Mr. Phillip A. Damaska, Phil has been the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Exide Technologies (formerly Exide Corp.) since April 1, 2008. Mr. Damaska served as Senior Vice President of Exide Technologies from March 2006 to April 2008, Principal Accounting Officer until March 2008, Corporate Controller from September 2, 2005 to March 2008, Vice President since September 2, 2005 and as its Corporate Vice President of Finance since February 2005. He oversaw all of Exide's internal and external financial reporting, the preparation of annual operating plans and forecast updates as well as provided guidance in Exide's efforts to comply with requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Mr. Damaska has over 30 years of experience. He joined Exide in January 2005 as its Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining Exide Technologies, he worked with Freudenberg-NOK for 8yrs from 1996 to 2004. He served as President of Corteco-U.S.A and also served as its Vice President and General Manager of Latin American Operations and Corporate Controller. He served as Group Controller for AlliedSignal's Automotive Aftermarket Division and Director of Operations and Financial Analysis for AlliedSignal Automotive. Mr. Damaska holds a Bachelors degree in Accounting from Albion College and an MBA from the University of Detroit. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Michigan.