Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 12, 2016

Interview with the President and CEO and the Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications: Broadwind Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:BWEN)

Duprey, Peter
Peter Duprey, President and CEO, brings more than 12 years of wind industry experience, and over 30 years of strategy, finance and business development experience to Broadwind Energy, Inc. Prior to joining Broadwind in late 2010, Mr. Duprey served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Acciona Energy North America. He led the startup of Acciona Energy’s dramatic growth in wind energy as a developer, operator and manufacturer of wind turbines, and the installation of one of the first solar thermal plants in the U.S. in 16 years. Prior to Acciona, Mr. Duprey served as General Manager of Marketing for GE Wind Energy, where he led marketing and new product development. Before joining GE Wind, he led GE Energy’s business development efforts in renewable energy, which included the acquisition of Enron Wind. His early career included diverse roles in business development, quality and financial management positions at GE Capital, Eastman Kodak, PricewaterhouseCoopers and FitLinxx. Mr. Duprey holds an MBA from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, and a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. Profile
Joni Konstantelos, Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, brings nearly 20 years of finance and communications experience to Broadwind Energy, Inc. Prior to joining Broadwind in October of 2008, Ms. Konstantelos was Manager, Budgeting and Reporting at EPCOR USA, a builder, owner and operator of electrical transmission and distribution networks, water and wastewater treatment facilities and infrastructure headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. Prior to EPCOR, Ms. Konstantelos served in a variety of finance roles of increasing responsibility, including budgeting and reporting, treasury and accounting for SmithBucklin, a professional services and association management firm located in Chicago. Ms. Konstantelos started her career in internal audit for the Sherwin-Williams Company. Ms. Konstantelos holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Profile
TWST: I thought to begin you could briefly give me some background on Broadwind.

Mr. Duprey: So Broadwind was formed in — around the 2005 time frame when you had