Gilles Lemagnen

‣ Identify opportunities in all solar segments (FiT, self-consumption, hybrid systems, storage) ‣ Develop and maintain relationships with new and existing clients (EPCs, investors) ‣ Promote company brand ‣ Manage product marketing activities

‣ Prepared technical proposals for quotations ‣ Wrote technical documentations with R&D/Engineering ‣ Contributed to product development & enhancement with Marketing ‣ Performed presentations (marcom events, technical trainings) with Sales

Power-One, with a 40-year history in high efficiency and high density power supply products has grown to become the world’s second largest designer and manufacturer of photovoltaic inverters (Aurora) which led to its acquisition by ABB in July 2013. ‣ Provided post-sales support through hotline & on-site diagnostics ‣ Performed commissioning & maintenance of central inverters ‣ Prepared technical reports for Quality & Engineering

Solyndra is a US start-up which designed, manufactured, & sold cylindrical CIGS solar photovoltaic modules & mounting hardware for low-slope commercial rooftops. ‣ Supported the Country Manager in daily Bus. Dev activities ‣ Successfully applied for BIPV FiT, wind & fire certification (CSTB) ‣ Delivered technical support & training to large PV integrators in Europe ‣ Took active part in the successful execution of Solyndra’s first/world-class rooftop installations in France (1.3MW, 1.2MW)

‣ Evaluated China’s solar market potential (thermal, PV) ‣ Reported on government’s solar subsidies programs and Feed-in Tariff ‣ Designed and developed a performance monitoring script to compare several PV glass technologies

‣ Reviewed the state of the art in solar cell technologies (scientific papers) ‣ Performed electrical certification of PV modules (IV-curves, UL standards) ‣ Promoted the use of renewable energy to the public and the government

Minor in Entrepreneurship