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GreenVolts Continues Momentum With Addition of Technology and Solar Power Veterans
Leader in Concentrator Photovoltaic Technology Rounds Out Management Team With Experienced Development, Manufacturing and Project Operations Executives
| Source: GreenVolts
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - September 4, 2007) - GreenVolts (www.greenvolts.com), a leader
in high concentration photovoltaic technology and wholesale distributed
energy, today introduced Joseph "Chip" Krauskopf as the company's Chief
Operating Officer and Stephen Smith as its Director of Project Operations.
Mr. Krauskopf joins GreenVolts after 23 years at Intel Corporation. He
brings extensive business management expertise, a product development
discipline and experience in high volume manufacturing to his position at
GreenVolts.
Mr. Smith is a solar power veteran having spent time at both PowerLight and
SolFocus, and will be tasked with developing and managing project
deployments for GreenVolts.
"We are thrilled to welcome Chip and Stephen to GreenVolts," said Bob Cart,
founder and CEO of GreenVolts. "Their skill sets and deep breadth of
experience will help us better serve customers throughout the entire
product development cycle, including eventual system deployment. The
addition of their talents and leadership is just the latest in a string of
significant milestones for the company this year, most recently a contract
with PG&E to build the largest concentrator PV plant in the world."
Prior to GreenVolts, Mr. Krauskopf spent 23 years at Intel where he held
numerous senior leadership roles covering all phases of semiconductor
product development. During his tenure at Intel, he built and managed teams
worldwide, while creating as well as supporting numerous product families.
Most recently, Chip drove pre- and post-sales technical support that grew
annual revenue for Intel's embedded and communications processors to $1.2
billion. Mr. Krauskopf holds a BS in computer engineering and an MS in
electrical engineering from Case Western Reserve University. He has also
received six U.S. patents related to design methodology for various
semiconductor products.
Mr. Smith comes to GreenVolts after deploying more than 20 MW of turnkey
photovoltaic solutions on behalf of clients ranging from Fortune 100
companies to various state and municipal government facilities. He spent
seven years managing projects at PowerLight Corporation, and most recently
was Director of Field Operations at SolFocus where he led their ISFOC
project deployment. Mr. Smith has a degree with a focus on renewable
technology from California State University Humboldt and an Advanced
Photovoltaics Certificate from Solar Energy International.
About GreenVolts
GreenVolts, Inc., based in San Francisco, was founded in 2005 to deliver
solar power at costs competitive with that derived from fossil fuels. The
company's breakthrough high concentration photovoltaic technology
efficiently integrates tracking and optics into a system that dramatically
lowers energy cost. Through low cost and high efficiency the Company can
access large markets previously inaccessible to solar. GreenVolts changes
the economics of solar energy.