Capstone Turbine Corporation Announces Executive Appointments
15 March 2000
Capstone Turbine Corporation Announces Executive Appointments; Key Executives Named in Sales, Quality Deployment and Administration
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--March 15, 2000--Capstone Turbine Corporation today announced three executive appointments to key management positions. Gabriel D. Tashjian has been appointed senior vice president of sales, Daniel J. Callahan vice president of quality deployment, and Wade Welch vice president of administration.Prior to joining Capstone, Gabriel D.Tashjian held management and director-level manufacturing and sales positions at GE Power Systems. Tashjian has a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California and is a graduate of General Electric's Sales and Marketing Leadership Program.
Daniel J. Callahan joins Capstone from Hewlett-Packard where he held the position of quality and reliability manager. He has also held managerial positions in quality and reliability assurance at Texas Instruments, National Semiconductor and Digital Equipment Corporation. Callahan has an M.S. in physics from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and a B.S. in systems engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy.
Wade Welch joined Capstone in 1997 and has most recently held the position of vice president of quality deployment. In his new role as vice president of administration, he will manage human resources, management information systems (MIS), SAP system implementation and facilities management.
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 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 microturbines for large electric-hybrid vehicles. Capstone MicroTurbine-energized hybrid electric 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 and creature comforts like air conditioning and heating.