Intelligent Energy appoints new VP of Business Development in the Americas
Intelligent Energy Appoints W. Scott Innes as new VP of Business Development in the Americas. Former Lotus Engineering sales exec joins global clean power systems company.
Intelligent Energy, the clean power systems company, today announced that it has appointed W. Scott Innes as its new Vice President of Business Development in the Americas. Innes joins from Lotus Engineering, where he was responsible for heading up sales and marketing in the Americas.
Innes’ career spans 38 years, working for and supporting the automotive industry. Starting as an engineer, Innes held various positions within the Ford Motor Company, from designing catalytic converters to developing powertrain control systems. Upon leaving Ford, Innes spent 25 years in sales and marketing positions within the semiconductor industry, focused on OEM and Tier One automotive customers.
“Having worked in a number of different market segments during my career, I am now relishing the opportunity to use my experience in the clean technology sector at Intelligent Energy,” explained Innes. “My primary focus is to work closely with the team to enlarge our partner base and push forward to consistently exceed annual revenue targets.”
Before joining Intelligent Energy, Innes had been responsible for sales and marketing in the America’s for Lotus Engineering, working across a range of areas that included military, heavy duty on and off-road vehicles, Hybrid EV and motorcycles.
“Scott brings extensive sales and marketing experience following his time at the Ford Motor Company, Lotus Engineering and other high profile positions, in short, he was the ideal candidate for this role,” said Dr Henri Winand, CEO at Intelligent Energy. “Intelligent Energy has had a great start to 2010 with the European launch of the Suzuki Burgman Fuel Cell Scooter in partnership with Suzuki Motor Corporation and our continued work leading a consortium to put a fleet of fuel cell taxis onto the streets of London in time for 2012. The addition of Scott to our commercial team is designed to further accelerate Intelligent Energy’s commercialisation plans in the United States.”
About Intelligent Energy
Intelligent Energy is a clean power systems company, with a range of leading fuel cell and hydrogen generation technologies. The company is focused on the provision of cleaner power and low carbon technologies. Intelligent Energy partners with leading companies globally, in the transportation, oil and gas, aerospace, defence, distributed generation and portable power markets. Current partners and customers include Scottish & Southern Energy plc with whom the company has formed a joint venture to commercialise fuel cell combined heat and power (CHP) systems, and The Suzuki Motor Corporation. Intelligent Energy’s successes in recent years include the development of the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell motorbike and supplying the fuel cell system to Boeing which powered the world’s first manned fuel cell aircraft. The company also recently supplied Airbus with a multi-functional fuel cell auxiliary power unit (APU) aimed at on-board power and other loads in future commercial airliners.
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