HydroGen Corp HYDGQ:PKL

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Key Information

Industry
Electric Utilities
Revenues
1.00m
Net Income
-18.17m
Founded
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Location
HydroGen Corp
10 East 40th Street
Suite 3405
New York, NY 10016
United States
P: +1 (212) 672-0380

Company Description

HydroGen Corporation (HydroGen), through its wholly owned subsidiary, HydroGen, LLC, designs, manufactures, markets and distributes fuel cell modules and energy systems (power plants) using phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFC). HydroGen's core technology is a 400 kilowatt (kW) air-cooled, PAFC module, which comprises four 100 kilowatt stacks within one pressure vessel. The fuel cell stack technology and configuration were tested by Westinghouse in over 125,000 hours of stack testing of different capacities, and over 2,000,000 hours of smaller scale cell testing. Additionally, HydroGen has conducted over 400,000 hours of small scale testing and over 6,000 hours of stack testing. In October 2008, HydroGen LLC entered Chapter 11 protection.

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Directors & Officers

 Name Age Officer Since Title
Leo Blomen532005Chairman of the Board

Dr. Leo Blomen is Chairman of the Board of HydroGen, and has been active in fuel cells and energy related management for almost 23 years. From the Company’s inception until November 2007, Dr. Blomen served as the Chief Executive Officer of HydroGen. Since November 2007 he has served as a technical consultant to HydroGen. From 1996 to 2000, Dr. Blomen served as Executive Director and Head of the International Division of NUON, the largest electric, gas, water and telecom utility company in the Netherlands serving millions of customers and with over $4 billion in revenues. Dr. Blomen was responsible for starting and building a portfolio of over 20 companies in countries such as USA, UK, China, Czech Republic, and Romania. He served on the Boards of most of those companies, and invested several $100’s million successfully. Among his responsibilities were a number of fuel cell projects, including the installation and operation of the world’s first 100 kW solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system, supplied by Westinghouse to a consortium led by NUON. Dr. Blomen was also responsible for making the first designs of fuel cell/gas turbine combination systems under contract from Westinghouse. He was the primary editor of a book on Fuel Cell Systems (Plenum Press, 1993). From 1983 to 1992, Dr. Blomen served in several capacities for the engineering contractor KTI (Kinetics Technology International), a world leader in hydrogen plant construction, most of the time on its Board and as Group VP. He initiated and managed over 40 research, development and demonstration projects in Europe and the USA, including the construction of the first two PAFC power plants in Europe, as well as several steam reformer developments. Dr. Blomen is a co-founder of the EFCG (European Fuel Cell Group) and has served as its Treasurer throughout its existence. EFCG merged with FuelCell Europe in 2004. He holds a doctorate of medicine from Leiden University and an engineering degree in chemical technology from Delft University.

Scott Schecter522004Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Scott Schecter is Chief Executive Officer of HydroGen Corp. He was the interim Chief Financial Officer of HydroGen from June 2004 to April 2005, when he became the Chief Financial Officer on a full time basis. From 1994 to 2004, Mr. Schecter, a CPA, served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Fuel-Tech N.V., a publicly-traded technology company in the air pollution control, fuel treatment and software businesses. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc., a publicly-traded development stage company in the specialty chemical business from 1995 through 1999. In 1990, Mr. Schecter participated in a management buyout of American Vision Centers, Inc., a retail optical chain, and served as that company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer through January 1994. After graduating with his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Schecter served as a corporate development officer for W. R. Grace & Co. from 1986 to 1990, focusing on acquisitions, strategic investments and divestitures. After receiving his B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New York at Albany, Mr. Schecter practiced for 6 years as a CPA, the last 4 of which were with Goldstein Golub Kessler & Co. Mr. Schecter was previously a member of the Board of Directors of Fuel Tech, Inc. (the operating subsidiary of Fuel-Tech N.V.) and American Vision Centers, Inc. Mr. Schecter currently serves as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of DayStar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSTI), a manufacturer and developer of photovoltaic products, and as a director of bieMEDIA LLC, a media design, production, distribution and technology company.

Christopher Garofalo--2008Corporate Secretary, Director

Mr. Christopher J. Garofalo is Director and Corporate Secretary of HydroGen Corp. From May 14, 2007 to December 19, 2008, Mr. Garofalo served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of HydroGen Corporation and HydroGen, L.L.C.

Joshua Tosteson362002Director

Mr. Joshua Tosteson is a Director of HydroGen Corp. since 2005 and was President since 2002 to October 2008. He is a co-founder of HydroGen, LLC and of FullCircle LLC, a company that deployed facilities to remediate organic waste streams and produce high-value organic soil amendments, and which consulted to international development and aid organizations. Over 2000-2001, Mr. Tosteson served as Eco-Industrial Development Manager for the redevelopment of a deactivated army ammunition site in Louisiana. In this capacity on behalf of the Operations Support Command of the US Army, Mr. Tosteson and colleagues attracted over $20 million in private and federal investment to establish two new commercial manufacturing operations. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Tosteson served in various capacities as a management consultant for the Biosphere 2 facility in Oracle, Arizona, supporting a reorganization of the project that culminated in a long-term facility management contract with Columbia University. Concurrently to that assignment he served as an Adjunct Fellow and researcher at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He holds degrees in environmental science and public policy (BA, Harvard University) and atmospheric science (MA, Columbia University). He also serves on the Board of Organic Recovery, LLC, a Florida-based company that converts food waste into organic liquid fertilizer and biodiesel.

Howard-Yana Shapiro602005Director

Dr. Howard-Yana Shapiro is Director of HydroGen and was appointed Director of External Research of Mars, Incorporated in 2005, and has served as its Director of Plant Science since 2000. Mars, Incorporated operates in over 65 countries, with business units in snack food, pet care, main meal food, drinks, and electronics. Within Mars, Dr. Shapiro is responsible for plant genetics, integrated pest management/biological control of diseases, water conservation and the sustainability/production models for agroecology, agro-forestry and agro-economics of cacao. Additionally, he is the Director of the Multi-Disciplinary Research Unit, a collaboration between Mars, Incorporated, and the University of California, Davis. In 1991, Dr. Shapiro joined Seeds of Change, a leading supplier of organic seeds, garden products, and specialty foods, as its Vice-President for Agriculture, and later served as its Vice-President of Research and Development/Agriculture before leading the company’s acquisition by Mars, Incorporated in 1997. Dr. Shapiro has twice been named a Fulbright Scholar, twice a Ford Foundation Fellow, and was winner of the National Endowment for the Humanities Award.

Brian Bailys482005Director

Mr. Brian D. Bailys is Director of HydroGen Corp. He has been the principal of The Bailys Group, a consulting and strategic and financial planning company that he formed in January 1993. Mr. Bailys is also a certified public accountant. The consulting firm has been involved in strategic planning with numerous early stage companies and their funding requirements and works with high net worth individuals in many different capacities. From June 1981 to 1993, Mr. Bailys was with Plant & Moran, an accounting and consulting firm where he acted as a tax accountant, personal financial planner and business planner. Mr. Bailys is a director of Life Settlement Insights, a life settlement company, and Life-X, an on-line exchange for the sale of life insurance policies.

John Freeh562007Director

Mr. John J. Freeh is Director of HydroGen Corp. since 2005 and as Lead Independent Director from August 2007 until November 2007. From November 2007 to October 2008 Mr. Freeh was Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Freeh was previously employed by Lockheed Martin and the General Electric Company for approximately 33 years. At Lockheed Martin, he served as president of LM Systems Management from July 2001 until his retirement in February 2007. In this position, Mr. Freeh was responsible for Lockheed Martin’s Defense, Energy and National Security Services businesses. In January of 1993 the General Electric Company appointed Mr. Freeh President and General Manager of KAPL, Inc. Mr. Freeh held this position during transition to Martin Marietta and subsequently Lockheed Martin. He left KAPL in July of 2001. KAPL, Inc. designs, develops and tests nuclear reactors and propulsion systems and operates land-based nuclear power plants to test reactor and propulsion system designs for the United States Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. From 1974 to 1993, Mr. Freeh held other positions with KAPL, Inc., including Manager - Computer Information Systems; Manager - Special Projects; Manager – Power Plant Systems and Design; and Manager - Prototype Engineering

Michael Basham582006Director

Mr. Basham,has been a director of HydroGen Corp. in december 2006. Mr. Basham With an extensive career in financial services as well as government, Mr. Basham,currently serves as Executive Vice President, Finance & Planning for Howard Energy Co., a private energy investment firm. Previously, he was with Ernst & Young LLP where he served as Principal/Financial Services Management Consulting Group from 1996 to 1998. From 1994 to 1995 Mr. Basham also served as Executive Vice President/Head of Capital Markets for First Fidelity Bank. He has also held positions with the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 1989 to 1991 serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Federal Finance and Acting Assistant Secretary for Domestic Finance. Previously, he has held positions with Smith Barney Shearson and Wertheim Schroeder, among others. Mr. Basham holds an MBA from the University of South Carolina and a BS from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Alton Romig542007Director

Dr. Alton D. Romig, Jr., Director of HydroGen, has been with Sandia National Laboratories since 1979 and is currently Senior Vice President and Deputy Laboratories Director for Integrated Technologies and Systems located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sandia National Laboratories is operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the US Department of Energy. His responsibilities include the leadership and management of development and engineering activities that provide science, technology, systems, and expertise in support of US Programs in military technology; proliferation prevention; technology assessments; counterintelligence; energy science, resources, conservation, and infrastructure assurance; and homeland security. In 1979, he joined Sandia National Laboratories as a member of the technical staff. After a variety of management assignments, he was named Director, Materials and Process Sciences in 1992. From 1995 to 1999, he was Director of Microsystems Science, Technology, and Components. From 1999 to 2003, he was named Chief Technology Officer and Vice President for Science, Technology, and Partnerships. In that role, he was Chief Scientific Officer for the Nuclear Weapons program, accountable for Sandia’s interactions with industry and academia. In addition, he was responsible for the Laboratory Directed Research & Development program. In 2003, he was named Vice President, Nonproliferation and Assessments. He served in this capacity until attaining his present position in 2005. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in materials science and engineering from Lehigh University in 1975, 1977, and 1979, respectively.

Officers & Directors data as of Feb 06 2010.

Peer Analysis
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 Name     Revenues
(TTM)
 Net Income
(TTM)
 Market Cap Employees
Alliance Recovery CorpUS
0.002.54m457.66k0
Armor Electric IncUS
----271.03k0
Chapeau IncUS
729.00k17.67m166.95k38
HydroGen CorpUS
1.00m18.17m255.40k103
New Green Technologies IncUS
0.001.00m793.11k3
Sonnenenergy CorpCA
13.58m6.12m1.03m0
Peer Analysis data as of Feb 09 2010. Currency figures normalized to HydroGen Corp's reporting currency: US Dollar USD.

Institutional Shareholders

 Holder Shares Held % of Shares Held 
Security Investors LLC1.95m15.26%as of 31 Dec 2008
Federated Investment Management Co.1.00m7.83%as of 31 Dec 2009
Pequot Capital Management, Inc.150.00k1.18%as of 31 Dec 2008
Alydar Capital LLC0.000.00%as of 31 Dec 2008
Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.