American Superconductor Corp.

Dr. Yurek founded AMSC in April 1987 with three fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professors. In 1989, he became president and chief executive officer of AMSC and was named chairman of the board in 1991. From 1976 to 1988, Dr. Yurek was a professor of MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and was co-founder and co-director of MIT’s H.H. Uhlig Corrosion Laboratory. At MIT, he focused his research and teaching on the thermodynamics and rapid solidification processing of metals and ceramics and the development of corrosion-resistant materials, work that led to the invention of methods by Dr. Yurek and one of his co-founders for manufacturing HTS wire. These inventions became the basis for the founding AMSC. Prior to joining the faculty at MIT, Dr. Yurek was a research scientist in the Metals and Ceramics Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory where his research on oxidation of nuclear reactor core materials under accident conditions established the foundation for the government code on operating power levels in pressurized water nuclear reactors. Dr. Yurek has won numerous awards including being named a Fellow of Britain’s Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and receiving IEE’s 2003 Achievement Medal for his work on the manufacturing of HTS materials. He was also the first non-Japanese recipient of the Award of Merit conferred by the Japanese Science and Technology Agency for his leadership in developing HTS wires. From 1973 to 1974 he served as a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Clausthal-Zellerfeld in Germany. He has authored more than 60 scientific and technical publications and has nine U.S. patents issued in his name and is a frequent industry speaker on superconductor applications and commercialization. Dr. Yurek is a member of the Board of Directors of Nanosys, Inc. and is a past member of the Board of Directors of Clipper Windpower, PLC. He has also been a member of the Industrial Advisory Board of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State University, where he is an Alumni Fellow. He is past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Council on Superconductivity for American Competitiveness and was a member of the Industrial Overview Committee for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory Superconductivity Pilot Centers. A Pennsylvania native, Dr. Yurek holds a Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from Ohio State University and B.S. and M.S. degrees in metallurgy from Pennsylvania State University.

Mr. Santamaria joined American Superconductor in April 2004. He is responsible for all AMSC manufacturing operations worldwide. Utilizing his many years of managing multi-site manufacturing operations with diverse products, he is driving the continuous development, enhancement and scale up of all AMSC manufacturing facilities including the people, processes and equipment. Prior to joining American Superconductor, Mr. Santamaria served as Vice President and General Manager at Microsemi Corporation. He served in that role for seven years and led 100% revenue growth for his division through the successful introduction and commercialization of a novel, patented semiconductor packaging technology. Previously at Microsemi Corporation, he held management positions in Operations and Engineering. A Massachusetts native, Mr. Santamaria holds an MBA degree and a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University.

Mr. Poor joined AMSC in September 2001 as Director of Sales and Business Development for Power Electronic Systems. In March of 2006 he was appointed to the position of Managing Director, Power Systems Sales & Business Development. In May of 2007 he was appointed to the position of Vice President and Deputy General Manager, Power Systems, and in March 2008 he was appointed Vice President, Global Sales & Business development for AMSC. In this role, Mr. Poor is responsible for AMSC's global sales, business development and marketing. Prior to joining AMSC, Mr. Poor worked at General Electric (GE) for seven years in various sales, Six Sigma, and sales management positions for the Commercial and Industrial division of GE responsible for electric power distribution and utility transmission and distribution equipment. Prior to GE, Mr. Poor was an engineering consultant at Arthur Andersen & Company. Mr. Poor is a native of Indiana and holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Technology from Purdue University.

Mr. Ulliman joined AMSC in October 2006. He is responsible for defining, pursuing and winning foreign and domestic government contracts across all of AMSC's businesses units, including development contracts and product procurements. Mr. Ulliman joined American Superconductor from Northrop Grumman Corporation. In his 13 years with that company, he served in various managerial capacities and most recently was Northrop Grumman's Corporate Director of Enterprise Campaigns. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Ulliman served as the company's Director of the Integrated Power Systems Program and was responsible for program management, system design, land based testing and ship integration of the U.S. Navy's DDX (now know as DDG 1000) class of destroyers. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman in 1993, Mr. Ulliman served as Manager of Planning and Business Development at General Electric's Astro Space Division (now Lockheed Martin) and Manager of Marketing and Programs at B.F. Goodrich Aerospace. He began his career at General Electric Company with marketing and sales responsibilities for the company's marine and industrial power generation and distribution systems. Mr. Ulliman holds a B.S. degree in engineering from Purdue University.

John B. Vander Sande, age 64, co-founded American Superconductor. He is the Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Material Science, emeritus, at MIT specializing in the microstructure of materials and was associate dean and acting dean of engineering at MIT from 1992 to 1999. He was founding executive director of the Cambridge-MIT Institute from 1999 to January 2003. Dr. Vander Sande has been a director of American Superconductor since 1990.