Active Power Inc. has announced its board of directors has named Thomas Patrick Kelly to the company's board effective Jan. 25, 2013. Kelly currently serves as interim CFO for Panera Bread Company.

Kelly will replace Rod Bond who will not seek reelection as a board member when his term expires at the company's annual shareholder meeting in May of 2013. Thomas Patrick Kelly serves as interim CFO for Panera Bread. Prior to joining Panera in April 2012, Kelly was interim CFO for Hawker Beechcraft Corp.

Before joining Hawker Beechcraft, he served as interim CEO at ExpressJet. Kelly has also held a number of senior financial positions at Vignette Corp., which was acquired by Open Text Corp.; Dell Inc.; Trilogy Enterprises; Sabre Holdings; and American Airlines.