Mr. James F. Groelinger is President of EPV Solar, Inc., a leading clean technology company that designs, manufactures, and sells amorphous silicon ("a-Si") thin-film photovoltaic ("PV") modules to customers in a variety of end-markets. The Company is also developing advanced nano-crystalline silicon ("n-Si") and Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide ("CIGS") technologies. Mr. Groelinger's responsibilities include managing multi-faceted strategic initiatives and relationships.
Immediately prior to his tenure at EPV, Mr. Groelinger was Senior Vice President for business development for CHI Energy, Inc., a Stamford, CT-based renewable energy company. Previously, as a director of Putnam, Hayes & Bartlett, Inc., an international energy strategy firm, Mr. Groelinger was involved in numerous activities related to electric industry restructuring around the world.
Mr. Groelinger was the last VP-Finance of, the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation where he structured and negotiated financial guarantee packages for the development of commercial synthetic fuels technologies.
Mr. Groelinger started his career as a process engineer for Monsanto Chemical Company. He has a BChE from City College of New York and an MBA-Finance from Temple University.