Wahid Nawabi

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Biography

Mr. Wahid Nawabi serves as Chief Executive Officer, President & Chairman at Aerovironment. He serves as Chairman at LiquidStack. He has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since 2016. He joined AeroVironment in 2011 as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the EES business segment, where he reshaped the segment's business strategy, launched several award-winning, innovative new products, and significantly improved its position in the market. Prior to his current role, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the company, where he managed all aspects of AeroVironment's two business segments. He also managed multiple business process improvement projects, which led to significant improvements in customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. He led the integration of the company's engineering, operations, supply chain and quality functional organizations into a single corporate shared services model across both business segments and all product lines. He spent 16 years of his career at American Power Conversion Corporation (APC) in multiple leadership roles helping the company achieve its business strategy. As a former Vice President of the enterprise business segment at APC, he played a key role in launching the company's ambitious and successful strategy of entering the data center critical power and cooling infrastructure business. During his tenure, APC became the global leader in designing and manufacturing fully integrated data center power and cooling infrastructure solutions. He played a key role in growing the company from $50 million to more than $2.4 billion in annual revenue and its eventual sale to Schneider Electric for $6.1 Billion. This was the largest acquisition in the history of Schneider Electric. He earned his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Maryland at College Park. He has also successfully completed multiple executive management and leadership training programs.