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Bill has more than 25 years experience serving as either Chief Financial Officer or COO & CFO for such leading Silicon Valley companies as Novellus Systems, Inc., Engenio Information Technologies and 3PAR Data, Inc.Bill currently sits on the Board of Directors for PMC-Sierra Inc and is Chair of their Audit Committee. He also was a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee Chair for Redback Networks, Inc for 8 years until Redback was acquired in 2007.He joined Bloom Energy in 2008 and is responsible for the company's worldwide finance and administrative functions, including accounting, finance, human resources, legal, information technologies, facilities, treasury, tax, and investor relations.Prior to joining Bloom Energy, Kurtz was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Novellus Systems, Inc., a global semiconductor equipment company and was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Engenio Information Technologies, Inc. Prior to Engenio, Bill held Senior Financial positions and served as Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer for 3PAR Data, Inc., Chief Financial Officer for Scient Corporation and was a Division CFO at AT&T.Bill began his career in public accounting and earned his CPA certification at Price Waterhouse, now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.He holds a bachelor's degree in Commerce (major in Accounting) from Rider University and a Master's degree in Management Sciences from Stanford University. | 