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GreenVolts Gets New CEO
GreenVolts has hired David Gudmundson as CEO, the company said. The company, which also has moved its headquarters from SanFrancisco to Fremont across the bay, had been helmed by chief financialofficer Gary Beasley ever since founder Bob Cart left the post this past spring to become chairman. Back in spring, the company also said it would [...]
Daystar Loses CEO, Again (DSTI)
DayStar Technologies (NSDQ: DSTI) has been struggling to generate sales, and also to keep its CEO. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company is losing CEO, MichaelMatvieshen, who was only appointed in Sept. 21 this year, according tothe company’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DayStar revealed Matvieshen’s resignation Tuesday along with the termination of a [...]
Nanosolar’s CEO Speaks
Nanosolar is a poster child for Silicon Valley solar innovation. What do they have? Half a billion in venture and strategic investment? Check Top shelf VC investors? Check Secretive and allegedly disruptive technology? Check Ornery technology? Check Ornery and driven CEO? Check Billions in alleged order backlog? Check Periodic rumors of them being the next [...]
Soliant Gets New CEO
Soliant Energy has found a new CEO to push its business across the commercialization line. Terry Bailey, who hailed from solar panel maker Evergreen Energy,will lead Soliant effective immediately, the company said Tuesday. Monrovia, Calif.-based Soliant makes concentrating photovoltaicsystems, which use lenses to concentrate the sunlight 500 times anddirect it to solar cells for electricity [...]
New First Solar CEO Gillette: The Best Pay Package A Man Can Get? (FSLR)
First Solar’s new CEO will get a cool $5 million sign-on bonus and astarting annual salary of $850,000, according to a company filing withthe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. Robert Gillette, who is due to start his new gig on Oct. 1, is replacing Michael Ahearnas the leader of one of the largest [...]
New CEO At First Solar (FSLR)
First Solar has a new CEO and he’s not from the solar business. The thin-film solar module maker has tapped Rob Gillette, who hasbeen working as the CEO of Honeywell’s $11 billion aerospace division,to become CEO. The release came from Honeywell, who said that aninternal executive would take over Gillette’s position. Gillette takesover on October [...]
Cyrium Gets Full-Time CEO
Cyrium Technologies said today that Harry Rozakis, a veteran of the chip industry, will become the new CEO. The Canadian company has touted solar cells that can convert 40 percent or more of the light that strikes them into electricity.The cells aren’t made of silicon, which some experts say maxes out at29 percent efficiency. Instead, [...]
JA Solar (JASO) Shows Some Improvement, But Profits Still Far Off
Another tough quarter for JA Solar (JASO) but it was a bit betterthan last quarter as the company saw a pick up in revenues. Unfortunately, profits are still nowhere in sight. The company missedWall St estimates by a wide margin reporting a loss (excluding the onetime charge for stock compensation) of .13/share vs the estimate of [...]
Solar Personnel Changes – Pt.1
Meredith McClintock, CEO of Ready Solarhas been replaced by Robert Giles, founder of SilkRoad Resources, aprivate equity firm. Ready Solar ostensibly supplies pre-assembled, allAC solar systems. McClintock remains on the Board. Ty Jagerson, former VP Corporate Development at SolFocushas left the firm to head to found Simple Energies, which developsintegrated renewable energy projects for large [...]