Fred Silver

Fred Silver serves as Vice President at CALSTART since October 1998, where responsibilities include strategic oversight on clean and efficient transit bus technologies, as well as managing projects related to first and last-mile transit solutions. Additionally, Fred leads the CalHEAT Truck Research Center and oversees the Member Services program. Prior experience includes a role in business development at Hughes Aircraft Company from October 1993 to September 1998, focusing on new application development for electric drive systems stemming from the EV1 project. Fred earned a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University between 1990 and 1993 and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus from 1967 to 1972.