AEG Power Solutions - Management
Horst J. Kayser, CEO
Dr. Horst J. Kayser assumes his duties of Chief Executive Officer of AEG Power Soultions since August 1, 2010. He joined the company on May 18, 2010 and took his position over from Bruce A. Brock who has retired.
Dr. Kayser was most recently Chief Executive Officer of Kuka AG, a leading industrial robotics company. Prior to Kuka, he had a distinguished career at Siemens AG spanning more than 13 years. At Siemens between 1995 and 2008, he filled a number of key roles, including CEO of Siemens Plc and North Europe Cluster; Chief Strategy Officer; President & CEO of Siemens Ltd. in Seoul, South Korea; and President of Siemens Industrial Automation Systems. Dr. Kayser began his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company working in Toronto, Canada and Frankfurt, Germany.
Dr. Kayser holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from the University of Mannheim, a Master's degree in Public Administration from The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration (Dipl. Wirtsch.-Ing.) from the Technical University of Darmstadt.
Dr. Kayser, age 49, is married and has three children.
Robert J. Huljak, COO 
Robert Huljak, today Chief Strategic Officer (CSO) of the Group, has served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of AEG Power Solutions since January 2005.
He began his career in 1970 as an engineer at IBM, where he held a variety of technical and management positions over a period of 23 years. His IBM assignments primarily involved product development in the fields of power electronics and analog circuits. He concluded his IBM career in 1993 as Director of Development for the company’s Power Supply Group, which was subsequently acquired by a private-equity firm and began operating as Celestica.
In 1993, he joined MagneTek’s Lighting Group as Director of Development. He supported MagneTek’s re-establishment as the North American industry leader in electronic ballasts. With its market position restored, the business eventually went private as Universal Lighting and was subsequently acquired by Panasonic.
In early 1997, Mr. Huljak joined Lucent Power Systems as Chief Technical Officer (CTO), and was promoted to Vice President, Development in February 1998. During his four years at LPS, Mr. Huljak notably led all development efforts and provided technical leadership for Lucent's Bell Labs power research and development, including a network of global design centers. He was an active member of the Power Lead Team, the group of key senior executives that provided leadership to the 5,600-employee Power Systems’ business.
Late in 2000, LPS was sold to Tyco International and Mr. Huljak decided to pursue other interests. In early 2001, he partnered with Bruce Brock to form the Brock Group, with the intent to provide management services to corporations and start-up companies. In September 2001, the Brock Group partnered with private equity firm Ripplewood Holdings to perform operational and business due diligence and establish strategic, forward-looking business plans for potential acquisitions in the electronics field. In 2005, the team acquired the power electronics division of Alcatel to form AEG Power Solutions and Mr. Huljak assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Huljak holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering, respectively, from the University of Wisconsin and Syracuse University. He holds two power circuit patents and has partnered with leading research centers including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech), and California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He has also served on the University of Texas-Arlington Advisory Board for Engineering. He has been active within the power supply industry, notably serving on the Board of Directors for the Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA).
Mr. Huljak, age 63, is married with 3 children and 6 grandchildren.
