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Leadership Team


Dennis Pfister, President and CEO


  • Co-founder Xcelaero Corporation
  • 35 years of advanced technology and manufacturing leadership experience

Harry Kaffenes, Chief Commercial Officer


  • Global Sales Leader, GE Energy Control Solutions
  • 14 years of commercial leadership with GE including sales, marketing, strategy and Six Sigma (Master Black Belt)

Hervé Flutto, Chief Financial Officer


  • 13 years of international executive experience (controlling, finance, internal audit) with world-leading publicly traded and private equity-sponsored global corporations (Aventis, GE, Novartis, Flakt Woods Group, Good Energies)
  • Master in Business from EDHEC Business School, France, and pursuing Executive MBA with IMD, Lausanne

Horst Lindner, General Manager Bayreuth Manufacturing Plant


  • More than 15 years management experience specialising in quality management with SYNTHES and PSI International
  • Extensive production experience in the medical, machine manufacturing and aircraft sectors

Ulrich Huber, Quality Leader


  • 37 years of experience in the investment casting industry, with leading players
  • Has been responsible for group sales, quality implementation and market development

Andreas Z’Graggen, Technology & Engineering Leader


  • 11 years of experience including extensive technology and process developement in the field of petcoke gasification and multiphysics simulation
  • BSc and MSc In Mechanical Engineering, PhD at Institute of Energy Technology, ETH Zürich