At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CFO’ operating in the Solar space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Tyler Jensen
Chief Financial officer of Powur
Tyler is the founder of The Startup Garage, a business plan consulting and startup services firm specializing in helping entrepreneurs and business owners achieve success. Tyler is also the founder of VAVi, a sport & social club which he grew to over 25,000 members in six years. The company was recognized as San Diego’s 30th fastest growing private company in 2006 by the San Diego Business Journal and 32nd fastest in 2007. Tyler sold the company for over 150 times the capital investment in 2008. Tyler’s background and experience include sales, marketing, business and website development, and internet strategy. Tyler has developed an extensive network of business relationships focused on rapidly expanding companies. He specializes in the development of creative ideas, problem solving and effective and efficient planning in numerous areas of business. Tyler is knowledgeable in a broad range of growth issues including strategies for accelerating growth, development of business plans, strategic direction, sales and marketing, management development, recruiting and motivating employees and other operational and strategic issues. Tyler is a serial entrepreneur, investor and strategic advisor, and he is passionate about assisting other entrepreneurs.
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About Kion, Powur, The Startup Garage: Powur, a technology company, enables direct sellers to participate in the residential shift from dirty to clean energy.
Adrian Bock
CFO of d.light design
Adrian Bock is a d.light’s global CFO, Adrian brings a wealth of experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, change management, financial department re-engineering, and shared services set-up. He has been the Chief Financial Officer of several publicly listed companies operating out of Africa, in industries ranging from finance to fast-moving consumer goods. Prior to joining d.light, Adrian was the CFO and joint CEO of Ellies Holdings Limited, successfully turning around the fortunes of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed company, which provides energy-efficient electronic and solar products. Prior to Ellies, he also served as CFO of Trustco Group Holdings, a micro finance and micro insurance listed company. Adrian is a chartered accountant and completed his training at BDO Spence Stewart (previously Panel Kerr Foster) in 1997.
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About d.light design: d.light is an international social enterprise that serves people without access to reliable electricity.
Amrita Bhandari
CFO of Acumen
Acumen’s focus on building a world based on dignity through creative though tangible solutions is why I am so passionate about working here.” Amrita is Acumen’s global CFO, responsible for financial operations across our geographies, strategy, planning and reporting. Prior to Acumen, Amrita was CFO of Katzenbach Partners, a dynamic management consulting firm and was instrumental in the merger integration of Katzenbach with Booz & Co. In addition to her management role, she consulted with clients across a range of industries with a focus on strategy and planning. Since then, she developed her own independent consulting practice with a focus on inspiring organizations in the social sector. Amrita has worked with Acumen in the past as a strategy consultant covering a range of topics such as clarifying Acumen’s business model, developing a multi-year operating plan and evaluating Acumen’s employee compensation plans. Amrita has also worked with Management Leadership for Tomorrow, Edelman and other professional services firms. Amrita received a BA in International Relations from The College of Wooster.
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About Acumen: Acumen is a non-profit venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty.
Robert Lane
EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Sunnova
Robert Lane is the EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Sunnova Energy.
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About Sunnova: Sunnova is a solar power company providing nationwide coverage with local minded service to thousands of homes across the United States
Robert Pantano
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer of Nexamp
Robert Pantano oversees Nexamp’s financial strategy and function, as well as company operations. Prior to joining Nexamp in 2011, Rob spent several years as a consultant to start-up and early stage companies in software, Internet technology, financial services, and defense fields, at the executive and board levels. Previously, Rob served as CFO of Xanalys, Inc., a private equity-funded data-mining and investigative management software firm, and as CFO of Artificial Life, Inc., a NASDAQ listed company specializing at the time in web-based intelligent agent solutions. Rob brings a broad range of financial, strategic, and operational leadership experience to Nexamp, along with an extensive legal and corporate governance background. As a CFO, he has led an IPO and several private equity financings. Rob holds a BS in Accountancy from Bentley University.
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About Nexamp: Nexamp transforms the new energy economy with proven solutions for solar energy development, ownership, and operation.
Peter Tawczynski
Chief Financial Office of Nexamp
Peter Tawczynski leads Nexamp’s project finance team and is responsible for structured equity transactions, including tax equity, debt financing and portfolio acquisitions. Prior to joining Nexamp, Peter was an Experienced Manager with Grant Thornton, LLP where he was responsible for managing engagement teams in providing external audit services, under SEC reporting requirements, to NASDAQ- and NYSE-listed companies with both domestic and international operations. Peter also performed a secondment in Australia, where he provided external audit services under IFRS. Peter earned a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
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About Nexamp: Nexamp transforms the new energy economy with proven solutions for solar energy development, ownership, and operation.
Paul Yerich
CFO of Inspire
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About Harry’s, Inspire: Consumer technology platform that powers cleaner, more efficient, and more sustainable homes.
Alex Bradley
Chief Financial Officer of First Solar
Alexander R. Bradley was appointed chief financial officer in July 2016. Mr. Bradley previously served as vice president, treasury and project finance for First Solar. Mr. Bradley also served as a director on the board for the general partner of 8point3 Energy Partners. Mr. Bradley has led or supported the structuring, sale, and financing of over $10 billion and approximately 2.7 GW of the company’s worldwide development assets, including several of the largest photovoltaic power plant projects in North America. Mr. Bradley’s professional experience includes more than 10 years in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, and business development in the United States and internationally. Prior to joining the First Solar in May 2008, Mr. Bradley worked at HSBC in investment banking and leveraged finance, in London and New York, covering the energy and utilities sector. He received his Master of Arts from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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About First Solar: First Solar manufactures thin film photovoltaic modules and provides PV power plants and supporting services.
Rebecca Cranna
COO and CFO of Cypress Creek Renewables
Rebecca Cranna is the COO and CFO of Cypress Creek Renewables.
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About Cypress Creek Renewables: Cypress Creek Renewables is a national provider of local solar.
Larry Temlock
Co-Founder & CFO of The Sun Exchange
Larry Temlock The Sun Exchange is a company leading the development of new areas in project finance. Not merely another crowdfunding platform, it intelligently mixes blockchain technology, P2P financing, and IoT to provide solar energy projects with solutions benefitting from lower transaction expenses, speedy and transparent payments, real-time operating and financial disclosure, and cryptographic transactional verification without third party financial institutions. The company is facilitating the construction of environmentally sound, socially responsible projects that might otherwise go unfunded by traditional financial institutions and development agencies. I have MSc and BA degrees in Financial Engineering and Political Science from Columbia University, and most recently served as Managing Director of Debt Capital Markets origination at Daiwa Capital Markets in Hong Kong, where I worked on a variety of traditional and green financings in the Asia Pacific region. I also held similar debt capital markets and syndicate positions at UBS, JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch and ANZ. I bring to The Sun Exchange corporate finance expertise in emerging and developed economies, and a passion to provide sustainable financial solutions to worthy causes.
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About The Sun Exchange: The Sun Exchange is the peer-to-peer solar panel leasing platform,Connecting the world to the sun.
John Rebele
Chief Financial Officer of Standard Industries
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About Standard Industries: Standard Industries is a global, diversified holding company with interests in building materials.
Tim O’Brien
Chief Financial Officer of N-able Technologies
Tim O’Brien is the Chief Financial Officer at N-able.
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About N-able Technologies: N-able Technologies is a provider of complete IT management and automation solutions for managed service providers.
Nicholas Dardugno, Jr. Cpa
Chief Financial Officer, CPA of GoSun
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About GoSun: GoSun offers solar technology that provide fuel-free cooking, cooling, charging, lighting and water purification and more!
Michael Rands
CFO of Blue Raven Solar
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About Blue Raven Solar: We are a full service, end to end solar company that offers BluePower™ and BluePowerPlus+™ as the most innovative solar financing products.
Christopher Cline
Chief Financial Officer of Locus Energy
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About Locus Energy: Software monitoring and analytics for the solar industry.
Dustin Weber
Chief Financial and Operating Officer of Altus Power
Dustin Weber is the Chief Financial and Operating Officer at Altus Power, Inc.
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About Altus Power: Altus Power is creating a clean electrification ecosystem, serving its commercial, public sector and community solar customers.
Tom vonReichbauer
CFO of Sunrun
Tom vonReichbauer is the CFO at Sunrun.
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About Sunrun: Sunrun provides residential solar electricity and solar power services for homeowners.
David Lucke
CFO of Aurora Oil & Gas
J. David Lucke is the Chief Financial Officer of Tri-Point. Mr. Lucke has more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions. Prior to co-founding Tri-Point, Mr. Lucke worked in energy investment banking, including KeyBanc, Jefferies, ABN AMRO, Prudential Securities, and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Lucke also served as Chief Financial Officer of two independent exploration and production companies, Aurora Oil & Gas and Sabco Oil & Gas. In addition, Mr. Lucke worked for Coopers & Lybrand and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Lucke received an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and a BA from Duke University.
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About Aurora Oil & Gas, Tri-Point Oil & Gas Production Systems: Aurora Oil & Gas Limited engages in the development and production of oil and gas properties in North America.
Avi Goldin
Chief Financial Officer of Genie Energy Ltd.
Avi Goldin has served as Chief Financial Officer of Genie since August 2011. He served as Vice President of Corporate Development of IDT Corporation from May 2009 through October 2011. Mr. Goldin originally joined IDT in January 2004 and held several positions within IDT and its affiliates before leaving in January 2008 to join CayComm Media Holdings, a telecommunications acquisition fund, where he served as Vice President, Finance. Mr. Goldin rejoined IDT in May 2009 as Vice President of Corporate Development. Prior to joining IDT, Mr. Goldin served as an Investment Analyst at Dreman Value Management, a $7 billion asset management firm and an Associate in the Satellite Communications group at Morgan Stanley & Co. Mr. Goldin holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business of New York University, a B.A. in Finance from the Syms School of Business of Yeshiva University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
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About Genie Energy Ltd., LUMO Energy, Orbit Energy: Genie Energy Ltd., with its subsidiaries; IDT Energy & Diversegy, operates as a retail energy provider; & an oil & gas exploration company.
Jeff Yeager
Chief Financial Officer of Nokero
Jeff Yeager has worked in both operations and finance of small closely-held businesses for over 20 years and has extensive experience with high growth multi-national companies. Jeff’s expertise is in operational finance including import/export of goods, distribution, and manufacturing. He is currently affiliated with J Stuart Yeager CPA PC as the owner and Solvexis, Inc. as president. Prior to this, he is a Cost Accountant II at Abound Solar, Inc. Jeff earned his B.S. from Regis University in Denver, Colorado and is a Colorado licensed CPA.
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About Nokero: Nokero is a company that designs, manufactures, and cooperatively distributes solar products to developing world.
Martin Lundie
Chief Financial Officer of Ampulse
Martin Lundie brings over 30 years of experience in management, operations, and finance to Ampulse. Most recently, he was CFO at Sezmi Corporation, an on-demand personal television service provider. Previously, Martin was CFO at Picolight, an optical transceiver company, and assisted in the turnaround and sale of the company. Prior to Picolight, Martin was CFO of Lightwave Microsystems Corporation, a manufacturer of planar lightwave circuit products including optical multiplexor and variable optical attenuators. He also served as CFO of Vixel Corporation, a manufacturer of hubs and transceivers.
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About Ampulse, Sezmi Corporation, Sielo: Ampulse is a developer and manufacturer of solar cell solutions based on proprietary and c-Si thin-film technology.
Leo Vera
Co-Founder; Chief Business Officer & CFO of Swiftmile
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About Swiftmile: Swiftmile is a developer of light electric vehicle (LEV) charging systems.
David Allsworth
Chief Financial Officer of GlassPoint Solar
David oversees GlassPoint’s financial and administrative operations. He has more than two decades of financial experience with companies across the oil and gas and energy industries, most recently as a divisional SVP and CFO with IMI PLC. Previously, David held senior financial roles at Alstom Power, where he oversaw a $10B+ project portfolio for Alstom’s global gas power plant business. Before that, he served as CFO of the industrial gas turbine division for Siemens AG.
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About GlassPoint Solar: GlassPoint provides solar steam generators to the oil and gas industry for applications such as Enhanced Oil Recovery.
Bert Garcia
Chief Financial Officer of Sunfolding
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About Sunfolding: Sunfolding develops new approaches to solar tracking for commercial and utility systems.
Anderson Barkow
CFO, Co-Founder of BoxPower
Anderson Barkow is a co-founder and VP of finance at BoxPower.
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About BoxPower: BoxPower, designs and manufactures solar energy systems in a 20-foot shipping container.
Charles Silio
Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Prospect14
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About Prospect14: Prospect14 specializes in the development and scaled origination of solar energy & storage projects that enables rapid growth of the market.
Richard Atkinson
CFO of Capstone Turbine Corp
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About Capstone Turbine Corp: Capstone Turbine Corporation® is the world’s leading producer of low-emission microturbine systems.
Jeff Wakely
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer of Bigbelly
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About Bigbelly: Bigbelly transforms the way organizations manage waste & recycling, while saving time, fuel and money and beautifying their public space.
Marie Taylor
COO CFO of Matter Technology Ltd
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About Matter Technology Ltd: Matter Technology provides the benefits of distributed solar to tenants through the sharing of power.
Edward Paslawski
Chief Financial Officer of Beltane Solar Inc
Ed Paslawski is an experienced clean tech founder of multiple companies and has a thirty-five year career in commercial lending, structured finance, equity & mezzanine investing and investment banking.
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About Beltane Solar Inc: Solar Desalination – Sun Trio™ and Solar Cogeneration – SunDuo™
James A. May II
Chief Financial Officer of REC Silicon ASA
James A. May II is the Chief Financial Officer at REC Silicon.
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About REC Silicon ASA: Silicon producer for the solar and electronics industries
Jeffrey Gutman
Chief Financial Officer of Riley Permian
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About Riley Permian: Riley Permian is focused on high-growth energy exploration opportunities in the Permian Basin.
Jeffrey Gutman
Chief Financial Officer of Riley Permian
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About Riley Permian: Riley Permian is focused on high-growth energy exploration opportunities in the Permian Basin.