Shortly after A123 Systems established itself in the Photonics Business
Accelerator at Boston University, hired its first staff person, a MS from Chiang’s
group, and conducted phone interviews to select 15 additional employees.
Following this transition period, in April 2002, A123 decided to hire its C.E.O.
For the position, they chose David Vieau, who was coming from a 9-year stint at
American Power Conversion, where he had risen to become the No. 2 person.