Governance

Edward Caudill
Chairman

Mr. Caudill was appointed a director in Class I in December 2004 and was elected Chairman of the Board in May 2007. He also chairs the Nominating, Governance and Strategy Committee and serves on the Compensation Committee. He is managing director of Business Perspectives LLC, a transportation consulting firm, and serves on the boards of two private companies. He is the former president and CEO of Fleetwood Enterprises, a leading producer of recreational vehicles and manufactured housing. Before joining Fleetwood, he was a corporate vice president of PACCAR, Inc., and general manager of PACCAR's subsidiary, Kenworth Truck Company. Previously, he was PACCAR's vice president of purchasing, general manager of its parts distribution business, and held several management positions with Peterbilt Motors Co., another PACCAR truck division. Earlier in his career, Caudill held senior level sales and manufacturing positions with Rockwell International and Eaton Corp

David J. Schramm

David Schramm was appointed a director in Class III upon joining Maxwell as President and CEO in July 2007. Previously, he spent the bulk of his 36-year business career in a series of senior management and engineering positions with General Motors and its primary Tier I parts supplier, Delphi Automotive Systems and several of their divisions and subsidiaries. More recently, he was President and CEO of EADS North America Defense Test and Services, the U.S. subsidiary of the corporate parent of Airbus, and immediately before that was President and CEO of Arrowhead Products Corp., a leading supplier of specialty systems to the aerospace and automotive industries.  He holds a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, and a master’s degree in management from Stanford University, where he was a Sloan Fellow.

José Cortes

Mr. Cortes was appointed a director of the Company in July 2002, and was elected to a full term at the Annual Stockholder Meeting in May 2003. Mr. Cortes is Chairman of Montena, SA, which sold its Montena Components, Ltd., subsidiary to Maxwell in July 2002. Mr. Cortes, who resides in Zürich, Switzerland, also is a principal of GroCor Asset Management, AG, an asset management firm, and GenTurica, a private equity holding firm.

Robert Guyett

Mr. Guyett was appointed a director in Class III in January 2000, was elected to a full term at the Annual Stockholder Meeting in May 2002, and served as chairman of the board from May 2003 until May 2007. He is the board's "financial expert", chairs the Audit Committee of the board and also serves on the Compensation and Nominating, Governance & Strategy committees. Since 1995, he has been president and chief executive officer of Crescent Management Enterprises. From 1991 to 1995, he was a director and chief financial officer of Engelhard Corp., and from 1987 to 1991, was a director and chief financial officer of Fluor Corp. He is currently a director and treasurer of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and is a director of Newport Corp. as well as several private companies

Jean Lavigne

Mr. Lavigne was appointed a director in Class II in August 1999, and was elected to a full term at the Annual Stockholder Meeting in April 2001. He serves on the Compensation and Nominating, Governance & Strategy committees. Until his retirement at the end of 2002, he served as vice president and country president in France and Belgium for Motorola, Inc., and was president and chief executive officer of Motorola, S.A. Before he joined Motorola, Mr. Lavigne was with Digital Equipment Corporation in Europe, where he was responsible for interconnect technology and served as a member of DEC’s European Government Affairs Team. Mr. Lavigne resides in Paris, France.

Mark Rossi

Mr. Rossi was appointed a director in Class II in November 1997, and was elected to a full term at the Annual Stockholder Meeting in January 1998. He chairs the Compensation Committee of the board and also serves on the Audit and Nominating committees. Mr. Rossi is a Senior Managing Director of Cornerstone Equity Investors, LLC, a New York-based private equity firm with more than $1 billion of assets under management. Prior to the formation of Cornerstone in 1996, he was President of Prudential Equity Investors, Inc. He is a member of the Board of Directors of True Temper, Inc. and Novatel Wireless, Inc. as well as several privately held companies.

Burkhard Goeschel, Ph.D.

Professor Goeschel was appointed a Class II director in February 2007 and was elected to a full term at the Annual Stock Holder meeting in May 2007. He serves on the Nominating, Governance and Strategy Committee.  From 2000 until his retirement in 2006, Professor Goeschel was a member of the six-person Management Board of BMW Group, with overall responsibility for research, development and purchasing. Before beginning his career with BMW in 1978, he spent two years as a Group Leader for engine product development with Daimler Benz. 

Professor Goeschel holds a PhD degree in engineering from Stuttgart University and bachelors and masters degrees in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Munich.  He is an honorary professor of the Technical University in Graz, Austria, holds an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Munich and is a member of the university’s management board and a trustee of its Institute for Advanced Studies.  He is a member of the Council for Technical Sciences of the Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities, serves on the Research Commission and the Scientific and Ethical Advisory Board for state of Bavaria, and was general chairman of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2006 World Congress.

Roger Howsmon

Mr. Howsmon was appointed a Class III director in May 2008. He serves on Nominating, Governance and Strategy Committee. Mr. Howsmon is chief marketing officer and senior vice president of sales for the school bus division of Blue Bird Corporation, one of the world’s leading bus manufacturers. Previously, he led the manufactured housing group of Fleetwood Enterprises, and before that was chairman and CEO of Global Promo Group, an international marketer of promotional products.  Earlier in his career, he held a series of senior management positions in the diesel engine industry with Cummins Engine Company and Perkins Engines, and then spent five years as general manager of Peterbilt Motors, a leading manufacturer of medium and heavy duty trucks.

Yon Yoon Jorden

Ms. Jorden was appointed a director in Class I in May 2008.  She serves on the Audit Committee. During a business career spanning more than 25 years, she served as chief financial officer of four publicly traded companies, most recently as executive vice president and CFO of AdvancePCS, a $16 billion Nasdaq-listed provider of pharmacy benefits management to more than 75 million health plan participants.  Previously she was CFO of Informix, a Nasdaq-listed technology company, Oxford Health Plans, a Nasdaq-listed provider of managed health care services, and Wellpoint Health Networks, an NYSE-listed managed care company. Earlier in her career she was as senior auditor with Arthur Anderson & Co., where she became a Certified Public Accountant.  She currently serves as a director of Magnatek, Inc., an NYSE-listed manufacturer of digital power control systems.