Pennington, N.J., USA - May 10, 2016, Pennington, N.J., USA - Ocean Power Technologies, a renewable technologies company, announced that Steven M. Fludder and Robert K. Winters were elected to the board of directors.
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Mr. Fludder brings more than 30 years of global executive leadership in energy and infrastructure markets. He is currently Chief Executive Officer with alpha-En.
Prior to alpha-En, Mr. Fludder was Chief Executive of AECOM’s global Energy and Water practice.
Prior to AECOM, he was Senior Executive Vice President, Division General Manager and Samsung group officer where he was head of worldwide sales and marketing for Samsung Engineering. He was subsequently President of Samsung Techwin Power Systems Division.
Prior to Samsung, Mr. Fludder served as a Vice President and General Electric corporate officer where he led GE’s companywide environmental business initiative “ecomaginationâ€. Earlier in his career at GE,he held executive leadership roles in the Water, Energy Services, Energy China, and Aircraft Engines divisions.
Mr. Fludder holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University, and a second Bachelor of Science degree from Providence College.
Mr. Winters brings 25 years of experience and expertise in global equity and fixed income markets. Currently, he is an Executive Vice President and the General Manager of Alpha IR Group’s New York City office Prior to Alpha IR, he was a Partner and Portfolio Manager with Zesiger Capital Group.
Prior to Zesiger Capital Group, Mr. Winters was a Managing Director and Senior Natural Resource Analyst at Bear Sterns and Company for almost 10 years, where he focused on energy, metals, and mining.
He also worked as an equity research analyst for Credit Suisse First Boston and started his career as an international trader analyst with Kilpatrick & Cody in Washington, D.C. ■