BCLEANTECH - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- President and Chief Operating Officer of Siemens Solar Industries
- Solar Industry Expert
Dr. Gay began his career in 1974 designing solar power system components for communications satellites at Spectrolab, Inc. and later joined ARCO Solar, where he established the R&D program and led commercialization of crystalline silicon photovoltaics.
In 1990, Dr. Gay became president and chief operating officer of Siemens Solar Industries. From 1994 to 1997, he served as director of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the world's leading laboratory for energy efficiency and renewable energy research and technology.
In 1997, Dr. Gay was president and CEO of ASE Americas, Inc., and in 2001 became chairman of the technical advisory board at SunPower Corporation. He joined Applied Materials in 2006 as corporate vice president and general manager of the Solar Business Group.
In 2009 he was named president of Applied Solar and chairman of the Applied Solar Council at Applied Materials, Inc. As such, he was responsible for positioning the Company's clean energy efforts with important manufacturers in the solar industry and particularly governments around the world.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Owner of Byers Peak Power Consultants
- Power Plant EPC Expert
Chris Laursen is the Owner of Byers Peak Power Consultants, LLC, which provides management consulting to the power generation industry.
In 2013, Chris retired as Chief Executive Officer of Quanta Power Generation.
Quanta Power Generation is an EPC contractor for utility scale solar and gas fired power generation projects, and a subsidiary of Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR), a $5 billion specialty contractor. Prior to his tenure with Quanta, Laursen worked for Shaw Power, Gibbs & Hill, and Stone & Webster, all EPC contractors in the power generation industry.
Chris has 40 years' of global experience in the engineering, design and construction of large-scale utility power plants, including coal fired, gas fired, geothermal, solar, and nuclear. He has a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering from City College of New York and is a registered professional engineer in the State of New York.
International Executive with 25 years of general management experience focused on business growth, Mr. Borgers has developed a strong track record in delivering new business in the Solar Industry for 15 years. Critical to his success has been his ability to lead large, multifunctional teams, to negotiate complex deals in all regions of the world, and to understand the business drivers in specific markets. He has unique experience in the Solar Industry, having held leadership roles in all the steps of the value chain.
His experience ranges from the Solar feedstock business with Dow Corning, the sale of solar modules and solar power plants with Soitec, and the debt and equity raising for utility scale solar projects with Emirates Capital.
Mr. Borgers has broad international experience, having lived and worked in Europe, the USA, and Asia. He held positions in the executive committee of Soitec and Emirates Capital. He was a board member of Infinite Power Solution, a battery start-up based in Denver, Colorado.
He has a masters degree in Chemical Engineering and another in Business and Administration from the UCL in Belgium.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chief Executive
- Chairman and Co - Founder of Zolentis
Geoffery E. Merszei is Chairman and co-founder of Zolentis, a global investment and advisory firm based in Zug, Switzerland.
Geoffery brings with him close to 40 years of experience in the Industrial sector. He held several Top Executive positions in Fortune 50 corporations, leaders in their respective industrial activities. He brings considerable experience in executive business leadership and corporate finance.
In 2013, Geoffery founded Zolentis, a company that focuses on investing in and developing businesses in the Advanced Materials and Specialty Chemicals sectors.
Geoffery's career spanned more than 30 years with The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) where he held various senior leadership positions across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
In 2001, Geoffery left Dow to be the Chief Financial Officer of Alcan Inc.
He returned to Dow in July 2005 as its Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed to Dow's Board from 2005 to 2009 and was its Lead Director on the Board of Dow Corning Corporation.
Accomplished international executive with almost 30 years of experience at DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY a Fortune 50 corporation, he has successfully led and orchestrated in excess of 60 highly complex M&A transactions in size from one dollar to $20 billion. Experienced leader of multi functional and cross business teams, he has negotiated and implemented international accounting, treasury and tax structures while adhering to global compliance standards and stakeholder needs.
Joining BCleantech Stephane is still on the board of The Emirates Capital Limited. Before that, he was serving as President, Dow Africa, since 2010. He is passionate about the economic potential of the Continent and has established a wide network of senior level stakeholders across that region.