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Robert L. Kanode. In March 2007 we hired a new President and Chief Executive Officer Robert L. Kanode. Mr. Kanode brings over 12 years of experience in the battery industry to Valence. He served as a senior partner for The Sales & Performance Group a consulting group based in New York where he has worked with Fortune 500 companies to commercialize their products and services to develop manufacturing marketing sales and service functions and to identify and develop global niche retail and OEM markets. Prior to his tenure there Kanode served as president of OptiTec LLC and other companies where he guided the company through the product and service commercialization process the development of manufacturing and marketing/sales functions the identification of niche retail and OEM markets and the securing of financial support for public and private companies. | 