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Robert Pico - President and CEO Opel Solar International
Robert Pico has a breadth of corporate experience that spans more than 30 years in engineering, sales, business development, program management and operations. He joined Opel Solar in December 2005 and has led the corporation through successful financial fund raises and guided the company to a successful listing on the Toronto TSX Venture Exchange in June 2007. His experience spans United Technologies where he was in project engineering, operations management and program office for programs spanning Air Force, Navy and Boeing Commercial Aerospace. His experience at ITT Corporation was in telecommunications in both USA and European markets, specializing as chief of procurement for semiconductors and outsourcing worldwide for the telecom sector. Prior to his joining Opel Solar, he worked at TranSwitch Corporation for more than 10 years in various Vice President roles in major accounts, sales and business development. He holds a BSEE and MS in Physics from University of Hartford and Trinity Collage respectively and has completed all his requirements for his MBA in Marketing. |
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Leon Pierhal - ODIS President
Mr. Pierhal has over forty years of management experience in Semi-Conductor, Telecommunications and Computing Technology development companies such as Amdahl Corporation, Intel Corporation, Masstor Systems Corporation, and Jupiter Technology. As a senior management executive Mr. Pierhal has had direct responsibility for P&L, sales and marketing, and corporate development for several major companies requiring strategic expertise. He has experience with capitalizing and launching technology startups, mergers and acquisitions of technology companies, as well as turning around emerging companies by developing new sales divisions, channels and strategic partners. Mr. Pierhal has assisted a significant number of companies with capital formation and re-capitalization from private and public sources. He contributed exceptional strategic and tactical vision, strong team development and leadership skills. In addition, Mr. Pierhal has impressive experience in the area of technology startup company development and serves as an Outside Board Member to several such firms as well. |
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Mike McCoy - CFO and Treasurer
Mr. McCoy was a founder of TranSwitch Corporation, a U.S. semi-conductor company, serving as its Vice President and Controller from 1988 to 2001 and most recently serving as its Corporate Secretary from 1988 to February 2008, as well as serving as a board member of TranSwitch India and TranSwitch Switzerland. Prior to TranSwitch, Mr. McCoy was a Divisional Controller with ITT Corporation. His 30 years of financial experience includes extensive experience with public company SEC and NASDAQ reporting, as well as securing venture capital, public, bank and government agency financing. Mr. McCoy’s education includes a BS/BA from Kent State University. |
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Frank Middleton - Vice President of Marketing
Mr. Middleton has over thirty years of international experience in general management, marketing, engineering and VLSI production. His expertise includes formulating product strategies, new product concepts, product business plans, product development and taking products to market. Since 2003, Mr. Middleton has been a Managing Partner at Renoir Asset Management, a private partnership investing in real estate in Connecticut. From 1990 through 2003 while at TranSwitch Corporation, Mr. Middleton held various Vice President level positions in Engineering, Operations, Sales and Marketing. Prior to his work at TranSwitch Corporation, Mr. Middleton was General Manager of the Electronic Products Division at Yale Security in Charlotte, NC. Mr. Middleton began his career at ITT Corporation where he held positions of progressively increasing responsibility over a period of fifteen years. Mr. Middleton received a Bachelor of Science degree from the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City and he has been awarded twenty US patents in the telecommunications field. |
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Javier Berrios - Vice President of Engineering
Dr. Javier Berrios joined Opel Solar in 2008 as vice president of engineering. He brings expertise in executive management, product development, and support for customer development. In 2006, he was vice president of engineering at Tego, Inc. developing RFIC semiconductors for RFID tags used in aerospace and high performance applications. Prior to that, Dr. Berrios was at TranSwitch Corporation where he held director positions in engineering developing VLSI solutions for telecommunications and data communications industry. Previously, at Pargain Technologies (presently ADC Telecommunications), he developed DSLAM systems for both central office and subscriber side. Dr. Berrios received his BSEE from La Salle Bonanova (Spain), his master’s degree in electrical engineering from Union College and his PhD in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. |
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Patricia V. Agudow - Vice President, Administration, Public & Government Relations
Most recently, Ms. Agudow was Vice President of Human Resources with TranSwitch Corporation where she built the human resources function and was heavily involved with corporation governance, equity programs, and mergers and acquisitions. Pat spent 13 years with General Reinsurance Corporation where she was Vice President of Human Resources responsible for 3,800 global employees. In total, Ms. Agudow has over thirty years experience in business management, specializing in human resources and corporate governance. Ms. Agudow holds a BS Degree in Management and Industrial Relations from University of Bridgeport. She has also completed executive business education at Babson College and Cornell University. Pat is affiliated with numerous national management and human resources professional associations and will build her association memberships in the solar and renewable energy industries. |
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