UQM Technologies Appoints Mr. Yi-Zhen (Fred) Lin as Vice President and General Manager of UQM Asia Limited
January 20 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
- Mr. Lin will lead, and have full
P&L responsibility, for all of UQM’s Asia activities working in
conjunction with the UQM headquarters team in Colorado to ensure
alignment and execution on UQM’s global strategy.
- Mr. Lin will be based in Hong Kong
reporting directly to UQM’s CEO.
- Mr. Lin has over 20 years of senior
international executive experience in managing a number of high
tech international businesses in the Asia Pacific Region and is
very knowledgeable about, and well known in, the Chinese electric
vehicle and motor industry.
- Mr. Lin is a critical addition to the
UQM executive team as the Company moves to expand its market and
operations into the Asia Pacific region.
UQM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE MKT: UQM), is pleased to
announce that Mr. Yi-Zhen (Fred) Lin has joined UQM as Vice
President and General Manager of UQM Asia Limited, Inc. He will be
based in Hong Kong. Mr. Lin brings a proven track record of
performance as a senior executive with several high tech companies
in the Asia Pacific region and a wealth of contacts and
relationships in the Chinese electric automotive and commercial
vehicle market.
Reporting directly to Joe Mitchell, President and Chief
Executive Officer of UQM, Mr. Lin will have full P&L
responsibility for all Asia operations, including manufacturing,
engineering, business development, finance and other support
organizations. He will work in conjunction with the UQM
headquarters team in Colorado to ensure alignment and execution on
UQM’s Asia strategy.
“We are very pleased to have Fred join the UQM team. His
extensive experience in Asia business development, in-depth
understanding of emerging markets, proven track record of success
in growing businesses in China with Western products, and overall
managerial experience will greatly enhance our ability to succeed
in this market,” said Mr. Mitchell. “The addition of Fred to this
VP level position is a critical addition to our executive team and
gives UQM both the presence and leadership that will be needed in
Asia to move forward on our strategy. Fred is a seasoned executive
and an international leader with the vision, energy, commitment and
strategic mindset to lead UQM in Asia. After a lengthy and thorough
search, we are very excited and honored to bring Fred onto our team
and I truly believe he brings all of the leadership traits we were
looking for.”
Between 1996 and 2009, Mr. Lin worked for SKF China Limited, a
world-leading bearing, seal and lubrications systems company, where
he started as a regional manager and moved all the way up to
Managing Director running the entire China region and growing
annual revenue from 216 million RMB in 1996 to over 6 billion RMB
with over 3,800 employees in 2009. Most recently, Mr. Lin was the
General Manager of Business Development for Vanway Pharmaceuticals.
Previous to Vanway, Mr. Lin was Executive Vice President of
Business Development for Guangzhou TWS Electronics Limited, a
world-leading rechargeable battery pack supplier. Earlier in his
career, Mr. Lin worked as a project leader for a Taiwanese
technology company where he was directly engaged with UQM on
electric vehicle motor applications.
Mr. Lin holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the
National Taipei Institute of Technology, an MBA from Bradford
University’s School of Management and a Ph.D. in management from
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Mr. Lin is fluent in
Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese and English.
About UQM Technologies, Inc.
UQM Technologies is a developer and manufacturer of power-dense,
high-efficiency electric motors, generators, power electronic
controllers and fuel cell compressors for the commercial truck,
bus, automotive, marine, military and industrial markets. A major
emphasis for UQM is developing propulsion systems for electric,
hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell electric
vehicles. UQM is TS 16949 and ISO 14001 certified and located in
Longmont, Colorado and Hong Kong. For more information, please
visit www.uqm.com.
This Release contains statements that constitute
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act.
These statements appear in a number of places in this Release and
include statements regarding our plans, beliefs or current
expectations; including those plans, beliefs and expectations of
our management with respect to, among other things, gaining
required certifications, new product developments, future orders to
be received from our customers, sales of products from inventory,
future financial results, liquidity, and the continued growth of
the electric-powered vehicle industry. Important Risk Factors that
could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements are contained in our Form 10-K and Form
10-Q’s, which are available through our website at www.uqm.com or
at www.sec.gov.
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