Steve Heir

Steve has over thirty years in the energy storage industry with diverse industry experience in lithium and lead acid batteries, charging and energy management systems across diverse industrial markets.

He is a proven top performing, entrepreneurial P&L leader with a record of the successful delivery of strategic initiatives. His leadership in acquisitions, divestitures, strategic planning, sales, continuous improvement, and product development will serve him well as he leads Enerdel into a phase of new product development and growth.

Beginning his career in England, he qualified as an Electrical and Electronics engineer with Siemens, moving into sales with RS Components and then SAFT, the French leader in Lithium batteries. After emigrating to the US in 1997, he held several positions with Exide Corporation: Director, International Sales Operations, General Manager, Latin America, Vice President, Sales and Service–Asia Pacific.

With C&D Technologies, he held several roles of increasing responsibility, General Manager–Motive Power Division, Vice President, Marketing and International Sales, Vice President, Business Development and Chief Marketing Officer.

He served as President, Battery and Energy Products, Ultralife Corporation (NASDAQ: ULBI) and led the company's expansion into new markets through acquisition and organic growth.

With Enersys (NYSE: ENS), he served as Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations and led their successful $1 Billion acquisition of The Alpha Group and NorthStar Battery while communicating the company’s strategy and operational performance to stock analysts and investors.

He has been a consultant to the energy storage industry and private equity firms looking to invest or acquire in that space.