Schecter was the interim Chief Financial Officer of HydroGen from June 2004 to April 2005, when he became the Chief Financial Officer on a full time basis. From 1994-2004, Mr. Schecter, a CPA, served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Fuel-Tech N.V., a publicly-traded technology company in the air pollution control, fuel treatment and software businesses. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc., a publicly-traded development stage company in the specialty chemical business from 1995 through 1999. In 1990, Mr. Schecter participated in a management buyout of American Vision Centers, Inc., a consumer products company, and served as that company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer through January 1994. After graduating with his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Schecter served as a corporate development officer for W. R. Grace & Co. from 1986-1990, focusing on acquisitions, strategic investments and divestitures. After receiving his B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New York at Albany, Mr. Schecter practiced for 6 years as a CPA, the last 4 of which were with Goldstein Golub Kessler & Co. Mr. Schecter was previously a member of the Board of Directors of Fuel Tech, Inc. (the operating subsidiary of Fuel-Tech N.V.) and American Vision Centers, Inc. Mr. Schecter currently serves as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of DayStar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ SmallCap: DSTI), a manufacturer and developer of photovoltaic products.

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