Enfield, Conn., USA - August 6, 2010, Enfield, Conn., USA - STR Holdings announced the appointment of Robert M. Chiste and Uwe Krueger to the board as independent directors.
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Mr. Chiste is an Executive in Residence with the Silicon Valley venture capital firm El Dorado Ventures, where he leads the firm’s cleantech activities. He served as Chairman, President and CEO of Comverge from 2001 until his retirement last year.
As a private investor, Mr. Chiste co-founded technology systems management solutions provider TriActive, Inc., on-demand fuel industry software provider FuelQuest, Inc., and internet industrial products auction company iMark, Inc.
Mr. Chiste served as Vice Chairman, President and CEO of publicly traded Allwaste, Inc., a provider of industrial, energy and environmental services and was founder, President and CEO of American National Power, Inc., a subsidiary of Transco Energy Company.
Mr. Chiste currently serves on the board of directors of AisRe and TriActive, Inc. He also has served on the boards of FuelQuest, Inc., Franklin Credit Management Corp., Innovative Valve Technologies, Inc., and Pentacon, Inc.
Mr. Chiste received a B.A. in mathematics from the College of New Jersey and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Rutgers University.
Dr. Krueger served from 2007 to 2009 as CEO of Oerlikon Group, a $4 billion Swiss company, whose six business units included a solar division.
Dr. Krueger began his career at the international strategy consulting firm A.T. Kearney, followed by several positions at Hochtief AG, a global provider of construction services, airport management, contract mining and real estate development services.
Posts at Hochtief AG included Senior Vice President and Chairman of Turner International (a subsidiary of Hochtief AG); CEO of Central Eastern Europe; Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Vice President and Controller.
Dr. Krueger currently serves on the advisory board of San Diego-based Zementis, Inc. and is President of Cleantech Switzerland, a Swiss export platform that provides support to companies in the area of sustainability on behalf of the Swiss Federal Government.
Previous board memberships include several Oerlikon and Hochtief associated entities in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Dr. Krueger received his undergraduate degree in chemistry and business administration and his PhD in complex system theory and brain research from the University of Frankfurt. ■