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Barry Honig, a well-known venture capital investor and advisor, has joined the newly-established Octillion Advisory Board, announced Nicholas Cucinelli, President and CEO.  Mr. Honig, whose main areas of expertise are corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, has assisted many companies in going public and with listings on NASDAQ Read more >>

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., of which United Solar Ovonic is a wholly-owned subsidiary, has announced company Chairman Robert C. Stempel’s (pictured) intention to retire from the role at the end of the year. His retirement will be made effective at the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting on December 11th. Read more >>

The snappier EPV SOLAR, Inc. title has been applied to the company that was up to recently known as Energy Photovoltaics, Inc.  With this name change, the company has also chosen to announce six new key management appointments. Read more >>

Solar module manufacturer SOLON AG has added to its executive team with the appointment of Dr. Gero Wiese as COO, bringing the number of company directors to three. Company CEO Thomas Krupke and CTO Dr. Lars Podlowski make up the other member of the company’s board. Read more >>

Trina Solar has announced two new executive appointments to its team. Anthony Chia joins the company as Vice President of quality, while Dave Seburn has been named as Vice President of polysilicon. Read more >>

Donald Morgan and Kevin Hoy have joined the Solar EnerTech Board of Directors, between them bringing over 40 years’ experience in the financial and business development realm to the roles. Read more >>

Nicholas Cucinelli (pictured), an expert in the field of solar-photovoltaics commercialization, has been appointed as President and CEO for Octillion Corp.  Mr. Cucinelli replaces Harmel Rayat, who will remain with the company in the role of Director and majority shareholder. Read more >>

A 20-year veteran of the technology industry, Jeannine Sargent’s experience in engineering circles has led to her appointment as CEO for Oerlikon Solar.  The new position of CEO was created in line with the company’s decision to encompass all solar-related activities under the Oerlikon Solar title. Read more >>

A number of key appointments and promotions were announced for Suntech recently, including appointments to Chief Strategy Officer, Investment Director and Senior Director of Business Development for the U.S.  Specific appointments are set out below. Read more >>

SunPower’s Global Quality and Customer Satisfaction division has received a new Vice President in the form of Surinder Bedi, announced company CEO Tom Werner (pictured).  This role will see him implement and drive the company’s improvement and quality programs and overseeing customer services. Read more >>