Erik Hansen

Erik Hansen joined Plug Power Inc. as Vice President of Business Development in 2008 and was appointed Vice President and General Manager of the Motive Power Division in October of 2009. Mr. Hansen is responsible for directing the Motive Power Division as it commercializes its fuel cell power products for material handling customers.

Mr. Hansen has more than 15 years of experience with cutting edge technologies related to energy storage systems. Prior to joining Plug Power, he was General Manager of Sales and Systems Engineering for Cobasys LLC in Orion, Michigan, where he worked for eight years. In this role Mr. Hansen led the decision-making and strategic planning for the manufacture and sales of advanced energy storage solutions for both the transportation and uninterruptible power systems. Mr. Hansen achieved over $30M in sales.

Mr. Hansen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree Computer Engineering, both from West Virginia University.