Andy Marsh

Biography

 Mr. Marsh is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Plug Power Inc. (Nasdaq:PLUG), the leading designer and manufacturer of commercially viable hydrogen and fuel cell systems. Mr. Marsh joined Plug Power in 2008 as President and CEO. Under his leadership, Plug Power has successfully engaged Fortune 500 companies to deploy hydrogen storage and fueling infrastructures throughout North America and to commission fuel cell products internationally. Plug Power also has targeted the material handling market with its GenDrive and GenKey solutions. Plug Power's solutions replace traditional lead-acid batteries to power the electric lift trucks in material handling applications, with more than 6,500 GenDrive units in use by customers including Walmart, P&G, FedEx and BMW. Plug Power's ReliOn solution provides stationary and backup power for the telecommunications, transportation, utility and government sectors. Plug Power's products are easily fueled with hydrogen supplied and stored through its GenFuel suite. Previously, Mr. Marsh was a co-founder of Valere Power, where he served as CEO and Board Member from the company's inception in 2001 through its sale to Eltek ASA in 2007. Under his leadership, Valere grew into a global operation with more than 200 employees and $90 million in revenue. During Mr. Marsh's tenure, Valere Power received many awards such as the Tech Titan award as the fastest growing technology company in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and the Red Herring Top 100 Innovator Award. Prior to founding Valere, Mr. Marsh spent nearly 18 years with Lucent Bell Laboratories in a variety of sales and technical management positions.

Research Interest

 hydrogen and fuel cell systems