Joe Kaveski
Director and Chief Executive Officer
May 2008 to present. Prior to joining Energy Focus, Inc., Mr. Kaveski led his own strategic engineering consulting business, TGL Company. As a consultant he worked with equity investors and publicly traded companies on strategic initiatives and planning. Other corporations Mr. Kaveski has worked for include Johnson Controls, Inc where he was VP of Energy Management Solutions and Strategic Programs. Joe holds a BS in electrical engineering for the University Of Missouri Columbia / Kansas City.
John M. Davenport
Director and President
As of May 2008, Mr. Davenport has assumed the role of President, previously serving as CEO and Board Member (2005-2008), as COO (2003-2005), and VP, CTO (1999-2003). Prior to EFO, Mr. Davenport was President of Unison Fiber Optic Lighting, LLC. Mr. Davenport began his career at GE Lighting in 1972 as research physicist and thereafter served 25 years in various roles. He is a recognized expert in light sources, and lighting systems and applications, with emphasis in low wattage discharge lamps, electronic ballast technology and distributed lighting systems using fiber optics.
Jim Finnerty
Independent Director
Mr. Finnerty joined the board in 2008.
Jim is Managing Director of Terra Nova Capital, a New York City-based boutique investment bank, where he focuses on raising capital for emerging growth companies in the energy, technology, life sciences, and specialty consumer sectors. Mr. Finnerty’s career has spanned more than 30 years in the institutional money management community having worked for Kidder Peabody, Hambrecht and Quist, Deutsche Bank and Merriman, Curhan, and Ford. Mr. Finnerty has a Master’s in Business Administration from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Boston College. Mr. Finnerty is NASD Series 7 and 63 licensed.
Paul von Paumgartten
Lead Director and Independent Director
Mr. von Paumgartten joined the Board in October 2004. Since 1982, he has held various positions at Johnson Controls, Inc., most recently serving as Director, Energy & Environment (1999-present) and also Director of Performance Contracts. Mr. von Paumgartten was also instrumental in the formation of LEED© (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the energy efficiency qualification program of the U.S. Green Building Council. Mr. von Paumgartten serves as treasurer for LEED©.
R. Louis Schneeberger
Independent Director
Mr. Schneeberger joined the Board in 2009. Louis has been an owner, major shareholder and Chief Financial Officer of Olympic Steel, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZEUS), Chairman of the Board of Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company, Inc. (formerly NYSE: RAM) and Chief Financial Officer of OM Group, Inc. (NYSE: OMG). He has assisted many other companies such as Anderson-DuBose, Austin Powder Company, Peco II, Inc., JumpStart, Inc., Knowledge Investment Partners and Libra Industries, Inc. as a consultant, CFO and/or board member. Louis began his career with Arthur Andersen LLP in 1977 with a focus on M&A and SEC matters.