Portable Power Conference & Expo - Conference Faculty -
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Published on: 5/26/2003
Last Visited: 2/7/2004
J. Norman Allen, Founder of PowerSmart Inc.; President, Power Strategies, Inc.Conference AdvisorCurrently Norm Allen is President of Power Strategies Inc.Microchip Technology recently acquired PowerSmart, Inc., where Norm was Founder and CEO.He led the effort to acquire Duracell's smart battery technology and establish PowerSmart, Inc. as a newly organized company owned by PowerSmart management, the Excelsior Private Equity Fund II and Mikron AG.Norm Allen's 27 years in the battery industry includes his prior position as President of the New Products and Technology Division at Duracell, Inc.He was on Duracell's Operating Committee and headed up all R&D, Rechargeable and Global OEM Sales.Prior to joining Duracell, he held a number of managerial positions in new product development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing in the zinc air and automotive battery divisions of Gould, Inc.Prior to Gould Mr. Allen was a vehicle design engineer for Ford Motor Company.Norm holds a B.S. in Science Engineering from the University of Michigan (1972) and an MBA-Finance/Marketing from the University of Michigan (1976).