John D. Kuhns Mr. John D. Kuhns was appointed a director of our company on September 7, 2006 and a member of the auditor committee of our board and a member of the compensation committee of our board on October 19, 2006. Mr. Kuhns has been a 95% shareholder, a director and chairman of Kuhns Brothers, Inc., a holding company founded in 1987 for its subsidiary, Kuhns Bros. & Co., Inc., an investment banking firm specializing in providing financing for power technology ventures, and, more recently, manufacturing operations within the PRC. Additionally, Kuhns Brothers, Inc. owns 100% of Kuhns Brothers Securities Corporation, a broker dealer, registered with the SEC, in which Mr. Kuhns is the Chairman. Since March 2005, Mr. Kuhns has been a director and chairman of Deli Solar (USA), Inc., a U.S. reporting company with solar hot water heaters manufacturing operation in the PRC. Since, December, 2005, Mr. Kuhns has served as a Director of Fushi International, Inc. Since 2002, Mr. Kuhns has been a director and chairman of Distributed Power, Inc., a public company that owns electric generating projects. Mr. Kuhns is also a director of China Sciences Conservational Power Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Neither of the foregoing Kuhns companies, nor Deli Solar (USA), Inc., Distributed Power, Inc., Fushi International, Inc. or China Sciences Conservational Power Limited are affiliated with us. Mr. Kuhns holds a bachelors degree in sociology and fine arts from Georgetown University, a master's degree in fine arts from the University of Chicago and an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School.
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