Search sponsor
Search sponsor
Quantum Solar Power has named Marjorie C. Kaplan, CPA as its new director of finance. Kaplan has 30 years of experience in accounting across a broad range of industries including technology, healthcare and non-profit sectors, as a result, she is an expert at identifying accounting inefficiencies and implementing standards that maximize corporate workflow and establish best-practice principals.
Advanced Energy Industries has named Danny Herron as its new executive VP and CFO, replacing Lawrence Firestone, who resigned last week. The new hire will start Sept. 1 and will report directly to CEO Hans Betz. Herron has more than 25 years of experience in finance and operations and has spent the past 12 years of his career as CFO for renewable energy and consumer products companies.
Calisolar has appointed Sandra Beach Lin as its new CEO, replacing the outgoing Roy Johnson. The company, which says it is shipping a megawatt a week, made the move as the latest step in building the executive team to lead it through its rapid scale-up into a high-volume, low-cost manufacturer of UMG silicon PV cells.
Having been the managing director and COO at the centrotherm SiTec GmbH subsidiary for the last three years, Frank Stubhan has been appointed CEO of centrotherm photovoltaics AG’s thin film module division, effective Sept. 1. 2010. Stubhan will be responsible for the next phase in the growth of its thin-film offerings, the company said.
(UPDATE) PV cell manufacturer Suniva has brought solar manufacturing veteran Gregory Mihalik onboard as its new VP of module operations. He will oversee all aspects of module design and manufacturing and will join Suniva’s executive management committee. The hiring move does not signal the firm’s entry into internal, captive panel manufacturing, according to company sources.
Tasked with managing the integration of recently acquired companies as well as being in charge of production, quality management, supply chain amongst other duties, Roth & Rau has appointed former CEO of acquired OTB, Dr. Paul Breddels as its new Chief Operating Officer.
Single- and dual-axis solar tracking system company DEGERenergie has added to its sales and marketing team with the appointment of Michael Heck as vice president of global marketing and sales. The company has also named Gerhard Ginter as area sales manager for the international branches of DEGERenergie in Canada, USA, Spain and Greece.
Solarfun is to expand its U.S.-based marketing and customer support team in order to boost its North American presence and supplement current staff. Matt Miller has been appointed as regional manager covering the southwestern U.S. and Graham Landry has been appointed as regional manager in the west.
Sustainable Energy Technologies has revealed the immediately effective management change, which will see Michael Carten, the current chairman of the board, as the replacement for Sanjay Razdan as CEO of the company.
Robert Chiste and Uwe Krueger are the newly appointed independent directors to STR Holdings board of directors. Chiste will be on the audit committee as the third independent member and Dr. Krueger will serve on the nominating and corporate governance committee.
