CEO
SolarVision Co
412 Los Gatos Almaden road
Suite 107
Los Gatos
CAUSA
95032
Email:
askumanich@solarvisionco.com
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Andy Skumanich is Founder and CEO at SolarVision Co. which is a market research and technology development company offering both technical and business support in the Solar domain since 2007. It has now grown to include a team of seasoned industry experts with global engagements including micro-grids in developing countries. Previously, Andy was Vice President at Innovalight, a solar cell company in Silicon Valley. He spent several years at Applied Materials in the Solar division, and prior to that in the AMAT Semiconductor division. He was an Engineering Manager at KLA. Before that, he was a Research Staff Member at IBM Research pursuing advanced thin film materials. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Berkeley on thin films for photo-voltaics. He is proud to be a Hertz Foundation Fellow, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He has published numerous scientific papers as well as technical solar papers, and has been asked to present at numerous conferences. He is broadly knowledgeable in the technical and market aspects of PV Technology, along with Thin Film PV, CPV, CSP, and BIPV. He can be reached at askumanich (at) solarvisionco.com, and more details can be found at www.solarvisionco.com