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Matt Lazarewicz joined Beacon Power in 1999 as Vice President of Engineering, and has served as our Chief Technical Officer since 2002. Prior to joining Beacon, Matt worked for General Electric Company in various capacities. He started his 25-year career with the GE in the gas turbine division as a design engineer. After a transfer to GE Aircraft Engines, he progressed through a variety of positions in design, manufacturing, quality, marketing, and product support in both military and commercial applications. Most recently he served as a manager of program independent analysis from 1996 to 1999, and he was the mechanical design manager for the F414 engine used in the Navy front line F/A18 fighter. He won the GE Aircraft Engines "Engineer of the Year" and the Department of Defense "Excellence in Acquisition" Awards for his leadership of this project. Matt is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and received both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as a Master's Degree in Management from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. | 