GreenVolts taps Keith Lambert as SVP of operations

Concentrating photovoltaic company GreenVolts has named Keith Lambert as its new senior VP of operations. Lambert brings 20 years of general management, operations and engineering experience in diverse industries including minicomputers, networking, contract manufacturing, wireless infrastructure, and optical communications.

Lambert has managed production, logistics, and supply chain operations as both a business unit and operations GM. Most recently, he was the SVP of optical communications at JDSU, where he was responsible for defining and implementing the group's operating strategy for a $600 million business unit with a staff of 3500. His previous work experiences include executive management positions at RadiSys, MSL (now Celestica), and 3Com.

"We are pleased that Keith has joined the GreenVolts team. His experience in operations and management will be invaluable as we scale to fulfill on the potential of both CPV and GreenVolts," said David Gudmundson, president/CEO of GreenVolts. "His efforts will support our mission of providing scalable, reliable, high performance solar equipment."

"I am excited to work with the world class engineering team assembled at GreenVolts to realize this vast opportunity," said Lambert. "Foundational to our cost leadership and reliability strategy will be developing strategic relationships with Tier 1 global manufacturing partners, and I look forward to enabling GreenVolts to become the first solar power company to strategically empower the global supply chain to truly scale the CPV industry."

GreenVolts has a power purchase agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric for a 2MW pilot facility in Northern California. The Fremont, CA-based company has raised nearly $45 million in venture capital, including $34 million as part of a Series B round in late 2008.