Rick Hess
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Rick Hess has extensive experience as a leader in start-up companies and established corporations. Prior to joining American Superconductor, he was Chief Executive Officer of Konarka Technologies - an organic printed solar cell venture- backed company. Prior to Konarka Rick was President and CEO of Integrated Fuel Cell Technologies, a venture-backed company in Burlington, Massachusetts. He is the Vice-President of Superconductors for American Superconductor Corporation.
Mr. Hess has been active in community affairs as a member of the Massachusetts Governor’s Regional Competitive Council, a Trustee of Lowell General Hospital, and a member of the University Of Massachusetts Lowell Industry Board Of Advisors. He has been honored as the recipient of the University of Massachusetts Lifetime Achievement in Engineering Award.
He was previously President of M/A-COM, a manufacturer, designer and marketer of high frequency components and systems for the wireless, defense, public safety and automotive markets which previously was a unit of Tyco Electronics. He led a team that more than doubled its business through launching new products, entering new markets and completing acquisitions. After beginning his career as an engineer at Westinghouse Electric, Mr. Hess founded Stable Energy Sources, a manufacturer of microwave subsystems and components serving military and industrial accounts. He built this company before merging it with Herley Industries, and then led the combined company as President.