Mike Hudson lead an investment group that purchased Detroit Edison’s distributed generation business in Anderson Indiana in 2005 and serves as Chairman of I Power, the company formed from that acquisition. Prior to that he served in the position of Vice Chairman, Rolls-Royce North America from early 2000 through his retirement in the spring of 2002. He also held the position of President, Chief Executive Officer of Rolls-Royce Allison following its acquisition by Rolls-Royce in 1995. He served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at various times during this period. Mike graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in mechanical engineering. He has served on the management boards of several joint venture companies in which Rolls-Royce Allison has had interest, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Indianapolis Water Company. Mr. Hudson is on various local university and civic boards and has chaired or been a member of charitable fund raising activities. He has served as a Visiting Professor at Cranfield University in the United Kingdom and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Marian College, the Purdue University Discovery Park Advisory Board, and The Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy Advisory Board.
Mr. Hudson has served on Air Force and Department of Defense review groups including committees of the Science Advisory Board, the Defense Science Board Task Force on Commercial Procurement, and the Industry Review Group of the Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology Initiative. For NASA, Mr. Hudson was a member of the Aeronautics Advisory Committee and the Subcommittee on Rotorcraft Technology and chaired the Propulsion Aeronautics Research and Technology Subcommittee. He also served on the National Research Council Committee on Strategic Assessment of the US Aeronautics Program, the Committee on Aeronautics Research and Technology for Environmental Compatibly, the Committee on Engine Efficiency for USAF Non-fighter Aircraft, the Committee on Aeronautics Research and Technology for Vision 2050 and the Committee on NASA’s Revolutionize Aviation Strategic Plan and has been a member of National Academies Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board.
Mr. Hudson resides with his wife Karen in Indianapolis Indiana.