Kristen Helsel defines and manages the business and technical road map for the EV Solutions group and is responsible for identifying, securing and managing business opportunities in the Electric Vehicle and related areas that will help to enable the practical and broad use of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV’s), Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV’s) and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV’s). In support of this enormous technological paradigm shift, AV has a growing portfolio of products, a “total solution” package that includes:

o EVSE
o Battery Operating/monitoring systems
o On-Board and Off-Board Charging Systems – including bi-directional chargers
o Utility interface systems
o Engineering Services including battery pack design and integration and battery testing.
o SAE Level III DC Fast Charge Connector Development

Ms. Helsel began her engineering career at General Motors where she worked in a variety of positions including design release engineer. Ms. Helsel regularly calls on her extensive automotive manufacturing and dealer experience as well as her extensive entrepreneurial background, to deliver against her automotive and dealer, utility and municipal expectations. Ms. Helsel has a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Michigan.