Rick Clay is highly recommended for a sales, product management, or operations leadership position. He successfully led the turnaround of Prestolite's ACCEL brand through difficult market challenges and developed a plan that grew the ignition coil business and increased market share. Rick has proven to be a consummate professional with endless enthusiasm and energy who is well-liked, respected by customers, and has high integrity.

1. September 10, 2011
Subject: Personal Recommendation for Mr. Rick Clay
The purpose of my letter is to highly recommend Mr. Rick Clay for any sales, product
management or operations leadership position in your company.
I joined Prestolite in December of 2010 and had the opportunity to personally work with Rick
for 9 months in our efforts to gain sales and market share. During that time, he has proven to
be a consummate professional who was well liked by his manager and peers and was highly
respected by our customers. He managed through many difficult market challenges to
successfully begin the turnaround of our ACCEL brand. One of his greatest
accomplishments was development and execution of the plan that lead to tremendous growth
in our ignition coil business. This success increased our market share in several market
channels.
Rick has endless enthusiasm and energy to tackle any assignment and truly can understand
business opportunities from a strategic and tactical standpoint. He has high integrity and
energy to tackle any assignment.
I would be glad to discuss his capabilities at any time because I believe he would be a
tremendous addition to any organization that requires his business savvy and outstanding
leadership capabilities. My cell phone number is 330-808-1406.
Sincerely,
Steven J. Campbell
President