
	A certified public accountant, Jay Powers is an accomplished finance leader with broad and deep experience at both domestic and international organizations in a variety of industries including manufacturing, power quality, and energy storage. Powers brings more than 30 years of finance, accounting, and operations experience to Active Power with a proven record of protecting assets, implementing new processes that lead to operational improvements, and succeeding in fast paced, change driven environments.
	
	Powers most recently served as senior vice president of Finance of the U.S. Windows and Doors division of PlyGem Industries, a $1.3 billion publicly traded building products manufacturer.
	
	From 2006-2013, Powers was at Xerium Technologies, a publicly traded global manufacturer and supplier of specifically engineered consumable products used primarily in the production of paper. As vice president and global controller, he led all corporate controllership functions including SEC reporting, board reporting and analysis, and external audit management.
	
	Prior to Xerium, Powers held a number of executive finance roles including vice president of Internal Audit at Invensys PLC, a global industrial automation, controls, and transportation business. He was tasked to step into this leadership role following the completion of two divestitures including Invensys&#39; Powerware and Lambda Power divisions where he served as vice president of Finance.
	
	He spent more than 11 years in various senior finance and accounting roles at power and automation technology firm ABB, including six years with ABB Drives and Motors division. Powers began his career as a senior auditor at Ernst and Young LLP, formerly Arthur Young, working out of the firm&#39;s offices in Stamford, Conn.
	
	Powers received a bachelor&#39;s of Science in Accounting from the State of University of New York at Albany.
