Capstone Turbine Corporation Announces Executive Appointments; Key Executives Named in Sales, Quality, Administration, Engineering.Business Editors WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2000 Capstone Turbine Capstone Turbine Corporation NASDAQ: CPST, incorporated in 1988, is a California based gas turbine manufacturer that specializes in microturbine power and heat cogeneration systems. Capstone has sold and shipped more than 3,000 of these one-moving-part systems worldwide. Corporation today announced five executive appointments to new key management positions. Gabriel D. Tashjian has been appointed senior vice-president of sales, Paul Chancellor senior vice-president of engineering, Daniel J. Callahan vice-president of quality deployment, Bill Treece senior vice-president of strategic technology deployment and Wade Welch vice-president of administration. These follow last week's appointment of Mark Kuntz as Capstone's vice-president of marketing. Prior to joining Capstone, Tashjian held several senior-level operating management positions in sales and marketing with GE Power Systems in USA and Europe, most recently manager of commercial operations of GE's $4 billion global Energy Services division in Atlanta. Chancellor comes to Capstone Turbine from ABB-Alstrohm Power Inc., where he has served as vice-president of engineering and vice-president of support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services of ABB n. 1. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, Noun 1. ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s Power Generation, Inc. Callahan joins Capstone from LumiLeds Lighting, a joint venture between Philips Lighting and Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , formerly Optoelectronics Division of Hewlett-Packard, where he held the position of quality and reliability manager of the III-V materials manufacturing and R&D. He has also held managerial positions in quality and reliability assurance at Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. , National Semiconductor and Digital Equipment Corporation. Both Welch and Treece joined Capstone in 1997 and held the positions to which Callahan and Chancellor, respectively, were named today. Last week, Capstone announced the appointment of Kuntz, who was vice-president and general manager of Unicom Distributed Energy. About Capstone Turbine Corporation Headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial, ultra-low-emission, high-availability microturbine power systems. Capstone MicroTurbines add power capacity, manage power loads, offer highly efficient combined heat-and-power (cogeneration) solutions and provide on-site power in remote locations. They also meet the need for oilfield flare gas reduction and landfill/biogas resource recovery applications. Commercial units began shipping in December 1998. Capstone is also the first to manufacture microturbine generators for large electric-hybrid vehicles. Capstone MicroTurbine-energized electric hybrid buses have the environmental benefits of all-electric vehicles, plus significantly increased operating range, robust acceleration, reduced maintenance requirements, and more power for increased ridership rid·er·ship n. The number of passengers who ride a public transport system. and creature comforts creature comfort n. Something, such as food and warmth, that contributes to physical comfort. Often used in the plural. like air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. and heating. |
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