Boston-Power, the lithium-ion battery cells, blocks, modules and systems developer, announced on 9 October that its founder Christina Lampe-Onnerud had resigned from the firm’s Board of Directors. No reason was given.
“The Boston-Power Board of Directors joins me in expressing our appreciation of Christina’s contribution to Boston-Power, as its founder, in passionately developing the company into the EV battery technology leader it is today as well as helping with the transition over the past year with the company’s expansion in China. We know that Christina will continue to be an enormous success,” said Boston-Power Chairman Sonny Wu.
“With the recent additions of Tony Shen and Dr Wayne Yuan to our executive management team as well as leveraging the existing technology leadership with the Westborough R&D team, and our continued momentum in China, we are confident that we will be able to achieve her vision of making Boston-Power into a major supplier of EV battery systems to customers around the globe,” continued Wu.
Lampe-Onnerud founded Boston-Power in 2005 and the company has since filed 150 patents. Tony Shen recently joined Boston-Power as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he served as the CFO of Ku6 Media (NASDAQ:KUTV) and the Chief Financial Officer of China BAK (NASDAQ:CBAK), the lithium-based battery cells manufacturer.
Wayne Yuan also recently joined Boston-Power as Vice President of Engineering, bringing over 20 years’ experience in the automotive industry, including 16 years with General Motors. Most recently, he was the general manager of the R&D Centre of Beijing Mercedes-Benz Automotive, and for six years was Vice President of R&D & Engineering at Beijing Hyundai Motor.
Boston-Power’s Board of Directors also announced the appointment of Rick Chamberlain, who joined Boston-Power in 2006, as its Chief Technology Officer. His new role will include managing the Boston-based R&D organisation encompassing battery chemistry, product engineering and BMS development programmes for customers in China, the US and elsewhere.
