Mr. Yu has served as Director of the Overseas Finance Department of Weichai Group since May 2023 and Vice Director from January 2023 to May 2023. Prior to that, Mr. Yu served as Chief Financial Official of Shaanxi Hande Axle Co., Ltd, a leading commercial vehicle axle manufacturer in China from February 2021 to January 2023. From February 2019 to February 2021, Mr. Yu served as Chief Financial Officer of Weichai Ballard Co., Ltd (“Weichai Ballard”), a joint venture of Weichai Power and Ballard Power Systems Inc. Prior to his role at Weichai Ballard, Mr. Yu served in various leadership roles in the Finance Department at Weichai Power from January 2009 to February 2019.
Mr. Yu earned his Bachelor’s degree in Management from Beijing Forestry University, China in 2009. Mr. Yu is a China certified public accountant.
Mr. Yu brings to the Board extensive accounting experience as well as management experience through his roles at engine manufacturers.
Executive Officers
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the Company’s executive officers as of April 24, 2024.
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Name | | Age | | Executive Officer Since | | Present Position with the Company |
C. (Dino) Xykis | | 65 | | 2021 | | Chief Executive Officer; Chief Technical Officer |
Xun (Kenneth) Li | | 54 | | 2022 | | Chief Financial Officer |
Randall Lehner | | 52 | | 2024 | | General Counsel |
The narrative descriptions below set forth the employment and position with the Company, principal occupation and education for each of the Company’s three current executive officers.
C. (Dino) Xykis was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer on April 24, 2023. Prior to that, Mr. Xykis served as the Interim Chief Executive Officer from June 1, 2022 to April 24, 2023. Mr. Xykis was also appointed as the Company’s Chief Technical Officer on March 15, 2021. He is responsible for the oversight of the Company’s advanced product development, engineering design and analysis, on-highway engineering, applied engineering, emissions and certification, Waterford, Michigan engineering operations, program management and product strategic planning. Since joining the Company in 2010 and until his appointment as Chief Technical Officer in March 2021, Mr. Xykis served as Vice President of Engineering for the Company from December 2010 to March 2021. He has more than 30 years of professional experience in multi-disciplined engineering areas including senior management and executive positions at various companies including Cummins Inc., a publicly traded company on the NYSE, and Generac Power Systems, a publicly traded company on the NYSE. Mr. Xykis also served as Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at the Milwaukee School of Engineering and previously served on the audit and compensation committees of the board of directors of Image Sensing Systems, a publicly traded company on NASDAQ, from 1996 to 2001. Mr. Xykis has also served on the advisory board of CEGE, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota for eight years.
Mr. Xykis holds a Bachelor’s degree in Structural Engineering, a Master’s degree in Vibration/Dynamics, and a Ph.D. in Structural/Applied Mechanics from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Xun (Kenneth) Li was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer on August 26, 2022. Mr. Li is an accomplished executive who has more than 20 years of professional experience in the areas of finance, accounting, financial planning and analysis, internal controls and strategy, among others. Most recently, Mr. Li served as chief financial officer for ND Paper, a leading pulp, packaging and paper company, from 2020 to August 2022, where he was a member of the executive leadership management team with primary responsibility for finance, accounting, tax, auditing, treasury, risk management, internal audit, and strategic planning, among other areas, and served as a strategic advisor to the chief executive officer. Prior to this role, Mr. Li was with Caterpillar Inc., a publicly traded company on the NYSE (“Caterpillar”), from 2008 through 2020, where he served in various financial leadership positions, the most recent of which was chief financial officer of the global mining machine product group from 2013 to 2020. Prior to Caterpillar, Mr. Li was with Ford Motor Company, a publicly traded company on the NYSE, where he held finance leadership roles of increasing responsibility, from 2003 to 2008.
Mr. Li holds a Master of Business Administration with high distinction and a Master of Science degree in Accounting, both from the University of Michigan. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai JiaoTong University. Mr. Li is also a Certified Public Accountant.
Randall Lehner was appointed as the General Counsel effective March 4, 2024. Mr. Lehner is an accomplished and strategic legal advisor who has more than 25 years of legal experience in the areas of regulatory compliance, internal controls, and dispute resolution, among others. Most recently, from May 2020 to February 2024, Mr. Lehner served as Associate General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel at Guaranteed Rate, Inc., a leading mortgage company, where he was a member of the leadership management team with primary responsibility for litigation and risk management. Prior to this role, from 2015 through 2020, Mr. Lehner was a partner with Kelly, Drye & Warren, LLP, where his practice focused on commercial litigation, regulatory and internal investigations and government enforcement actions. Prior to Kelly, Drye & Warren, LLP, from 1997 to 2014, Mr. Lehner worked at several other prestigious law firms.
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