from New York Law School. |
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Jeffrey A.
Birchak
Vice
President of Intellectual Property, Secretary
Jeff Birchak is an intellectual property (IP) attorney specializing in IP portfolio development strategy and management as well as patent defense and enforcement strategies. Prior to joining Fallbrook, Jeff practiced at the law firm Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP.
Previously, Jeff served as a nuclear engineering instructor in the U.S. Navy submarine force, and
worked as a program engineer for AlliedSignal Corporation.
Jeff holds a B.S.E. cum laude in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University and a J.D. cum laude from California Western School of Law where he was the managing editor of the California Western Law Review and the California Western International Law Journal. He is a member of the State Bar of California and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California and the Supreme Court of the United States. |
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David W.
Markley
Vice President
of Product Development
David most recently served as Director of Engineering at Fallbrook. Prior to joining Fallbrook, David worked for BAE Systems where
he led the award winning Low Cost Precision Kill laser-guided
missile development project. Previously, as a rotating machinery
consultant with Radian International and Mechanical & Materials
Engineering, he was the program manager for Datalert™
which provided engineering & maintenance services to 120
plants in the utility, chemical, and petrochemical industries.
While working for General Dynamics Fighter Aircraft Division,
David provided analytical and test support for the F-16, YF-22,
and other military aircraft.
David has a B.S. and Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering
from Auburn University and is a registered Professional Engineer
(PE) and Project Management Professional (PMP). |
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Shari
Markley
Director of Human Resources
Shari Binford is a certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR) with over 15 years of varied experience. Prior to joining Fallbrook, she served as Corporate Recruiter for Education Finance Partners, a financial services company. Shari began her career at EDS as a training professional and subsequently served as a Human Resources Generalist and Recruiter at Dresser Wayne, a leading manufacturer of fueling technology for gasoline dispensing equipment for major oil companies around the world.
Among other projects at Dresser, Shari established a New Hire Program, was responsible for Affirmative Action Plan, and spearheaded an Excellence Program that enabled employees to submit new product and process improvement ideas. She also contributed to the Marketing Communications Department by coordinating a branding effort for the company.
Shari is a member of the Society of Human Resources Management and completed the Human Resources Certificate program at the University of Texas, Austin. She holds a B.S. in Communications from Texas State University. |
Executive Consultants & Advisors
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Barry F.
Berkov
Business and Marketing Strategy Consultant
Barry Berkov is an independent consultant with over 30 years of senior executive and consulting experience who
currently specializes in assisting start-up and early stage companies. He assists Fallbrook with overall business
strategy, marketing and public relations planning, infrastructure requirements, and general management
consulting. He also provides support for the development of Company’s financing and investor communication
documents and directs the management of the Company’s website.
Barry has provided a wide range of consulting services to clients including major corporations, small
technology ventures, and venture capital firms. After relocating to San Diego in 1999, he was the
President and COO of boxLot, an Internet startup and subsequently served as the interim General Manager
of SignOnSanDiego, the website of the San Diego Union Tribune. Previously, Barry spent nearly 20
years at CompuServe. As the Executive Vice President of the CompuServe Information Service, he
grew revenue from $97M to $393M over a four year period.
Earlier in his career, he worked in various analyst and managerial capacities for Xerox Corporation.
Barry holds a B.A. in Government from Pomona College and an MBA from The University of Dallas.
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John J. Pagliaro
Marketing and Branding Consultant
John Pagliaro is a nationally recognized marketing and branding expert with 25+ years experience
managing technology, business to business and business to consumer programs for companies ranging
from early-stage startups to global, Fortune 100 corporations. John assists Fallbrook with ongoing
marketing and branding related assignments and assists in the direction of public relations
activities. In conjunction with Terry Hogelucht, an independent graphic designer with whom he
works regularly, John created the Fallbrook logo as well as the look and feel of the Company’s printed
materials and website. John also was personally responsible for creating the NuVinci®name for the
Company’s technology.
John previously was the founder and co-owner of Pagliaro/Kuhlman, a San Jose-headquartered advertising
agency. His strategic positioning and branding work for companies like Sun Microsystems, NCR (NCR Tower),
Memorex, SyQuest, Siemens, Symantec/Norton, and Toshiba garnered international recognition and won many
industry awards. John relocated to San Diego in 2000 where he served as the Executive
Vice President of Advertising for the Townsend Agency before subsequently becoming an independent consultant.
He holds a B.A. in Communications/ Advertising from the California State University, Fullerton. |
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