ECOtality CEO and leadership

Amber Maiden is a Chief Executive Officer at Ecotality Inc and is based in Woodbridge, Virginia. She has worked as Civil Rights Investigator at Fellowship of Christian Firefighters, Human Resources Compliance Manager at UDC, and Civil Rights Investigator at City of Alexandria. Amber works or has worked as Chief Executive Officer at Alchemy Enterprises Consulting Group. She attended GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY between 2000 and 2004, Northwestern University between 1990 and 1993, and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School between 1993 and 1996.

Ravi is CarPortal's CEO and is one of the drivers of CarPortal’s innovative strategy and lean operating model. Prior to assembling the team that is launching CarPortal, Ravi held C level positions in publicly traded companies in telco, software and automotive businesses. As a COO Ravi has lead turn arounds of struggling operational organizations. As a CFO he has raised and/or restructured over $500 million of investor equity and debt. Ravi’s personal ride is a 2013 Nissan Leaf S for 90% of his driving and a 2004 Lexus GX470 with 200K miles on it for road trips (mostly to AAU basketball tournaments with his two sons).

Paul Gordon is the chief technology officer of [ECOtality](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ecotality), an electric transportation and storage technologies company that offers clean technology solutions. He also operates Halcon Vineyards. During the course of his career, he held several diverse VP roles in companies such as Trilliant, Skypilot Networks, Terawave Communications, Pacific Broadband Communications, and COM21. Gordon obtained a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from the University of Liverpool.

Susie Herrmann is an independent finance and accounting consultant. Prior to that, she served as the chief financial officer of ECOtality. Before joining ECOtality, she was the controller for Innovative Brands, a start-up consumer products company. Her experience also includes serving as manager of financial planning and analysis for Cytec Engineered Materials, a global manufacturer of advanced aerospace products. Herrmann previously provided finance and accounting services in various capacities for Belae Brands, The Dial Corporation, and Dover Electronics. Herrmann holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Binghamton University and an associate’s degree in culinary arts from the Art Institute of Phoenix.

Ravi is CarPortal's CEO and is one of the drivers of CarPortal’s innovative strategy and lean operating model. Prior to assembling the team that is launching CarPortal, Ravi held C level positions in publicly traded companies in telco, software and automotive businesses. As a COO Ravi has lead turn arounds of struggling operational organizations. As a CFO he has raised and/or restructured over $500 million of investor equity and debt. Ravi’s personal ride is a 2013 Nissan Leaf S for 90% of his driving and a 2004 Lexus GX470 with 200K miles on it for road trips (mostly to AAU basketball tournaments with his two sons).