MegaWatt Solar™

Reidar Langmo

Chairman of Board

• Co-founder ScanWafer (1994) and REC (2000), world’s leading solar company.
• Held positions as chairman and CEO both in REC and its subsidiaries
• Key role in REC’s strategic acquisitions of Komatsu’s c-Si plants in 2002 and 2005
• REC had the most successful clean energy IPO to date at ~$8B market cap in 2006.
• MSc from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Mark Conroy

• 28 years of global executive leadership experience at GE Energy.
• General Manager of GE Solar Technologies.
• Vice Chairman on the Board of the Solar Energy Industries Association.
• BSME from Univ. of DE with an emphasis on solar energy.
• Conceived GE solar powered water filtration system for the 2004 Asia Tsunami.

John Torvik

• VP/GM of Advanced Power Technologies.
• Co-founder and CEO of PowerSicel, Inc, a successful power semiconductor start-up.
• Director at MegaWatt Solar and Stellaris.
• BA in Physics from St. Olaf College, MEEE from Cornell University & Ph.D. University of CO.
• Published and has 8 patents.

Charles Evans

• Co-founded MegaWatt Solar.
• Tenured professor of Physics, UNC - Chapel Hill.
• Theoretical Physicist, Relativistic Astrophysics.
• BSME from Univ. of DE with an emphasis on solar energy.
• Long term focus on energy markets.

Dan Gregory

• 25-year electric utility industry: EPRI UCA, IEEE Standards Association, and CIGRE.
• Entrepreneur - customer relationship specialization, multiple innovations for utility market.
• Founder - Tasnet, Plymouth Systems, co-founder MegaWatt Solar.
• Smart Grid pioneer and industry leader.

Jim Lamont

• 20 years of experience developing, marketing, and selling product and service solutions in both consumer and commercial markets.
• Created Nortel marketing programs to serve the telecommunications industry.
• Started several new business ventures, the most notable being Kalos Tours, a high-end international tour operator
• BS Economics from McDaniel College.
• MBA in Marketing from Duke University.

Jim Lyons

• 30-year GE experience\Chief Engineer at GE’s Corporate R&D Center.
• Technology leader for GE global R&D team in Germany, US, India, & China.
• Championed renewable energy within GE, co-leading GE’s entry into wind and served as post-acquisition CTO.
• Served on the boards of GE Powerex, Nordic Windpower and the Electric Drive Trade Assoc.
• BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
• MS from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a Ph.D. from Cornell.