Management

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Timothy E. Conver

President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors

Timothy E. Conver has served as our President since 1991, as our Chief Executive Officer since 1993, and as a member of our board of directors since 1988. Prior to joining AeroVironment, Mr. Conver served as President of Whittaker Electronic Resources, a supplier of engineered products for military electronics and industrial instrumentation, for ten years. Mr. Conver is a graduate of the University of Montana and has an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Jikun Kim

Chief Financial Officer

Jikun Kim has served as our Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer since June 2010. Prior to that he was Vice President and Controller since joining the company in June 2009. Before working at AV, Mr. Kim served for four years as Chief Financial Officer of Raytheon Vision Systems, a business within Raytheon Company. Mr. Kim received his M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

Cathleen S. Cline

Senior Vice President, Administration

Cathleen S. Cline has served as our Vice President of Administration since 1992. Prior to joining us, Ms. Cline was the Human Resources Manager at both Whittaker Electronic Resources and the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP. Ms. Cline has a B.S. in psychology and a B.S. in business management from the University of Oregon.

Tom Herring

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Tom Herring joined AV as Vice President of Strategy, Unmanned Aircraft Systems in November 2008. In December 2009 Tom assumed the role of Vice President business Development, Unmanned Aircraft Systems and was promoted to Senior Vice President and General Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems in February 2010. Before joining AV, Mr. Herring held various leadership positions during his 27-year tenure with BAE Systems. Most recently, he served as Vice President and General Manager of Integrated Solutions, a $150M BAE Systems business unit providing solutions for commercial and general aviation aircraft, attack rotorcraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, precision munitions, international military aircraft and ground systems. He also served as vice president of National Upgrade Programs, vice president of Display Systems and director of programs for the Display Systems product line. A native of Long Island, Mr. Herring holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Hofstra University and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University. He is an active member of a number of professional organizations including, the Navy League, the American Management Association and the British American Business Council.

Wahid Nawabi

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Efficient Energy Systems

Wahid Nawabi joined AV in 2011 as senior vice president and general manager of the Efficient Energy Systems (EES) business segment.  Wahid joins AeroVironment after a 20-year career as an executive with advanced technology companies in industries spanning clean technology, industrial/electrical equipment manufacturing, telecom, and energy.  During his 16 years at American Power Conversion (APC), the company's revenue increased from $50 million to more than $2.4 billion and became the world leader in power protection.  Wahid started and led the Enterprise/Data Center business at APC, growing revenue to $600 million between 2000 and 2008.  He also led C&D Technologies' Americas business.  Wahid earned his undergraduate degree from The University of Maryland at College Park in Electrical Engineering, concentrating in Power.