Fuelcell Energy Inc. Appoints Paul F. Browning and Matthew F. Hilzinger as Board Directors
August 06, 2015 at 08:30 am EDT
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FuelCell Energy Inc. announced the appointment of two new members to the Company's Board of Directors, including Paul F. Browning, former President and Chief Executive Officer, Irving Oil Company Limited and Matthew F. Hilzinger, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, USG Corporation. These additions to the FuelCell Energy Board of Directors increase the total number of members to ten. Most recently, Mr. Browning served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Irving Oil Limited. Previously, Mr. Browning led General Electric's Thermal Products division. Prior to GE, Mr. Browning spent 12 years at Caterpillar including
responsibility for the engineering, product development, manufacturing and supply chain of the industrial gas turbine business, Solar Turbines, and culminating in the position of Managing Director of MAK in the Marine & Petroleum Power division, based in Kiel, Germany. Currently, Mr. Hilzinger is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for USG Corporation. Previously, Mr. Hilzinger spent 10 years at Exelon Corporation advancing to Chief Financial Officer where he was responsible for finance and risk management. Prior to Exelon, Mr. Hilzinger held a variety of financial and operating roles, including Corporate Controller at Kmart Corporation, Vice President International Operations at Handelman Company and Manager at Arthur Andersen.
FuelCell Energy, Inc. is engaged in delivering environmentally responsible distributed baseload energy platform solutions through its fuel cell technology. The Company is a global manufacturer of stationary fuel cell and electrolysis platforms that decarbonize power and produce hydrogen. Its commercial technology produces electricity, heat, hydrogen, and water while separating carbon for utilization and/or sequestration. Its product portfolio is based on two electrochemical platforms, carbonate, and solid oxide. Both platforms can support power generation and combined heat and power applications using a variety of fuels, including natural gas, renewable biogas, and hydrogen. Its Carbonate platforms use a mixture of reforming and electrolysis, while solid oxide platforms can be used for pure hydrogen electrolysis. Its solid oxide platform operates on pure hydrogen fuel. Its commercial platforms include SureSource 1500, SureSource 3000, SureSource 4000 and SureSource Hydrogen.