Sungevity appointments four new senior executive to management team

September 10, 2012
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Sungevity revealed that over the past three months it has welcomed David Dunlap, COO, Steve Atherton, CTO, Walter Conroy, general counsel and Liz Ludwig, VP of corporate business development to its executive management team. Dunlap’s newly created COO position manages the company’s customer-facing operation functions with Dunlap coming to Sungevity after serving as executive VP of operations and client services at Inside Track, an educational services company.

Atherton took on the role of CTO after working as VP of engineering at SunRun and brings over 25 years of industry experience to the position. Walter Conroy most recently worked at SunEdison as the head of legal for the company’s special situations group. He is an author and speaker in the legal arena.

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Liz Ludwig is the newest member of the executive team, joining Sungevity after working in progressive executive roles with Black & Decker over the past decade. She has received advanced degrees from the Kellogg School of Management and the University of San Francisco.

“In light of our steady growth – in the past two years alone, our customer base has quadrupled – these four leaders are key to not only upholding this momentum, but also to poising us for growth in the long term,” said Andrew Birch, CEO, Sungevity.  “This high-calibre bench strength – alongside our current leadership – allows us to further leverage our highly-scalable business model and take advantage of market opportunities.”

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