The Pulse provides the opinions, insight and other musings of the A123 Systems brain trust, offering thoughts about a wide variety of topics, including battery technology, electric transportation, grid energy storage, energy policy and more.

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Andy Chu, Ph.D., is the former vice president of marketing & communications at A123 Systems.

Angela Duren is the low-voltage product manger for the Automotive Solutions Group at A123 Systems. 

Eric Hsieh is the regulatory affairs manager with the Energy Solutions Group at A123 Systems. 

Jeff Kessen is the director of global marketing for the Automotive Solutions Group at A123 Systems.  

Bill Mitchell is vice president of the Commercial Solutions Group at A123 Systems. 

Roger Lin is director of product marketing with the Energy Solutions Group at A123 Systems.