Dan is the Regional Vice President and General Manager, North America, of SOLON Corporation, responsible for strategic growth in North America. SOLON Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of SOLON SE, is located in Tucson, AZ, where it is a manufacturer of world-class solar modules and provider of intelligent system solutions for solar power plants in North America. Dan brings over 20 years of experience in Project Management and Executive Leadership in automation and large-scale system design.  Prior to joining SOLON, Dan was the Business Unit General Manager of Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (ATS), where he was responsible for P&L performance as well functional management of all aspects of the business unit, including sales, operations, finance, and human resources. Previous to this, Dan was with Remmele Engineering Inc. for 16 years, starting as a System Control Engineering and spending his last 7 years as a Project Manager, leading a department of engineers and program managers in the design and build of customer automation systems in the diagnostic, pharmaceutical, and consumer products industries. Dan earned his BSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and an MBA from University of Saint Thomas, MN.

Verena Arps is the Technical Sales Support Manager for SMA America, LLC, the North American arm of global solar inverter leader SMA Solar Technology AG. Currently, she supports customers directly through assistance with technical inquires and system design for residential, commercial and utility applications. As the global interface for SMA America products, Arps is a key voice in the technical development and deployment of both Sunny Boy and Sunny Central inverters.>

Previous to working for the U.S. subsidiary, Arps worked for SMA Solar Technology in Germany as the product manager responsible for the U.S. version of the popular Sunny Boy inverter. With experience in both Germany and the U.S., Arps brings a unique, global view of product development and deployment, as well as an intricate understanding of how inverters currently integrate with public utility grids in both Europe and the U.S.

Arps received an electrical engineering degree, with a focus on energy management from the University of Applied Sciences in Kiel, Germany.

Dr. Terry Bailey is an experienced management executive and solar industry veteran serving as president, chairman and CEO of Soliant Energy.  Dr. Bailey joined Soliant Energy in October of 2009 after serving for over five years as senior vice president, marketing and sales for publicly-held Evergreen Solar (NASDAQ:ESLR).

Prior to Evergreen, Dr. Bailey was vice president of marketing and sales for leading solar technology supplier AstroPower, Inc., which was acquired by GE (NYSE:GE). Dr. Bailey served as CEO of Solus Micro Technologies, a telecommunication startup, prior to joining the solar industry.

Previously, Dr. Bailey was executive vice president and Chief Operating Officer of NEC Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC. Prior to NEC, Dr. Bailey was senior vice president and general manager for Apple's Imaging Division. In this position, he had worldwide P&L responsibility for all of Apple's Imaging Products, which generated over $1 billion in annual revenues.

Dr. Bailey earned a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Florida State University, specializing in nuclear magnetic resonance research and computer system graphics integration. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Alabama.

Dr. Michael Bartholomeusz is CEO of AQT.  He has served in various capacities as a global technology and business executive for more than 15 years, having gained significant experience growing businesses organically and through strategic joint ventures and acquisitions. Michael brings critical domain expertise in the areas of raw material and complex alloy target design, manufacturing and sourcing. Michael holds a PhD in Materials Engineering from University of Virginia.

Andrew joined Suntech in the fall of 2008 when his company, EI Solutions was acquired by Suntech Power Holdings. Previous to the acquisition, Andrew grew EI Solutions from a 3-person installer to a major regional player supporting customers such as Google, Disney, Sony Pictures, and British Telecom. The 2MW installation at Google's world headquarters is the largest corporate installation in US history. Andrew has been honored for his work by groups like Global Green, and the California League of Conservation Voters with its "Environmental Leadership" Award. Before leading EI Solutions, Andrew helped found the high-concentration PV company, Energy Innovations with Bill Gross at Idealab in 2002.

Previously, Andrew was a partner with the clean-tech consulting firm Clean Edge, where he served as an advisor to investors and early-stage companies working on a range of renewable technologies including solar, wind power, hydrogen and biomass.

In 1998, Andrew co-founded Bigstep, one of the world's first small business e-commerce solutions available online. As CEO, Andrew led the company in building an award-winning service, raising over $60 million from top-tier venture firms, hiring over 150 talented employees, and developing partnerships with such leading companies as AOL, VeriSign, Oxygen and Compaq. After achieving profitability with over 9,000 paying customers, Bigstep was acquired by Affinity Internet, Inc.

Andrew has served on the boards of the Clean Economy Network, Global Green and The Apollo Alliance. He is one of the founders of the CEO Council for the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). He is a graduate of Dartmouth College with a BA in Government.

Felicia Bellows has more than 25 years of experience in Energy Development and has spent 15 years working in Energy in Latin America. Most recently she was Executive Vice President of Development for Econergy where she developed wind, biomass and small hydroelectric plants in Brazil and Chile. Prior to that she was President, Alliant Energy Holdings do Brazil and Managing Director, Latin America, Alliant Energy International where she successfully developed and operated thermal power, hydroelectric power, and T&D systems. She also worked at The Southern Company as President, Southern Energy do Brazil and Director of Finance & Project Manager, Southern Energy where she was active in both acquisitions and developed Greenfield thermal assets. Felicia has worked on projects/transactions ranging in size from $20million to $1billion. These projects have included Greenfield developments as well as acquisitions although even in the acquisitions, additional development/build-out was involved.  The projects included generation using various technologies such as wind, solar, hydro, biomass and more conventional coal and gas-fired generation; transmission; distribution and some instances of a fully integrated system.  She holds a BS from Georgia Tech and is fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish and Greek.

Travis Bradford founded the Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development, a nonprofit organization focused on harnessing the power of the business sector to develop cost-effective and sustainable solutions in technologies, including energy, water, food, and recycling. Bradford also founded Atlas Capital Investments, LP, a global hedge fund dedicated to investing in sustainable technology companies in energy, water, food, and materials. Previously, he has served as a deal partner at Steel Partners II, LLC, in New York; deal principal at the Holding Capital Group in New York; and statistical and financial analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta.

Since 2008, Bradford has been a professor of renewable energy for MBA students at University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, and has lectured on finance, entrepreneurship, and alternative energy economics to a wide audience including many of the world’s top institutions. His published works include Solar Revolution: The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry, published by the MIT Press.

Bradford earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Georgia State University in 1992 and an MBA in 1996 from the NYU Stern School of Business with distinction in finance, management, and international business. In 2006, he received a master's degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Broome is at the helm of one of the longest-standing regional public-private partnerships for economic development. He is a proven leader with 20-plus years of experience in community-building and economic development, new company creation, formation of public-private partnerships and public policy design.

Broome’s tenure at GPEC has led to the attraction of more than 165 companies creating approximately 30,000 jobs and more than $5.5 billion in capital investment to Greater Phoenix.
In Arizona, Broome has been named the state’s Top Economic Developer and is the inaugural recipient of the Real Estate Excellence Award. Under his leadership, GPEC has been ranked the No. 1 regional economic development organization in the U.S. among site-selection consultants and was recognized as Organization of the Year by the Arizona Association for Economic Development. Broome is credited with developing economic development programs that have redefined public policy and improved statewide competitiveness.

In 2009, Broome worked with the business community, public-sector leaders and state partners to orchestrate the passage of Arizona’s landmark Renewable Energy Tax Incentive Program, a $350 million tax credit to stimulate renewable energy investment in Arizona. Since the program’s passage, Greater Phoenix has drawn a dozen companies, resulting in more than 6,300 jobs and more than $1.8 billion in capital investment. Among these wins is First Solar—the world’s most dominant industry leader. Broome helped to secure one of the nation’s largest solar manufacturing projects when First Solar selected Greater Phoenix for its technology campus.
Broome also designed the Arizona Global Network, a collaborative model that unites the urban and rural markets of Greater Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff and Yuma in attracting foreign direct investment to Arizona. GPEC’s international focus has led to foreign direct investment wins for Greater Phoenix, most notably the attraction of China-based Suntech—the world's largest producer of solar panels. Suntech is the first Chinese renewable leader to bring manufacturing jobs to the U.S., and this expansion marks the company’s first-ever U.S. manufacturing investment.

Prior to GPEC, Broome was shaping Kalamazoo, Michigan’s economy through a university, life science and venture capital strategy. Broome founded Southwest Michigan First from a small metal desk at the regional Chamber of Commerce, with a $150,000 operating budget and a $1.7

million shortfall. Five years later, Broome had raised $55 million and earned the organization recognition as a Top 20 economic development agency in the country. Also honored as Michigan’s Economic Developer of the Year, Broome built the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center, launching 14 life science start-ups and 23 new ventures.

Broome serves on several boards and commissions, including the City of Phoenix Commission on the Economy; Arizona State University Economic Council; ASU Technopolis Advisory Board and Arizona Association for Economic Development. He was chair of the International Economic Development Council’s 2008 annual conference and chaired the economic development subcommittee for the City of Phoenix 2006 bond program. In 2009, he was the commencement speaker at Arizona State University’s College of Public Programs graduation. He is also an invited guest lecturer at Arizona State University, University of Arizona, Kalamazoo College, Western Michigan University, University of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame.

Adam is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Vote Solar Initiative, a non-profit organization with the mission of bringing solar energy into the mainstream. Vote Solar got its start with a successful ballot initiative for a $100 million solar revenue bond in San Francisco in 2001, and since then has been working with state and municipal governments on pro-solar policies with the goal of jumpstarting the national transition to renewable energy.

Prior to Vote Solar, Adam spent eight years with the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency’s San Francisco office, where he won the Agency’s top pollution prevention award for developing a program that reduced air emissions of mercury from gold mines in Nevada by over five tons annually.

Adam received a BA with Distinction from Swarthmore College in 1992, and served with the Peace Corps in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.

Dave Bruns is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Veeco’s Solar Group. Dave joined CVC, Inc. in September 1999 and joined Veeco through our acquisition of CVC in 2000. During his tenure at Veeco, Dave has held a variety of roles in sales, marketing and general management for our Data Storage and Process Equipment businesses. Since July 2007, he was Vice President and General Manager of the Asia-Pacific Region based in Singapore.  In January 2009, Dave further extended his field responsibilities to include North American Process Equipment as Senior Vice President of Sales and Service.  Prior to Veeco, he worked for BOC Edwards in sales and service management roles. Dave received his Bachelors of Science from United States Naval Academy and spent six years on active duty service in the submarine force.

Don Buchalski is a Senior Marketing Specialist for the Photovoltaic Industry within Dow Corning's Solar Business. Based at Dow Corning's Solar Solutions Application Center in Freeland, Michigan, he is responsible for defining and leading the implementation of Dow Corning's commercial and marketing strategies for the PV Module Assembly & Integration Segments.

Don joined Dow Corning in 1986 as a process design engineer. Since then, he has held a number of positions in process engineering, manufacturing, supply chain logistics and marketing. He took on the strategic marketing responsibility for photovoltaics in 2007.

Don received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1986 and his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan – Flint in 1991.

Doug Buchanan is vice president of project development for BrightSource Energy. Mr. Buchanan brings nearly three decades of experience developing more than 1.5 gigawatts of power generation facilities as well as several large-scale infrastructure projects in both the public and private sectors around the world. Prior to joining BrightSource Energy, Mr. Buchanan served as a vice president of project development for Calpine Corporation and in management roles at Bechtel Enterprises, Inc and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Mr. Buchanan is a registered Professional Engineer and holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the California State University at Chico.

Dr. Leo Casey is vice president and chief technology officer of Satcon Technology Corporation, a leading provider of utility-scale, grid-connected renewable energy solutions for distributed power markets, enabling the industry's most advanced, reliable, and proven clean-energy alternatives. Dr. Casey has driven continuous innovation in the field of renewable power conversion over the past 10 years, with specialized focus on conventional and alternative sources of primary energy, associated energy storage mechanisms, and grid interconnection techniques.

Dr. Casey has long promoted the use of inverters and advanced control techniques to enable a stable, efficient, highly distributed, rugged, microgridable electrical grid as the key to our energy future. He was recently appointed chairman of the High-Megawatt Inverter Program organized with DOE and NIST and focused on developing "fast-grid" capabilities enabled by large inverters with advanced utility features.

Dr. Casey received a BE degree at the University of Auckland in New Zealand and MSc, EE, and ScD degrees at MIT, coming to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar. He has more than 25 years of experience in the renewable energy conversion industry, is an editor of the Energy Conversion Transactions of the Power Engineering Society of the IEEE and also serves on NREL's Solar Advisory Panel.

Isabelle Christensen is a seasoned solar industry sales and marketing executive. Prior to Jinko Solar, Isabelle held executive positions with Akeena Solar, REC Solar, Mainstream Energy, & SCHOTT Solar.Additionally, Isabelle has held global senior management positions at Fortune 100 companies such as Hewlett Packard, and fast growing ecommerce companies such as Ask Jeeves and BCD Holdings. She also founded and sold two high tech companies before joining the solar industry. Isabelle is passionate about solar and bringing solar to the mainstream energy supply. For leisure, Isabelle enjoys volunteering for solar non-profits to bring solar electricity to rural communities in South America and Africa. Isabelle holds a PhD in Economics.

Barry Cinnamon is a long-time advocate of solar power and is a widely recognized solar power expert.  Mr. Cinnamon started his career in solar energy in the late 1970’s as a researcher into new flat plate and concentrating collector designs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). During the late 1970s and early 1980s, he designed and installed active solar, passive solar and ground coupled heat pump systems.

Mr. Cinnamon’s work in solar power computer modeling led him into the software industry, where he served as CEO of Software Publishing Corporation, and founded Allegro New Media a multimedia software publisher, which he led to an IPO in 1995.  He resumed his solar career in 2001 when he began installing rooftop solar power systems in California.  His work on reducing costs of rooftop solar power systems has led to over 25 issued or applied for patents held by Westinghouse Solar.

Mr. Cinnamon earned a BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an MBA degree in Marketing from Wharton.  He is a NABCEP Certified Solar Installer, a licensed California C-46 Solar Contractor, an active member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a member of the Board of Directors of the California Solar Energy Industry Association, Vice Chair of the Solar Energy Industries Association PV Division, and a Senior Fellow of ALF - American Leadership Forum, Silicon Valley.

Karlynn Cory is a member of the Market and Policy Impact Analysis Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center. She has analystis expertise in renewable energy project finance, renewable energy market analysis and renewable energy policy analysis. She has a Master's in technology and policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Tufts University. 

Mark Crowley is the CEO of SolFocus, and a member of the company's Board of Directors. He joined SolFocus in 2008 as the President, and was promoted to CEO in December of that year. Mark has responsibility for all of SolFocus' business and operations globally. Mark joined SolFocus from Lockheed Martin Space Systems where he was VP of West Coast Operations. During his 25-years with Lockheed Martin he served as VP of Technical Operations, VP of Programs and Subcontracts, as well as VP and Program Director of the company's SBIRS program, a highly technical program utilizing some of the same technologies such as non-imaging optics which are used in SolFocus solar systems. He began his career at General Electric and then GE/Martin Marietta Astro Space. Mark has a BS in Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University, and holds an MS degree in Management through the Stanford Sloan Program.

Troy was hired by Upsolar in 2009 to open the company’s North American Headquarters and launch the U.S. based subsidiary, Upsolar America, Inc. He’s responsible for the company’s strategic growth in the North American PV market, with a primary focus on strategic partnerships, project development and module supply into large distributed generation and utility-scale PV projects. Prior to joining Upsolar America, Troy served in various capacities of project development and sales for American Solar Electric. He was previously a founding employee and former Director of Sales & Marketing for Third Pillar Systems, a leading provider of commercial lending and leasing software solutions to lending institutions throughout North America and Europe. Mr. Dalbey brings nearly 10 years of experience in project and corporate finance to Upsolar America, and is most notably a former U.S. Olympic Advisory Staff Member and former two-time Olympic Champion in Swimming.

With over 20 years of business development, sales, marketing, project management and leadership experience, Jim Day has taken early stage companies from idea stage to revenue success while also working with some of the largest and most innovative technology leaders in the world. As the need for more sustainable energy resources continues to evolve, he has redirected his professional efforts from high technology to alternative energy technology. Since 2007, he has been building a portfolio of relationships in the solar PV space and developing project activities aligned with his passion to help heal the planet. His goal is to create synergies between bottom line business objectives and environmental imperatives through the effective marketing of disruptive alternative energy technologies and business models. Since 2008, Jim has served as Director of Sales & Marketing for Trina Solar North America, and led the launch of Trina Solar's entry into the USA market in 2009.

Jim was educated at the US Air Force Academy and University of Colorado and holds a MS in Interdisciplinary Technology Management and BA in International Affairs, with honors (Magna Cum Laude). He is a veteran of the United States Air Force.

Franc is a transactional attorney, who is the Chair of the Renewable Energy Industry Group of one of the largest law firms in the Southwest. He also heads the Finance subgroup of the Arizona Governor's Solar Energy Advisory Task Force. Franc has particular experience advising independent power producers, developers, financiers and utilities operating in the alternative energy sector in areas that involve joint ventures, M&A and project financing and development. Prior to joining his current law firm, Franc began his practice in the Silicon Valley office of an international law firm based in New York City.
 

Michael O'Hara Duff is a partner with Dewey & LeBoeuf. He practices in the area of Federal taxation, with an emphasis on matters relating to renewable energy, partnership taxation and infrastructure/project finance. He has extensive experience at structuring complex partnerships and limited liability companies used to acquire a variety of renewable energy assets including wind, solar, geothermal and biomass facilities. Mr. Duff also has extensive experience in dealing with the tax aspects of financing the acquisition of a variety of assets through leveraged lease structures and has represented clients in like-kind exchanges of multiple types of assets. Mr. Duff has represented clients such as JPMorgan, Citigroup, Wells Fargo Bank, Northwestern Life Insurance Co., Union Bank of California, MetLife, NY Life Insurance Co., Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Key Bank.

Tom Dyer has devoted the majority of his life to developing and commercializing solar photovoltaic (PV) energy systems.

He entered the field in the early 1970s with a company that developed solar technologies for the U.S. space program, where he gained expertise in solar industry standards relating to cell fabrication, module packaging, system specification and sizing.

In 1977 he joined the solar energy subsidiary of a major petroleum company, holding management and executive-level positions in solar applications engineering, manufacturing, and business development. He served as vice president of international sales and marketing as the unit became the world's largest photovoltaic company of the late 1980s.

In 1990 he established a private solar energy consultancy to offer his expertise in photovoltaic systems integration and engineering to an international clientele. 

Work with Photocomm Inc. (subsequently Golden Genesis Corp.) in the mid-1990s led to his present executive role with Kyocera, after Kyocera acquired Golden Genesis in 1999. Prior to his current responsibilities, he served as Kyocera Solar, Inc.'s vice president of operations, vice president of manufacturing and engineering, and vice president of sales and marketing.

In addition to his role at Kyocera, Tom Dyer serves as a director of the non-profit Solar Electric Power Association (which facilitates solutions for the use and integration of solar electric power by utilities, electric service providers, and their customers);  board member of the Solar Alliance (a state-based advocacy group of companies involved in the design, manufacture, construction and financing of PV systems); and is also a board member of the Solar Energy Industries Association (the national U.S. trade association for the solar industry).

Lee Feliciano is Executive Vice-President of CarbonFree Technology, a solar energy project developer active in the U.S. and Canada. Lee led the team responsible for developing the first commercial solar installations in Arizona that were enabled through a Solar Services Agreement (SSA) or PPA.

Since 2004, Lee has worked in the solar PV industry in installation, inspection, sales and project development roles. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of solar energy at Green Building and Solar events and never misses an opportunity to act as a solar educator.

Lee currently serves as chair of the Commercial Solar Committee of the Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (AriSEIA). He is an alumnus of Solar Energy International’s PV Design and Installation workshop and has a BAA in Applied Geography from Ryerson University and a joint MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and Schulich School of Business.

Dr. Fritzemeier has nearly 25 years of successful business development experience in power conversion technologies. He spent 12 years in aerospace power development and 7+ years in the electric power technology industry where he established and directed a successful strategic product development effort and major corporate alliances from 1996-2001. Les's background includes extensive experience in strategic alliances, intellectual property strategy and organization development. Immediately prior to founding Wakonda, he directed the business development activities of the Infotonics Technology Center in upstate NY, negotiating equity investments valued at over $10 million, managing intellectual property and marketing functions and helping to launch three startups. 

Fritzemeier is a named inventor on 23 U.S. Patents. He holds a Doctorate in Metallurgy from Columbia University and an MBA (with honors) from California Lutheran University.

During his professional career Mr. Graham’s has conducted business on a global scale. He has started and managed business that have touched on every continent and engaged in cross borders trade in more than 30 countries.

Currently, Mr.Graham is running the TechBridge program for The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy (“CSE”) (http://cse.fraunhofer.org/techbridge-program/about-us). TechBridge is designed to rapidly identify, assess and facilitate the uptake of market based Clean Energy systems and technologies. The process matches entrepreneurs and investors, with unparallel access to the technical and financial resources needed to drive great ideas towards commercialization on a global scale.

Mr. Graham holds a Finance & Insurance degree from Northeastern University, and received his MBA from Babson’s FW Olin Graduate School of Business.

Stephen M. Goodnick received the B.S. degree in engineering science from Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, in 1977, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, in 1979 and 1983, respectively.

He was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow with the Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, and the University of Modena, Modena, Italy, in 1985 and 1986, respectively. He was a faculty member from 1986 to 1997 with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, and served as Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering with Arizona State University, Tempe, from 1996 to 2005. He served as Deputy Dean for the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering during 2005-2006, served as Associate Vice President for Research for Arizona State University from 2006-2008, and currently is Director of the Arizona Initiative for Renewable Energy. Some of his main contributions include analysis of surface roughness at the Si/SiO2 interface, Monte Carlo simulation of ultrafast carrier relaxation in quantum confined systems, global modeling of high frequency devices, full-band simulation of semiconductor devices, transport in nanostructures, and fabrication and characterization of nanoscale semiconductor devices. He has published over 190 refereed journal articles, books and book chapters and is a Fellow of IEEE (2004).

Mr. Gould brings more than thirty years of technical experience to SolarReserve in the areas of engineering, procurement and construction of power plants and power related systems - with the last twelve years of his career largely dedicated to solar energy installations. Mr. Gould's highly regarded solar energy expertise includes extensive feasibility work, design, construction, cost estimating, and financial due diligence on various concentrating solar thermal power plant technologies including power tower and solar trough designs. This includes facilities in development, construction and in operation in the US as well as installations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. Prior to joining SolarReserve, Mr. Gould was principal consultant with Sustainable Energy Projects, LLC with a focus on advising US and international utilities on development of solar tower and trough projects. Prior positions included engineering and project management roles at Bechtel and General Atomic. One particular area of Mr. Gould's expertise that is of tremendous value to SolarReserve is that he served as Project Manager of the Solar Two project built in 1997 near Barstow California by the US Department of Energy. This highly successful demonstration facility was the largest thermal power tower installation at the time and utilized molten salt technology for energy capture and storage. It is this same technology that SolarReserve is employing in its larger scale facilities today.

Mr. Gould holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University and is a licensed Professional Engineer in a several states. Mr. Gould has participated in numerous post graduates courses and seminars and has authored a number of technical papers on solar energy.

Arno Harris is the CEO of Recurrent Energy, a leading solar project developer and generating company. As the primary global development platform for Sharp Corporation worldwide, Recurrent Energy is helping our world find a more sustainable way to meet its energy needs. Prior to Recurrent Energy, Arno was general manager of EI Solutions, serving large-scale commercial and government solar customers. EI Solutions was formed when Arno sold his pioneering solar business, Prevalent Power, to Energy Innovations. Arno's previous experience includes founder and leadership roles for high tech startups. His background combines marketing, business development, and consulting with experience serving such clients as Berlex, Toyota Motor Sales USA, GlaxoWellcome, MCI, Apple Computer, Hewlett-Packard, Nikon Precision, IKEA International and NBC Digital Publishing. Arno writes about solar and renewable energy on his blog  Clean Energy Future.

Ed Heacox is Vice President of the Solaron inverter business unit at Advanced Energy Industries, one of the industry leading players in commercial and utility scale PV inverters and plant lifecycle services. AE is known for having the highest conversion efficiency and enabling the lowest LCOE via power architecture optimization and comprehensive service solutions. Prior to joining AE, Ed's career included years at GE - Power Systems, Emerson - Network Power, Celestica Power and C&D Technologies.  Ed has a mechanical engineering degree from Arizona and a master's degree in management from Stanford University.

Steve Hill has dedicated his life's work to materials and technologies that offer hope for environmental preservation - including engineered ceramics, semiconductors, silicon and, most of all, solar energy.

A graduate of California Polytechnic University with a bachelors degree in Marketing Management, Hill joined Kyocera in 1988. His early sales and management positions at the company specialized in engineered ceramics for semiconductor fabrication equipment, where he became acquainted with the world's leaders in silicon technology.

In 2004, he transferred to Kyocera Solar, Inc. as president. His leadership responsibilities have concentrated on establishing Kyocera's North American manufacturing operations for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, developing the U.S. market for solar electric generating systems, and stabilizing the supply of highly purified silicon that serves as the essential raw material for solar PV cells. 

During his leadership tenure, several milestones have occurred in solar energy. California passed the "Million Solar Roofs" initiative, backed by $3.2 billion in funding; Kyocera set new world records for energy conversion efficiency in polycrystalline silicon solar cells; solar energy became Kyocera's fastest growing business segment; and the solar industry as a whole attained compounded annual growth rates exceeding 25%.

Steve Hummel is Vice President of Engineering at PV Powered, bringing 30 years of experience in high technology innovation and product development. Prior to PV Powered, he held VP Advanced Technology and VP Marketing roles for Nanometrics and was Chief Technology Officer for Accent Optical Technologies, both global suppliers of semiconductor metrology and process control solutions. He spent 20 years as a research scientist, including experiences at AT&T Bell Labs, Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Labs, and Nova Crystals. He is a senior member of the IEEE and has authored 85 publications and 13 patents. Steve holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from USC, where he was a Center for Photonic Technology Fellow, and an MSEE and BA in Chemistry from Rutgers University.

Todd Jones is a Senior Analyst with the Center for Resource Solutions’ Green-e Climate Program, a certification program that sets consumer protection and environmental integrity standards for greenhouse gas emissions reductions (carbon offsets) sold in the international voluntary carbon market. He contributes to standard and program development, program implementation, and policy work relating to interrelations between voluntary and compliance markets, and carbon and renewable energy markets.  He holds a Master’s in Environmental Science from Yale University, and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the UC Berkeley.

Lynn co-founded SunRun because she believes homeowners want to go solar, as long it's affordable and easy for them to do so. At SunRun, Lynn oversees SunRun's key business operations nationwide, including sales, marketing, channel operations, and customer care. Under Lynn's direction, SunRun is expanding rapidly, adding thousands of new customers every year, and is available for 50 million Americans in five states. In 2009, Lynn was chosen by Forbes as one of the Ten Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs and was invited to President Obama's White House Jobs Summit to provide recommendations for creating green jobs. Previously at Summit Partners, a venture capital and private equity firm, Lynn completed investments with an aggregate market value of over $900 million in the financial services and technology sectors. Lynn holds an MBA and BS from Stanford University.

Russ Kanjorski is Vice President of Marketing at Abound Solar. Prior to assuming this role, he was Director of Strategic Planning for Abound. Before joining the company, Mr. Kanjorski worked at the Washington DC office of the Boston Consulting Group, specializing in the areas of strategy and organizational redesign. He also co-founded and served as Vice President of Finance and Strategy at an advanced materials company focused on solutions for the electronic materials industry. In addition, he worked for four years as a corporate attorney in Washington, DC, specializing in corporate finance and governance. He also served on the Board of Directors, and as Chairman of the Governance Committee, of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh. Mr. Kanjorski holds a JD from the University of Pennsylvania, and he graduated with BS degrees in Economics and History from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Khan is responsible for managing the growth of the Renewable Energy business at Flextronics. Mr. Khan joined Flextronics 6 years ago in an effort to drive strategic growth. Mr. Khan was responsible for growing the Capital Equipment Business which is a large part of Flextronics’ Industrial Customer base today. Prior to joining Flextronics, Mr. Khan held senior level positions at Varian Associates and Metcal Inc. At Varian Associates, he oversaw the development and integration of automated systems and was responsible for contract negotiations and supplier development. He was a recipient of the VLSI award for outstanding customer satisfaction.

Mr. Khan received a B.S in ME from RIT, MS in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from USC, and completed his MBA from SMU.

Alex is working to speed up the next industrial revolution, focusing on solar energy utilization, thermal efficiency, energy conversion devices, energy storage, and biofuels.

Over the past 10 years, Alex has successfully created, launched, and grown a variety of technology and household products. As a Group Product Manager at Google, Alex built the Agency display advertising team and created Google's next generation third party serving and targeting system. As part of this effort Alex was a leader of the $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick. On the consumer side of Google's business, Alex earned an Executive Management Group award for leading the product response to Microsoft's IE7 browser launch that significantly increased Google's search share. In Brand Management at Procter & Gamble, Alex leveraged a forgotten technology and led two award winning marketing campaigns to build his brand to $80 million in sales. And, in Product Development at Procter & Gamble, Alex led the development and launch of three new-to-the-world Febreze products that helped the brand achieve sales of over $400 million in 50 countries in 24 months.

Alex also knows the joy and pain associated with starting a venture from scratch. In 2002, Alex began in Cleantech, founding Ocular Technologies to commercialize enhanced efficiency evaporators utilizing a proprietary monolayer coating that improved air conditioning performance. The challenges of commercializing components of a larger system controlled by an entrenched industry provided Alex with a learning experience that informs his investing.

Growing up outside of Philadelphia, PA, Alex earned a BS in Chemical Engineering with honors from Lehigh University and later an MBA with distinction from the Harvard Business School. He lives with his wife and daughter in the San Francisco Bay area and can be reached at ak@khoslaventures.com.

John Lefebvre became President of Suntech America in September 2011. Mr. Lefebvre previously served as Vice President of Sales and Business Development at SolarCity, a leading full-service solar provider for homeowners, businesses and government organizations in the U.S. Mr. Lefebvre began his career in the aerospace division of GE before transitioning to the semiconductor equipment industry. At Lam Research and Mattson Technology, Mr. Lefebvre held senior management and product development positions working across Asia, Europe, and the U.S. Mr. Lefebvre received an M.B.A. from the University of British Columbia and ESADE (Barcelona, Spain), a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Syracuse University, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Clarkson University.

Mr. Lerdal is Chief Executive Officer at MP2 Capital, a leading renewable energy financial services firm focused on developing, financing, and investing in distributed generation and small-scale utility solar projects throughout North America. Mark has over 20 years of experience in the renewable energy industry as an attorney, developer, executive and investor. Prior to joining the MP2 Capital, Mark was a Member at KKR Financial, LLC where he managed the firm’s distressed and pre- and post-bankruptcy investment strategy. He formerly served as President of KC Holdings, Inc., a developer of energy projects. While operating KC Holdings, Inc., Mark also consulted to ValueAct Capital Partners, L.P., a small cap value fund where he sourced and evaluated investments in the energy industry. Previously, Mr. Lerdal served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Kenetech Corporation, a San Francisco – based company specializing in the financing and management of independent electric power projects. He began his career as an Attorney at the law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. Mark holds a J.D. cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law and graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Economics.

Roger Little has been a strong business leader as Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President, growing Spire to a successful public company with a diversified technology base. Almost 40 years after starting Spire Corporation, Roger G. Little continues to build a list of impressive accomplishments. He founded Spire in 1969, just five years after earning his Master of Science degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also holds a Bachelors degree in physics from Colgate University, as well as 70 patents for technologies that have helped build Spire's reputation as a leader in science and innovation.

Mr. Low is a seasoned entrepreneur, having created five successful businesses and several award-winning products. He has worked as a consultant with The Thomas Group and Ernst & Young, both in the area of reengineering. More recently, he served as vice president of strategic opportunity development at ARAMARK.

Eran is the Vice President of Utility Strategy at the Solar Electric Power Association. Through his role at SEPA’s he leads industry strategies and practices in support of solar energy. Eran works closely with utilities leadership, regulators, developers, and other key stakeholders to position solar as part of the utility’s core resource strategy. Eran spent over 10 years at Arizona Public Service building renewable energy programs and working to integrate renewable energy into the Company’s integrated resource plan. He has been instrumental in advancing key innovations in solar, including customer offerings, asset ownership options, and key procurement efficiencies.

Rob Marsh has been active in the energy sector for over ten years.  His experience ranges from managing investment vehicles focused on the nuclear industry and electricity congestion to negotiating the purchase of an operating oil-fired power plant in China.  He is now focused on financing the development and construction of utility-scale solar projects.

Currently serving as the Vice President for the Americas division of a+f GmbH - SunCarrier (www.suncarrier.com).  David brings over 25 years of experience in sales management, business development and marketing technology and energy systems to SunCarrier, where he has developed all of the US facilities, operations and project pipeline for this major German manufacturer of solar tracking equipment and utility scale solar power plan design and construction projects.

In addition David is under contract with multiple IPP Project Developers as well as direct sources of project finance, carrying out project due diligence and investment qualification activities in both sectors.

Prior to SunCarrier, David has held executive level positions within the solar and hydrogen fuel cell industries as well as managed international operations, business development and sales for large scale projects and government initiatives in both the clean-tech and high-tech markets. David has worked on projects with transactions ranging in size from $10 million to $1.2 billion, and has a proven track record for exceeding expectations in business development.

David has a wide range of interests and affiliations; he started his career in technical production arts for film, video and live theatre, and attended both the S.U.N.Y School of the Arts in New York and the California Institute of the Arts receiving a BFA.  Prior to moving into the high-tech industry he managed technical production facilities in the professional music industry and is an accomplished R&B and jazz musician.

Mike Miskovsky, General Manager for the United States Division of Canadian Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), is responsible for all sales, marketing, planning, sales engineering, operations, fulfilment, and customer service functions in the country. His team is tasked with expanding the Canadian Solar presence in the U.S., bringing the company’s top-rated, cost-effective PV modules to market through a mix of distribution, direct, and project-based sales channels. Prior to joining Canadian Solar, Mr. Miskovsky, co-founded CleanSource Power, serving as its Chief Executive Officer. This ground-breaking company delivered project development, PPA financing, and sustainability marketing services for a range of top-tier commercial and public-sector clients and sponsors. Previously, Mr. Miskovsky held V.P. of Sales and V.P. of Business Development roles at these leading, venture-backed technology start-ups in Boston and Silicon Valley: Lipstream Networks, Avaki (sold to Sybase, 2005), and Reva Systems. Prior to his venture involvement, Mr. Miskovsky also co-founded and managed several successful new product divisions within Fortune 500 firms (Autodesk, Time Warner), focusing on electronic media and publishing offerings serving a range of consumer and industrial markets. Mr. Miskovsky began his professional career as a commercial banker with Bank of Montreal. Today, Mr. Miskovsky’s years of experience, solar industry knowledge and business leadership are essential factors in continuing Canadian Solar’s track record of outstanding growth.

Mike Miskovsky holds an A.B., cum laude, from Princeton University, and received his M.B.A. from Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business Administration.

Michael joined Greentech Capital Advisors from Goldman Sachs, where he was a Vice President in Global Investment Research and the lead analyst for the US alternative energy and coal sectors. His research was spread among a variety of areas such as coal mining, coal technology, solar module manufacturing, demand response, waste-to-energy, battery storage, wind, and fuel cells. Prior to that, he also covered the homebuilder sector. For 2008, Michael's stock-picking performance was in the top 5% of all of Goldman Sachs US equity analysts with his recommendations resulting in +32% absolute performance, +72% relative to Russell 3000 and +50% relative to coverage universe.

Prior to Goldman Sachs, Michael was a Visiting Research Fellow at Accenture's Institute for High Performance Business, a company-sponsored think tank. His research focused on management techniques to most effectively maximize shareholder value at high-growth companies and was published in both internal and external business journals. He was also a manager in Accenture's strategy practice.

Michael started his career with Arthur Andersen in the consumer products and services audit and business advisory group, where he conducted financial statement audits in a variety of sectors such as casino entertainment, discount retail, high-fashion retail, as well as nonprofits. While an undergraduate, he was selected to represent the State of New Jersey in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Honors Internship Program where he assisted in white collar crime investigations.

Michael received an MSc with Merit from the London School of Economics, an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BS with Honors from Rutgers University. He is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charterholder and also holds a CPA, CMA, and CFM (Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, and Certified in Financial Management).

Paul Nahi has more than 20 years of experience in leading both entrepreneurial and multinational high technology companies. Most recently, Paul was the CEO of Crimson Microsystems, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in large scale SONET ICs for the telecommunications industry, with customers in Russia, India and the United States. Prior to Crimson, Paul was the CEO and co-founder of Accelerant Networks, a semiconductor company that designed and developed intelligent multi-gigabit transceivers. Accelerant was acquired by Synopsis, Inc. Before Accelerant, Paul served as General Manager of the Communications and Media Divisions for NEC Electronics. Paul was also previously the Senior Director for Diamond Multimedia where, as an early member of the executive team, he helped grow Diamond from a small, privately held enterprise to a publicly traded company with offices worldwide and hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Paul holds a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

Bruce Norman is the General Manager of GE's Solar business, where he oversees the development of new technologies.  Bruce has over 25 years experience in technology development within the Energy and Aerospace fields, included managing an Energy venture capital fund where he selected and drove high payback, big bet development programs; making significant investments in Solar.

Prior to accepting his current role, Bruce held several management positions within GE.  Most recently, Bruce was the General Manager of Controls Product Management for GE Energy where he drove the strategy, execution and growth of the Controls and Power Conversion product lines. Other roles include: Chief Engineer of Controls for Energy and Energy Business Program Manager for GE's Global Research Center where he was responsible for their research in Energy and Oil and Gas.

Throughout his tenure with GE, Bruce has been recognized for his significant achievements including being named the first recipient of the General Electric Edison Award for Energy, The Outstanding Technical Contribution Award and The Outstanding Young Engineer Award.

Bruce holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Bruce is also a graduate of the "ABC" Course and is a certified Master Black Belt. He currently lives in Burnt Hills, NY with his wife Cheryl.

Chris O'Brien is Head of Market Development for Oerlikon Solar, and is based in Washington, DC. Oerlikon Solar is a global supplier of advanced manufacturing equipment and manufacturing lines for low-cost thin film silicon solar PV modules.  Chris has held senior management positions with leading solar PV and other energy companies and trade associations for over 20 years.  He holds an engineering degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford University. 

Jeff Osborne joined the Stifel Nicolaus Research Team in connection with Stifel's acquisition of Thomas Weisel Partners LLC in July of 2010. Jeff Osborne joined Thomas Weisel Partners in July of 2007 as a Managing Director and is responsible for our coverage of the Alternative Energy industry. Jeff brings over 10 years of experience in the financial services industry, including four years of sell-side experience at CIBC World Markets, five years on the buyside at Munder Capital Management and Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and a Master of Business Administration from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

Doug is co-founder and Executive Director of SolarTech, an industry consortium launched in early 2006 with a vision towards creating a Solar Industry “Center of Excellence”. The organization now represents over 85 Silicon Valley renewable energy companies with regional, state, national, and worldwide business interests. This Silicon Valley Leadership Group Initiative provides innovative expertise, accelerating local solar markets by removing barriers, ensuring a long term, sustainable solar industry.

A contributing industry advisor to UC Berkeley’s Extension curriculum on sustainability, Mr. Payne is actively engaged with numerous regional, state, and federal organizations in a variety of partnership roles & capacities, collaborating to move the solar industry forward. Prior to being appointed as SolarTech’s first Executive Director, in early 2006 Doug joined Real Goods Solar to lead the Commercial Business Development Division serving Northern and Central California. During his tenure, successfully grew Real Goods Commercial Solar Business 400% year over year, culminating Jan 2009 in a 3.65MW / $32M school district project, believed to be the single largest direct purchase of carport solar PV in California.

His professional background consists of leadership tenures in Manufacturing, Process Engineering, and Product Commercialization Methodologies. From 1995-2005 he led numerous teams focusing on product introduction best practices, program development, and product introduction roadmaps at KLA-Tencor in 1995, one of the world’s largest semi-conductor equipment manufacturing companies.

Doug Payne has nearly 20 years of Engineering, Program, and Business Management Experience. Mr. Payne’s solar inspiration came 20 years ago as a member of Canada’s inaugural entry in the 1990 World Solar Challenge, a solar car race across Australia. He holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University, Ontario.

Dave is the President and CEO of NuvoSun, a Palo Alto, California based thin-film CIGS solar company he founded in January 2008. Prior to forming NuvoSun Mr. Pearce founded Miasolé, a leading CIGS solar company where he served as CEO for six years. Mr. Pearce has founded and served as CEO or President of four venture backed companies including Miasolé, OptCom, an optical component company, SciVac, a vacuum system capital equipment company, and JTS Corporation, a disk drive company. He came to Silicon Valley in 1985 as CEO of Domain Technology, a pioneer in thin-film media for the data storage industry, a company he took public in 1987. Mr. Pearce holds a BS in Industrial Management from Georgia Tech and an MBA from the University of Texas.

Mr. Robert Petrina is the Managing Director for Yingli Green Energy Americas, Yingli's wholly owned subsidiary. Mr. Petrina has more than 10 years of experience in international business development and entered the solar sector in 1998 when he spent time with Atersa (currently Elecnor, S.A.) in Madrid and Valencia, Spain. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Petrina worked at Chori America, Inc. where he was responsible for Mitsubishi's product sales in Latin and South America. Mr. Petrina has focused on the solar sector exclusively since 2002 when he worked at AstroPower, Inc. for two years, where he was responsible for the company's silicon sourcing in Asia, Europe and North America. Prior to joining Yingli in 2007, Mr. Petrina was responsible for global silicon procurement during his time at General Electric's Solar Technologies business unit. Mr. Petrina received his bachelor’s degree in Applied Economics and Management and his master's degree in Business Administration from Cornell University where he was a Park Fellow.

Jim Pierobon is Vice President, Policy and Market Development at Standard Solar, Inc. in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He is also the leader of a network of energy communications professionals, Pierobon & Partners LLC. He's co-managed the energy and environmental practice for Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide out of New York and Washington and helped build a boutique PR firm in focusing on regulatory issues for 15 utilities. He began his career an Energy Reporter and Political Correspondent for the Houston Chronicle and a Contributing Writer for The New York Times. He earned a Bachelor's degree from the School of Journalism and an MBA program from the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Tom Plant is the Director of the Governor’s Energy Office and was appointed by Governor Bill Ritter in 2007. Prior to GEO, Tom was Executive Director of the non-profit Center for ReSource Conservation and served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1998 through 2006 including two years as Chairman of the House Appropriations committee and one year as Chairman of the Joint Budget Committee.

During his tenure in the General Assembly, Tom was named Legislator of the Year by organizations such as the University of Colorado and the Sierra Club of Colorado, was the recipient of Colorado Conservation Voters’ “Green Sense Award for Environmental Leadership” and received the “Champion of the Family Farmer” award from the Rocky Mountain Farmers’ Union. In the late 1980s, Tom worked in the Climate Change department of the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, DC exploring the causes of global climate change and policy options to address the threats of climate change. Prior to UCS, and after graduating from Colorado State University, Tom worked in Oklahoma as an exploration Geologist.

Tom has traveled around the world and taught school in Central America. In 1994, Tom and his wife Dawn Dennison established The Acoustic Coffeehouse in Nederland which became known nationally as a community gathering place and for the many famous musicians who played in the small living room setting. Tom & Dawn ran the coffeehouse for seven years, before selling the business in 2001. Tom lives in Nederland with his wife Dawn, dog Fergus, and a horse named Chester.

Ms. Ramsay is the Consul (Economic Affairs - Ontario) at the Ontario International Marketing Centre (OIMC) in the Canadian Consulate General in Los Angeles. The International Marketing Centre's territory includes California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Hawaii. The role of the OIMC is to work with Ontario based companies wishing to do business in the territory, to attract investment from US and multinational companies into Ontario and to raise awareness of the Province in the region.

Prior to this posting, Ms. Ramsay was a Senior Manager with the Investment Branch of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ontario in Toronto, Ontario.

Ms Ramsay is a graduate of the Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario - Honours Bachelor of Science in Language with a minor in Economics. She speaks Spanish, French and Italian.

Wilson Rickerson is Executive Vice President at Meister Consultants Group and is responsible for the firm's international climate and energy practice. Mr. Rickerson is an expert in renewable energy policy design, and has conducted feed-in tariff analysis for a broad range of organizations, including Deutsche Bank, SEMI, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the California Energy Commission, and the Hawaiian Electric Company. He is a Policy Fellow at the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy and sits the Advisory Committee for the Solar America Board of Codes and Standards. He holds a Masters in Energy and Environmental Policy from the University of Delaware and an undergraduate degree in International Relations from the College of William & Mary.

Richard Robertson is the program manager for inverters at GE's Solar business - a position that he has held since 2007. In this role, Richard has overseen the commercial and technical development of GE's large-scale solar inverters, building off of the proven platform of GE's wind energy power electronics.

Prior to his current role, Richard held a number of positions in the alternative energy industry with a focus on business development, marketing and sales.  These roles include: Associate Director of the Center for Future Energy Systems at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI); Vice President, Business Development at Spheral Solar Power, Business Development Manager at GE Distributed Power, and Sales Manager, Plug Power.

Richard has a BS Chemical Engineering and MBA, both from RPI.

Marc Romito is currently the Renewable Energy Program Manager at Tucson Electric Power (TEP). His primary responsibility is oversight of all Distributed Generation Programs for TEP and Large Commercial/Industrial Distributed Generation at UES.

Marc has been employed at TEP for five years holding a couple of different positions including Transmission and Distribution Project Management and Supervision of Operations Technology and Resource Management. Prior to joining TEP, Marc managed an environmental construction and reclamation company called the Aquatic Group. He has also worked as a United States Forest Service firefighter.

Marc has a B.S. in Geology from the University of Kansas, a Masters of Business of Administration from the University of Kansas and a Master of Science in Management from the University of Arizona.

Marc Schultz is an attorney in the tax department of Snell & Wilmer LLP. Marc's practice involves mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, formation of private investment funds, like-kind exchanges, and tax credit financing. Marc created and co-chairs Snell & Wilmer's Fund Formation and Investment Group and created and chairs Snell & Wilmer's Affordable Housing and Community Development Group. Marc plays a significant role in his firm's Renewable Energy Group and regularly advises renewable energy project developers with respect to financing and renewable energy tax credits. Marc has also represented numerous investors, developers, and syndicators with respect to Low-Income Housing Tax Credit transactions and numerous parties with respect to New Markets Tax Credit transactions.

Prior to moving to Phoenix, Marc lived in Chicago where he practiced in the tax department of a large international law firm headquartered in Chicago and served as an adjunct professor, teaching taxation of business entities in the Graduate Program of Accountancy, at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Lori is a 29 year employee of SRP and 40 year resident of Arizona. She is responsible for design/implementation of SRP's environmental outreach programs with special focus on renewable energy.

Lori's responsibilities at SRP include development/implementation of renewable energy projects to meet SRP's sustainable resource goals. Singleton oversees research and development projects to support company-wide initiatives for SRP including gasoline lawn mower recycling, tree planting, clean school bus initiative, travel reduction, and other internal environmental programs.

She works on development and implementation of the "green" energy pricing program, solar incentive program for residential and commercial customers and renewable energy education programs for implementation in middle school/high school curriculums.

In addition, she does promotion/public relations for all new renewable energy projects/purchases (solar, wind, geothermal, landfill gas, low head hydro, fuel cells) while serving as the environmental issues media spokesperson for SRP and is a constant representative of SRP on numerous environmental committees, boards and commissions.

She was appointed by Governor Janet Napolitano to serve on the Solar Energy Advisory Council and also has several other current affiliations including: Valley Forward Association, Board of Directors; Audubon Society, Chair, Board of Directors; Maricopa County Regional Travel Reduction Task Force, Chair; Association for Commuter Transportation, Valley of the Sun, President & National Board Director; Southwest Center for Education; and the Natural Environment (ASU), Board of Directors.

Stephen Smith is founder and principal of Solvida Energy Group, a solar advisory firm in Berkeley, CA. Solvida provides a suite of products and professional services catered to companies entering and diversifying in the U.S. large scale solar market. Before founding Solvida, Stephen managed projects at PowerLight for 6 years held leadership roles at 2 HCPV startup companies. Since 2009, Solvida has helped clients develop more than 100MW of high value solar projects including the largest operating project in the United States.

A nationally recognized expert in regulatory policy analysis and advocacy, Pat Stanton supervises the development of renewable energy markets, green power products, and public policies related to renewable energy. She manages the introduction of new products and services to support renewable energy projects and distribution, including small hydro, solar, landfill gas, wind, and biomass.

Prior to joining CSG, she served as Deputy Commissioner at MA DOER, with many significant accomplishments to her credit including award-winning program design. Before that position, she was Assistant Commissioner of Waste Prevention at MA DEP for 11 years and also directed DEP’s Division of Water Supply. She holds master’s degrees from Harvard University’s JFK School of Government (Public Administration) and MIT (Civil Engineering).

Paul Strigler is vice president and assistant portfolio manager at Esplanade Capital, a Boston-based investment management company. Esplanade has been investing in solar for over five years in its flagship fund and in 2009 launched Esplanade Capital Electron Partners, a fund dedicated exclusively to investments in solar and those industries impacted by solar’s emergence. Prior to joining Esplanade, Mr. Strigler worked as a strategy consultant for LEK where he was exposed to a broad spectrum of industries and strategic issues. Previously, Mr. Strigler served as an investment banker for Credit Suisse and JP Morgan. Mr. Strigler is a graduate of the University of Chicago and London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tim Swales is vice president, research & development for Johns Manville. Dr. Swales is also the vice president of Johns Manville’s E3 Company responsible for the launch of Johns Manville’s commercial roofing integrated solar business.

Swales joined Johns Manville in 2001. Prior to joining Johns Manville he spent more than 17 years at 3M and the 3M spin-off Imation. Tim has over 20 years of international product development and commercialization experience.

Swales received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Manchester, England. He and his family live in Aurora, Colorado.

Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality building and specialty products. In business since 1858, the Denver-based company holds leadership positions in all of the key markets that it serves. Johns Manville employs approximately 7,800 people and operates 41 manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe. Additional information can be found at www.jm.com.

Mike Taylor is the Director of Research and Education for the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA), a non-profit, utility-focused solar membership association with more than 800 utility, solar industry, and stakeholder members. Prior to joining SEPA in 2006, Mike was a Program Administrator for the Minnesota State Energy Office, managing renewable energy programs and projects, including the development and operation of the Minnesota Solar Electric Rebate Program. Mike holds a Master’s in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor’s in Environmental Biology from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. He may be reached at his remote office at Utah State University in Logan, Utah at mtaylor@solarelectricpower.org.

As Manager of Electric Project Development and Business Planning at SDG&E, Mr. Thomas had a group that is responsible for generation investigations and development for both conventional and renewable resources. He is presently the lead for SDG&E's Solar Energy Project, which seeks to acquire distributed PV via PPAs and turnkey utility ownership. He is also responsible for the oversight and management of SDG&E's participation in the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and a transmission budgeting and ratemaking group. He was formerly Manager of Procurement Planning & Analysis within the Electric and Gas Procurement Department.

He received his Bachelor's Degree in Hydrology and a Master's Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of New Hampshire, as well as an MBA from the University of Southern New Hampshire with a focus on finance. He spent four years with Citizen's Utilities Company where he valued hydroelectric assets and life extending capital additions, represented the company in deregulation activities, and analyzed its generation portfolio relative to stranded benefits and costs. His work at Citizen's culminated with strategic planning for the acquisition and divestiture of utility franchises.

Mr Thomas has 25+ years of experience successfully translating technologies into ongoing enterprises for startups as well as Fortune 100 companies. Recently, Marc was a founder and VP/Operations for Livescribe, where he successfully developed and managed the company’s global operations to an on-time/on-budget company and product launch and successful shipment of the first $20M of global retail and direct channel sales. Prior to Livescribe, Marc was General Manager of The TECH Group, offering interim senior management, business and product development services in technical marketing, operations, engineering and manufacturing.  Marc also served as VP/Global Operations at Top Ecology, a US-Japanese venture supplying solar thermal and PV-powered portable desalination and bio-based water treatment, and as CTO/VP Engineering for Alex & Wins, a technology transfer company, and VP Manufacturing for Ubiquity, a consumer products company. Marc was a founder, CTO and VP/Design and Manufacturing Engineering for Lectus, which developed robotic-based critical care beds.  He also held technical/marketing management and engineering positions at GE Plastics and Ford Motor Company. Marc holds a degree in Plastics Engineering from the UMass/Lowell, and holds 8 patents with many pending.  He lives in Northern California with his wife Susan, daughter Julie, and 2 Old English Mastiffs.

Jeff is co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of groSolar.  He is a recognized leader in the solar energy industry and a leading voice on solar energy policy throughout the U.S.  Jeff is in charge of strategy, M&A, and PV procurement for the Company.  Under his direction, groSolar has become a leader in system installation in the eastern United States, a top five national distributor of solar equipment and systems, and a national commercial systems provider.  Prior to forming groSolar, Jeff was a Partner in Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers, where he started and ran branch offices in Hanover, NH and Chicago, IL.  Jeff is the elected chair of the PV Division of the Solar Electric Industry Association (SEIA), the country's leading PV trade organization.  He also serves on the Union of Concerned Scientists National Advisory Board and is one of only 1,000 people in the U.S. trained in presenting Al Gore's climate change presentation.  Jeff has a BSME degree from Cornell University.

Alexander Wong is managing director of D.E. Shaw&Co., L.P. and head of venture capital at the D.E. Shaw group. Dr. Wong has more than 20 years of operating, technical, private equity and venture capital experience in the technology industry. His investment experience spans a wide range of areas, including clean and emerging technologies, next-generation semiconductor design and manufacturing, software tools, displays and nanotechnology. Prior to joining the firm in 2005, Dr. Wong was a partner at Apax Partners, a global private equity firm, where he led that firm's investment activities in clean energy, emerging technologies and components in the North American market. Before that, he served as a managing director at Intel Captial, the venture capital unit of Intel Corporation, where he was head of the technology sector and responsible for investments and mergers and acquistions for Intel's technology and manufacturing, microprocessor and technology research groups. Dr. Wong has also held roles in operations, research and development and government affairs at Intel Corporation, Motorola Inc. and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He currently serves on the board of directors of Infinite Power Solutions Inc., Natrix Separations Inc. and Solaicx Inc. Dr. Wong holds a B.S. in computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Shyam Mehta is a Senior Analyst at GTM Research, focusing on global upstream solar markets. His two most recent research reports were Thin Film 2010: Market Outlook to 2015 and PV Manufacturing in the United States: Market Outlook, Incentives, and Supply Chain Opportunities. Before joining GTM Research, Mr. Mehta was a Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research where he covered equities in the alternative energy sector, primarily solar companies. Prior to Goldman, Mr. Mehta was a Research Analyst at The Brattle Group, an economic consulting firm, where his work focused on problems within the electricity industry. He received his Bachelor's in Mathematics summa cum laude from U.C. Berkeley. He has spoken at industry conferences throughout the world on the subject of PV.

Shayle Kann is the Managing Director of solar research at GTM Research. Shayle has authored such reports as 2010 Global PV Demand Analysis and Forecast and The United States PV Market: Project Economics, Policy, Demand and Strategy Through 2013. Mr. Kann joined GTM Research upon returning from Australia, where he was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar with the Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems at the Australian National University. His Fulbright research, which focused on renewable energy project financing during the credit crisis, was published in the international journal Energy Policy. Prior to this, Mr. Kann worked in the Clean Energy Markets division of Conservation Services Group, focusing on voluntary and compliance markets for renewable energy certificates. He has a Bachelor’s cum laude, phi beta kappa from Pomona College. He has spoken at industry conferences throughout the world on the subject of PV.

Scott Clavenna has been leading high-tech market research firms for over 15 years. In his capacity as a trusted analyst and consultant, Scott has helped dozens of companies enter and succeed in complex and intensely competitive markets worldwide. He also has authored more than 30 reports that helped define important emerging market segments in optical and broadband communications.

Prior to founding Greentech Media, Scott was chief analyst at Heavy Reading, the market research arm of Light Reading, the dominant online media company in the telecommunications market. CMP bought Light Reading in 2005. Before creating Heavy Reading, Scott founded PointEast Research, providing strategic consulting and market intelligence to a broad mix of startups, venture capitalists and major suppliers in the communications/IT industry, and worked as director of research for Light Reading. In 1997, Scott co-founded Pioneer Consulting, which quickly grew into the leading market research firm covering the optical and broadband communications industry.