Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.
(c) On February 13, 2023, the Board of Directors of Proterra Inc (the “Company”) appointed Julian R. Soell, age 55, as Chief Operating Officer of the Company and its subsidiaries, effective March 1, 2023. Mr. Soell will transition to the Chief Operating Officer role from his current role as President of Proterra Transit.
Mr. Soell initially joined the Company on May 2, 2022 as President of Proterra Transit. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Soell served as Chief Operating Officer of Repairify Inc., a company in the automotive repair and maintenance industry, from January 2021 to April 2022. Prior to that, he served as a Managing Director in customer service and operations roles at Delta Airlines, a global airline, from August 2016 to February 2020, including as Managing Director of Airport Customer Service, Airports East, Managing Director, OCC and Aircraft Turn Process and Managing Director, Operations and Customer Service, Delta Cargo. Mr. Soell has also held management positions at Mercedes-Benz, and senior engineering positions at Harley-Davidson, Inc. and Ford Motor Company. He holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University, an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Ohio State University, and an M.B.A. in finance from University of Michigan.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Soell and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Soell was selected to become the Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Mr. Soell does not have any family relationship with any executive officer or director of the Company, or with any person selected to become an executive officer or director of the Company. Neither Mr. Soell nor any member of his immediate family has any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There is no grant, award, plan, contract, arrangement or material amendment to any of the foregoing that Mr. Soell has entered into in connection with his appointment as Chief Operating Officer at this time.
On February 13, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company also appointed Christopher L. Bailey, age 42, as Chief Business Officer of the Company and its subsidiaries effective March 1, 2023. Mr. Bailey will transition to the Chief Business Officer role from his current role as President of Proterra Powered & Energy.
Mr. Bailey initially joined the Company on May 20, 2021 as Senior Vice President of Proterra Energy. In October 2021, the Company appointed Mr. Bailey, as the President of Proterra Powered & Energy of the Company. Prior to joining Proterra, Mr. Bailey served as Vice President of Product Innovation & Technology Strategy at Hubbell Incorporated, an international manufacturer of electrical and electronic products, from December 2020 to May 2021. He served as Vice President of Hubbell Integrated Solutions from August 2017 to December 2020. Mr. Bailey also held various leadership positions at Hubbell Lighting from June 2004 to April 2018. Mr. Bailey holds a B.S. degree in Integrated Studies, with an emphasis in Computer Science & Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University.
There are no arrangements between Mr. Bailey and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Bailey was selected to become Chief Business Officer of the Company. Mr. Bailey does not have any family relationship with any executive officer or director of the Company, or with any person selected to become an officer or director of the Company. Neither Mr. Bailey nor any member of his immediate family has any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There is no grant, award, plan, contract, arrangement or material amendment to any of the foregoing that Mr. Bailey has entered into in connection with his appointment as Chief Business Officer at this time.