Kerri Sadler is the Chief Financial Officer at Mullen. Before becoming the CFO in July 2021, she served as the internal consultant and interim CFO while leading the Finance and Accounting team through the annual audit, financial reviews, and ultimately, the Net Element reverse merger in 2021. She is focused on developing a world-class Finance, Accounting, and Operations team and leading the transformation from a private to a public company via cross strategic initiatives. Ms. Sadler is responsible for financial reporting, technical accounting matters, internal controls, consolidations, treasury and risk management, and financial planning and analysis. Ms. Sadler has domestic and international experience, which spans commercial and investment banking, automotive, and trading/treasury activities. She has worked with well-known, global companies, including KPMG, Credit Suisse, and Toyota Financial. Most recently, she has worked with emerging growth companies in developing their finance and accounting departments. Her career began with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as a bank examiner/regulator.

Jerry Alban has been Mullen’s Chief Operations Officer since July 2021. He previously served as Mullen’s Chief Financial Officer from April 2018 through July 2021 after consulting with the company since January 2018. During his 35 years of experience in private and public accounting, he has worked in roles ranging from Assistant Controller to CFO in companies with sales of $10 million to $1.2 billion annually. Mr. Alban’s experience ranges from single to multistate corporations and 27 countries worldwide for entities in reporting, merging, and consolidating financial results. Industry experience ranges from Service to Manufacturing with stops along Anchorage, Seattle, and Southern California. Mr. Alban has taken three prior companies public and has the experience and expertise to clean up processes and get through the SEC process. Mr. Alban has two bachelor’s degrees; the first is a Bachelor of Science, Accounting from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. The second is a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Washington State University in Pullman, WA.

Jillian Green spent two-and-a-half years representing insurers globally in claims involving cyber and privacy issues, including data and security breaches, cyber extortion, regulatory penalties, media liability, and consumer lawsuits. Ms. Green brings significant litigation experience as she has litigated a variety of different matters in both, Federal and State courts. She received her Juris Doctorate from Whittier Law School and her Bachelor of Arts from California State University, Fullerton.

Calin Popa has served as President of Mullen Automotive since 2017. Mr. Popa is an energetic executive with an exceptional background in global automotive manufacturing. With over 30 years of international experience, his knowledge spans all aspects of vehicle development and manufacturing from concept to launch. Mr. Popa has led engineering management for various companies, including MAN, Ford, GM, Chrysler, and Fisker in the US, Germany, and Mexico. He holds a Master of Engineering degree in Automotive from the University of Brasov, Romania.

Prior to joining Mullen Automotive, Mr. Curtis was the President of Imperium Motor Company. Prior to Imperium Motor Company, he served as a turnaround specialist for Lithia Automotive group in three western states. He also served as Director of Electric Vehicles for the largest privately-owned dealer group in Northern California, which became the top volume EV seller for the Nissan Leaf, Fiat 500 EV and Chevrolet Volt in the USA at the time.

John Taylor is Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Strategic Planning at Mullen. Mr. Taylor brings a great wealth of experience, including oversight of several plant start-ups and vehicle launches in the U.S. and abroad. After graduating from the Philpot School of Automotive Design in Detroit in 1987, Mr. Taylor started his automotive career at General Motors. At GM, he was involved in eleven major automotive vehicle launches serving as launch manager, operations manager, and machine and equipment manager, among other roles. In 2010, He joined Tesla and was one of the first 50 employees, leading the advanced manufacturing engineering group. Mr. Taylor played a critical role in opening the Fremont facility and manufacturing operations for the Tesla Model S and architecture for future projects.

Marian Petrelecan has served as the Vice President of Mechanical Systems at Mullen since 2020. He is an enterprise leader who brings over 28 years of international and domestic experience in OEMs and automotive start-ups. Mr. Petrelecan's expertise is in vehicle product engineering, design, homologation, validation, quality, program management, and electrification. He has successfully built engineering teams from scratch for several EV companies such as Fisker, NIO, and Indi EV. In addition, he managed various BMW, Chrysler, Fisker, and NIO teams on several vehicle programs from the concept phase through launch in the US, Germany, Great Britain, and Mexico.

Rainer Schulz has served as Vice President of Electrical Systems at Mullen since 2021. He is a proven customer-focused executive with broad domestic and international experience in engineering project management, product and process development, new business acquisition, production system, strategic sourcing, supplier management, cost reduction, strategic planning, and budgeting. Mr. Schulz has previously held senior positions with Behr Group, Denso Automotive, Obrist Technologies, and Thermaldynamics International LLC.

Corry Davis is a highly accomplished, results-driven professional with more than 17 years of diverse engineering and management experience. Before joining Mullen in 2021 as the Vice President of Vehicle Integration and Homologation, Mr. Davis held roles as Vice President of Engineering, Director of Engineering, and Chief Engineer at multiple small vehicles and specialty manufacturers. Mr. Davis has a focused technical background in electric traction systems and vehicle integration. He has worked as a technical expert in electric vehicle integration and component development for automotive manufacturers in the United States, China, Korea, and India. As a result, Mr. Davis brings an extensive network of industry experts and a vast knowledge of electric drive system technology and full vehicle development, validation, and proven design methodologies.

Jason Putnam has over 20 years of experience working in executive-level sales and marketing positions in the automotive industry. Prior to Mullen, Mr. Putnam was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Motortrak. He led the company’s introduction into the US market and oversaw the success of OEM partnerships with Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, and McLaren. In addition, Mr. Putnam brings a strong background in conceptualizing and executing across all online and traditional advertising categories to Mullen’s brand and EV strategy. Mr. Putnam has a Bachelor of Science from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL.

John Sung joined Mullen in November of 2019 as the Vice President of Finance. Mr. Sung has 15+ years of finance experience in various industries; he spent four years working for Karma Automotive, nine years for Raytheon, and three years as a financial consultant at Wise Stewart Corporation. At Karma, he was instrumental in developing the accounting system and budgeting framework necessary to measure and plan complex automotive development programs. In addition, Mr. Sung served as a Financial Analyst for various programs, the latest being a large-scale $650M international program with accountability for analyzing key financial metrics. As the Risk and Opportunities manager, he also assumed additional responsibilities, overseeing risk register tools, chairing risk and opportunity board meetings, and aligning program risk and opportunities with company processes. He also has experience working on various DoD and foreign proposals, which has resulted in contracts worth over $100M. Mr. Sung graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and a minor in Business from the University of Colorado, Boulder.