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• First Solar’s Richard Gruber joins Schott Solar CSP as executive VP of sales, business development

  04 August 2010, 14:22

  Schott Solar has appointed Richard Gruber as executive vice president of sales and business development at Schott Solar CSP. Gruber will be responsible for leading sales and business development in the U.S.

• Solarfun reveals several management promotions

  04 August 2010, 14:14

  Solarfun has promoted Dr. Ping Peter Xie from president, to president and CEO, and Zhoumiao Gao to chief operating officer from senior vice president of operations. Gareth Kung will remain in the role of CFO and these three officers will provide senior leadership for the company going forward. All changes are effective immediately.

• Joe Lamoreux joins executive team at SolarBridge Technologies

  28 July 2010, 02:18

  SolarBridge Technologies has welcomed Joe Lamoreux as the new VP of operations. Lamoreux was CEO and VP of operations at Coldwatt where he developed global manufacturing, operations and product development during the merger with Flextronics.

• First SEMA meeting is held: professionals’ roles defined

  27 July 2010, 09:01

  The Omni Hotel in San Francisco was home to the first ever Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association (SEMA) meeting, held on the last day of Intersolar North America. A selection of solar professionals from around the world gathered to establish the mission statement,  goals and basic structure of the association.

• Duston Williams joins Stion’s board of directors as audit committee chair

  23 July 2010, 11:53

  Thin-film solar panel manufacturer, Stion, who recently announced a US$70 million Series D financing round and has begun expanding its San Jose, CA, manufacturing facility to 100MW, has appointed Duston Williams as audit committee chair on its board of directors.

• Renusol hires sales and marketing manager

  23 July 2010, 11:32

  Cologne-based mounting system specialist, Renusol, has appointed Stefan Liedtke as manager for sales and marketing. Liedtke, who is a graduate physicist, comes to Renusol from Hilti Deutschland. His main focal point in the position will be the refocusing of the company segment strategies and attention to the product range.

• Corby Whitaker joins Solyndra as VP of North America sales

  20 July 2010, 10:26

  Solyndra has appointed Corby Whitaker as vice president of North   America sales. Whitaker comes to the position from United Solar Ovonics,  where he was also VP of North America sales for three years.

• Rainer Lausen joins management team at Sunways

  20 July 2010, 03:04

  Sunways has placed Rainer Lausen as the head of development activities for solar cells at the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary in Arnstadt,  Thüringen. He will be taking over for Dr. Arnd Boueke who transferred to the Kostanz site. Jörg von Strom, member of the management board, will continue as managing director for Sunways Production.

• DEK Solar promotes Steve Fuszard as production team leader

  20 July 2010, 03:02

  DEK Solar has taken a company veteran, Steve Fuszard, as their new production team leader. Fuszard will help DEK with its lean manufacturing program to improve the overall build process and to work with suppliers on ensuring on time parts delivery and a more efficient global supply chain. Fuszard has been with DEK for seventeen years in roles such as systems test manager and production manger in the Precision Screens division.

• Solar Power appoints Joe Bedewi as CFO

  15 July 2010, 13:28

  Former company executive vice president, Joe Bedewi, has been appointed chief financial officer at Solar Power. Bedewi will take over from Jeffery Winzeler who has resigned from the position due to personal reasons.