Motiv Power Systems CEO and leadership

Matt O’Leary is the Chairman and CEO of Motiv Power Systems. Before Motiv, Matt had worked at Ford Motor Company for over 38 years. He has extensive global experience in product development, purchasing and finance. He was the Vehicle Line Director, North America Trucks, SUVs and Commercial Vehicles. Prior to that he was the Product Development Director for Ford South America Operations and led the development of the all-new EcoSport and Ka global vehicles. Matt also served as the Director of Corporate Strategy, establishing a strategy process and plan for profitable growth in Asia. Prior to that he served as Chief Engineer, F150/Expedition/Navigator and was responsible for the highly successful, all-new 2009 F150, which won numerous awards including Motor Trend Truck of the Year, North American Truck of the Year, Truck of Texas, JD Power Initial Quality, and Consumer Reports Recommended Buy. Matt earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan - Dearborn, and a Master of Science in Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Kristen Magnuson serves at Motiv’s Chief Financial Officer where she leads all aspects of financial operations and capital formation efforts. She brings over 30 years of expertise in accelerating growth and maximizing profitability in technology-focused companies through multiple stages of growth, planning, capital markets, debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, and diverse functional areas across business operations. Kristen has held positions of increasing responsibility, most recently serving as the CFO at Achilles Technology Solutions, Webtrends and JDA Software Group, where she played an instrumental role in exponential revenue growth from $94M to $400M. Prior she was the VP of Financial Planning, Analysis and Retail Systems at Michael’s Stores, which grew from $250M to over a $1B in revenue during her tenure. Kristen has helped raise nearly $1B through capital market transactions during her career and lead M&A efforts in nearly 50 successful acquisitions. Kristen holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Washington.

• Innovator in a “Cloud First” ecosystem who has successfully transitioned companies from a traditional IT architecture to an user experience enhanced cloud only architecture.

• Ability to Operate at C-level as a business partner with the Board, other C-Level executives and third party partners

• Hands on experience with managing core infrastructure, end user services, Cloud platforms and SaaS applications.

• Unique combination of product development, consulting operations and corporate IT experience.

• Experience in defining and implementing compliance requirements (e.g. SOX) for public and pre-IPO companies.

• Enjoy working in dynamic fast paced environment where innovation and customer experience is the primary focus

• Passionate about expanding adoption of the cloud-first IT infrastructure paradigm & building high performing teams.

Kristen Magnuson serves at Motiv’s Chief Financial Officer where she leads all aspects of financial operations and capital formation efforts. She brings over 30 years of expertise in accelerating growth and maximizing profitability in technology-focused companies through multiple stages of growth, planning, capital markets, debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, and diverse functional areas across business operations. Kristen has held positions of increasing responsibility, most recently serving as the CFO at Achilles Technology Solutions, Webtrends and JDA Software Group, where she played an instrumental role in exponential revenue growth from $94M to $400M. Prior she was the VP of Financial Planning, Analysis and Retail Systems at Michael’s Stores, which grew from $250M to over a $1B in revenue during her tenure. Kristen has helped raise nearly $1B through capital market transactions during her career and lead M&A efforts in nearly 50 successful acquisitions. Kristen holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Washington.

• Innovator in a “Cloud First” ecosystem who has successfully transitioned companies from a traditional IT architecture to an user experience enhanced cloud only architecture.

• Ability to Operate at C-level as a business partner with the Board, other C-Level executives and third party partners

• Hands on experience with managing core infrastructure, end user services, Cloud platforms and SaaS applications.

• Unique combination of product development, consulting operations and corporate IT experience.

• Experience in defining and implementing compliance requirements (e.g. SOX) for public and pre-IPO companies.

• Enjoy working in dynamic fast paced environment where innovation and customer experience is the primary focus

• Passionate about expanding adoption of the cloud-first IT infrastructure paradigm & building high performing teams.

Kristen Magnuson serves at Motiv’s Chief Financial Officer where she leads all aspects of financial operations and capital formation efforts. She brings over 30 years of expertise in accelerating growth and maximizing profitability in technology-focused companies through multiple stages of growth, planning, capital markets, debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, and diverse functional areas across business operations. Kristen has held positions of increasing responsibility, most recently serving as the CFO at Achilles Technology Solutions, Webtrends and JDA Software Group, where she played an instrumental role in exponential revenue growth from $94M to $400M. Prior she was the VP of Financial Planning, Analysis and Retail Systems at Michael’s Stores, which grew from $250M to over a $1B in revenue during her tenure. Kristen has helped raise nearly $1B through capital market transactions during her career and lead M&A efforts in nearly 50 successful acquisitions. Kristen holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Washington.