Flux Power

Mr. Dutt holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Washington and an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina. Additionally, Mr. Dutt served in the United States Navy and received an honorable discharge as a Lieutenant. Prior to joining Flux Power, he served in several capacities as executive vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer for various public and private companies including SOLA International, Directed Electronics, Fritz Companies DHL Americas, Aptera Motors, Inc., and Visa International.

Mr. Johnson has been our director since July 12, 2012. Mr. Johnson has been a director of Flux Power since it was incorporated. Since 2002, Mr. Johnson has been a director and the chief executive officer of Esenjay Petroleum Corporation (“Esenjay Petroleum”), a Delaware company located in Corpus Christi, Texas which is engaged in the business oil exploration and production. Mr. Johnson’s primary responsibility at Esenjay Petroleum is to manage the business and company as chief executive officer. As a result of Mr. Johnson’s leadership and business experience he is an industry expert in the natural gas exploration industry and brings a wealth of management and successful company building experience to the board. Mr. Johnson received a BS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

Mr. Cosentino was appointed to our Board on May 11, 2020. Mr. Cosentino has extensive experience in management, private equity, and Board of Directors with several companies, most of which are precision manufacturing companies.  His management experience includes: VP Operations at The Stanley Works, President of Otis Elevator at United Technologies Corporation, Group Executive at Danaher Corporation, and Household Products Group VP Finance at Black & Decker Corporation.  Mr. Cosentino’s private equity experience includes: Founding Partner at Ironwood Manufacturing Fund, LP, Partner at Capital Resource Partners, and President and Co-owner at PCI Group, Inc.  Mr. Cosentino is currently a Board Director at Sturm Ruger & CO, Habco Industries LLC, and Simonds International.  Mr. Cosentino received an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and an MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Robinette was appointed to our Board on June 28, 2019. Mr. Robinette has been a CEO Coach and Master Chair since 2013 as an independent contractor to Vistage in addition to providing business consulting related to top-line growth and bottom-line improvement with his company EPIQ Development.  Mr. Robinette has been a Board Director with LensLock since 2016, a policy body worn camera SaaS solution. From 2013 – 2019, Mr. Robinette was the Founder and CEO of EPIQ Space, the worlds leading product marketing website for the satellite industry, a member-based community of suppliers promoting their offering.  Mr. Robinette started his career from 1991 – 2007 at Tyco Electronics (today branded as TE Connectivity), a $12 billion world leader in passive electronics in various sales, sales leadership, and product development leadership roles. Mr. Robinette received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Marketing from San Diego State University.

Ms. Walters-Hoffert co-founded Daré Bioscience Operations, Inc. (“Daré”) in 2015 and served as Daré’s Chief Business Officer.  Following Daré’s business combination with Cerulean Pharma Inc. on July 19, 2017, she became the Chief Financial Officer of the renamed company, Daré Bioscience, Inc.  During the 25 years prior to joining the team, Ms. Walters-Hoffert was an investment banker focused primarily on raising equity capital for and providing advisory services to, small-cap public companies.  At Roth Capital Partners, Ms. Walters-Hoffert trained and managed transaction deal teams and was responsible for the oversight of all aspects of transactions, including due diligence, internal communications with sales forces and external communications with institutional investors, among others. Ms. Walters-Hoffert graduated magna cum laude from Duke University with a B.S. in Management Sciences.

Ms. Bo-Linn currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Peritus Partners, Inc., a valuation accelerator which also provides consulting and operations expertise in software (SaaS), IoT, mobile, and digital (analytics, marketing, e-commerce, supply chain, and cybersecurity). Previously, during her 20+ years in senior IBM executive roles, she led global teams as IBM’s VP of Industrial Sector/Electronics, responsible for IBM’s software, semiconductor chips, storage, and consulting services. Ms. Bo-Linn was recognized as one of the “Top 50 Directors” in the United States in 2019 by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and The Financial Times / Agenda named her one of the 2021 “Top 100” Diverse Directors in the Americas. In 2015, she was inducted into the Women in Technology International Professional Association “Hall of Fame” and was also named “Top Woman of Influence” by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Ms. Bo-Linn has served on several boards as Lead Independent Director and Chair of every major committee, across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Ms. Bo-Linn earned a doctorate degree in computer-based management information systems and organizational change from the University of Houston.