PV Powered is the innovation leader for grid-tied PV inverters in the residential, commercial, and utility markets setting the industry standard for reliability and efficiency. Founded in Bend, Oregon in 2003, and privately owned, PV Powered brings together one of the most experienced design teams in solar power electronics to tackle three significant issues affecting the growth of solar power usage worldwide - (1) dramatically improving the reliability of inverters, (2) decreasing system lifecycle costs and (3) making distributed PV a scalable and controllable resource on the utility grid.
-- Executive Team --
Gregg Patterson
Gregg is CEO and Chairman of the Board of PV Powered. Prior to joining PV Powered, Mr. Patterson was a Vice President of Hewlett Packard within their extremely successful Printing and Imaging Group. His responsibilities at HP included; General Management of $1B+ businesses spanning both Enterprise and Consumer segments and direct involvement in mergers & acquisitions, successfully leading the acquisition and integration of several key companies bought by HP. Mr. Patterson also lead strategic technology platform development (HW, FW, SW, and online services teams) supporting multiple business sectors. Gregg has managed worldwide R&D teams of 300+ engineers and lead world wide procurement and operational efforts at HP growing the Deskjet Product line from several thousand units per month to more than 3 million units per month. Gregg graduated from the University of Washington with a BSME and was awarded an HP Fellowship and attended Stanford University where he got his Masters in Engineering.
Roger C. Laubacher
Roger has been the CFO of PV Powered for the last 51/2 years. He was instrumental in the rapid growth and success of the company through his work in raising funding, managing working capital, business development, and government relations. He has over 26 years experience providing financial leadership for small to medium sized high tech manufacturers. Prior to his tole at PV Powered, Roger served 2 years as CFO and VP of Finance for IdaTech (Fuel Cell company) and six years with Eurotherm/Action Instruments (a division of Invensys plc) for six years. Prior to that, he spent 10 years as CFO and Controller with Desalination Systems, where he played an instrumental role in Desal's rapid growth, ultimately leading to its acquisition by Osmonics (now GE Water). Roger holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from San Diego State University.
Steve Hummel
Steve Hummel is Vice President of Engineering, bringing 30 years of experience in high technology innovation and product development. Prior to PV Powered, he held VP Advanced Technology and VP Marketing roles for Nanometrics and was Chief Technology Officer for Accent Optical Technologies, both global suppliers of semiconductor metrology and process control suppliers. He spent 20 years as a research scientist, including experiences at AT&T Bell Labs, Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Labs, and Nova Crystals. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and has authored 85 publications and 13 patents. Steve holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from USC, where he was a Center for Photonic Technology Fellow, and an MSEE and BA in Chemistry from Rutgers University.
Erick Petersen
Erick is Vice President of Sales and Marketing at PV Powered. Prior to joining PV Powered, Erick spent 10 years at Planar Systems, most recently as Vice President and General Manager of the company’s Commercial Business Unit. While at Planar, Erick created the business strategy and assembled the team that grew the commercial flat panel monitor business from zero to $100M in three years. Prior to Planar, Erick held a wide range of sales, marketing and business development roles at the Danaher Corporation, Access Media, and Tektronix, Inc. Erick holds a BS degree from Oregon State University and attended the Advanced Executive Program of the Kellogg Graduate School of Business Administration at Northwestern University.
