ZAP has experienced management in the driver’s seat. As CEO of ZAP Steve Schneider drives the bus, well when he’s not driving the Smart car. He is also serves on ZAP’s Board of Directors but he’s not the only licensed driver on board. Steve is an experienced leader who has his driver’s license as well as his commercial driver’s license.
Max Scheder-Bieschin is President of ZAP. Max served as Managing Director of Corporate Finance for Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt and he’s got the accent to prove it. With these two experienced drivers ZAP is driving the ZAP bus full speed down the highway named success. With two veteran long haul drivers at the wheel they think its time to get on board!
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Steven Schneider, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Schneider has been director and Chief Executive Officer of ZAP since October 26, 2002. A 28 year auto industry veteran, Schneider is a recognized authority for advanced technology vehicles and has been interviewed by such national and international media as The Wall Street Journal, CNN, USA Today, Barron’s, The Discovery Channel, Automotive News, The New York Times, FOX News, MSNBC, CNBC’s Closing Bell, CBS News, NBC News, Business 2.0, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times and more.
In 2001, Mr. Schneider founded Voltage Vehicles, a fuel vehicle distributor specializing in electric vehicles and full-performance alternative fuel vehicles such as automobiles, motorcycles, and bicycles. He also founded Auto Distributors, Inc., which is the promotion and distribution division of Voltage Vehicles.
In 1996, Mr. Schneider founded the RAP Group, an automotive liquidator and reseller. Both Voltage Vehicles and the Rap Group were acquired by ZAP in 2002. He presently serves on the Advisory Board of Directors to Apollo Energy Systems, Inc. and serves as a director of Rotoblock Corporation, a public company focused on the continued development of the oscillating piston engine. Mr. Schneider served as interim President of Rotoblock from August to November 2005.
Max Scheder-Bieschin, President
Max Scheder-Bieschin was appointed President of ZAP on December 1, 2005, and served as Executive Vice President from October 14, 2005, until his appointment as President. Prior to joining ZAP, Max served as Managing Director of Corporate Finance for Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany from 2001 to 2004.
From 1995 to 2001, Max Scheder-Bieschin led the mergers and acquisitions practice group at ING BHF Bank in Frankfurt and New York as Managing Director of Corporate Finance. Earlier in his career, he was a Principal with Fredericks Michael & Co., a New York-based mergers and acquisitions boutique investment banking firm, Associate Director in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group with Bear Stearns & Co. in New York, and a Staff Accountant with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. in New York.
Max Scheder-Bieschin received a Bachelors degree in Economics from Stanford University and attended the Masters in Accounting program at New York University. He is also a graduate of the Executive Program in Strategy and Organization from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Gary Starr, Chairman of the Board
Gary Starr co-founded ZAP in 1994 and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since October 2002. More detailed information regarding Mr. Starr’s business experience is set forth under “Directors.”
Renay Cude, Corporate Secretary and Director
Renay Cude serves as Corporate Secretary of ZAP and President of Voltage Vehicles, ZAP manufacturing and ZAP Rentals. More detailed information regarding Ms. Cude’s business experience is set for under “Directors.”
William Hartman, Chief Financial Officer
Bill Hartman was appointed Chief Financial Officer in March 2001. He was engaged with the Company as a financial consultant starting in January 2001. Prior to his engagement at ZAP, Mr. Hartman provided financial and accounting consulting services to various Internet start up companies in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Hartman is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California with a Masters in Accounting Degree from the State University of New York.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gary Starr, Chairman of the Board
Gary Starr co-founded ZAP in 1994, has been a director since the Company’s inception and served as Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2002. He became chairman of the Board of Directors in October 2002. Mr. Starr founded US Electricar’s electric vehicle operation in 1983.
Gary Starr has several publications: “Electric Cars: Your Guide to Clean Motoring, “The Shocking Truth of Electric Cars,” and “The True Cost of Oil.” In addition, he has appeared on more than 300 radio and television shows including Larry King Live, The Today Show, Inside Edition, CNN Headline News, Prime Time Live, the CBS Evening News and the McNeil Lehrer News Hour as an authority in the field of electric vehicles. Mr. Starr has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of California, Davis in Environmental Consulting and Advocacy.
Steven Schneider, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Steve Schneider wears two hats. One is his CEO hats and the other is his Director hat. “Being involved is what I live for. I love this business.”
Renay Cude, Corporate Secretary and Director
Renay was appointed Corporate Secretary in August 2002, and has been a director of the Company since October 26, 2002. Renay is the President of the subsidiary, Voltage Vehicles, where she works closely with corporate counsel in obtaining all the required licensing in the 50 states for the proper distribution of advanced technology vehicles.
Renay Cude is also the President of ZAP Manufacturing and ZAP Rentals.
Prior to joining ZAP, from 1997 to 2002, Renay worked as a legal secretary for various law firms. Renay has over five years experience working in the bankruptcy field where she helped companies through the reorganization process. Renay also currently serves as Secretary and a director of Rotoblock Corporation, a public company focused on the continued development of the oscillating piston engine. Ms. Renay holds an Associates Degree in General Education from Santa Rosa Junior College.
Guy Fieri, Director
Mr. Fieri has been a director since 2004 and is an entrepreneur and restaurateur, having founded and operated three restaurants in the North Bay Area of San Francisco over the past seven years. In 2006, Mr. Fieri reached national TV stardom with his own cooking show called called Guy’s Big Bite on The Food Network Channel. The program was part of a national competition in which Mr. Fieri was selected as The Next Food Network Star from more than 10,000 entrants. He previously held various management positions in large food development companies. Mr. Fieri has been a three term President of the Restaurant Association of the Redwood Empire and currently serves on the board of directors for the Educational Foundation of the California Restaurant Association.
Matthias Heinze, Director
Matthias Heinze has been a director since 2005. Matthias is the Director of Technology for TUV, a U.S.-German corporation specializing in independent testing and assessment services, and serves as the President of Rotoblock Corporation, a public company focused on the continued development of the oscillating piston engine.
He is also Chief Executive Officer of Scibase Intl., LLC, a technology development company. For the past twenty years, Matthias Heinze has worked in the Industrial Machinery and Pressure Equipment divisions at TUV. Matthias holds engineering degrees from FH Hamburg and FH Jena in Germany.
Raymond F. Byrne, Director
Raymond F. Byrne, is currently the President of North Coast Bank, a division of American River Bank. Prior to that he was Senior Vice President and Senior Lender of North Coast Bank from 2001 to 2003. From 2000 to 2001 he was Vice President and Manager of Bank of the West.
Peter H. Scholl, Director
Peter H. Scholl, is currently an independent engineering consultant. From 2003 to 2005, Peter Scholl served as President of Rotoblock Inc. in Canada and Rotoblock Corporation, a Nevada corporation, in the development of Oscillating Piston Engine technology. He served as President of Unimont Inc., a real estate development firm, in Penticton, Canada from 2001 to 2003. From 1996 to 2000, Peter worked on the development of water purification systems in Arizona. Mr. Scholl has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Institute of Technology in Biel, Switzerland.
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