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HelioVolt Taps Former DuPont Executive to be CTO
Author: CompoundSemi News Staff

April 21, 2008... Austin, Texas-based thin film solar technology firm, HelioVolt, has hired former DuPont executive, Dr. Louay Eldada as the company’s new chief technology officer (CTO). Dr. Eldada will direct strategic technology planning and development of HelioVolt’s advanced thin film solar energy products in the new position. HelioVolt is commercializing a suite of high performance copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) photovoltaic products based on the company’s rapid FASST™ manufacturing process. According to HelioVolt, the proprietary process can be used to print high efficiency, low-cost photovoltaic materials for solar panels, integrated systems, and solar-enabled building products including architectural glass, and roofing tiles. HelioVolt says that Dr. Eldada will manage both internal and collaborative technology development in his new position.

For the past five yours Eldada was an executive at Dupont. Prior to that, Dr. Eldada founded and managed Telephotonics Inc., which was later acquired by DuPont. Dr. Eldada also served at Honeywell Inc. (formerly AlliedSignal Inc.) where he started the Telecom Photonics business unit and then directed its R&D branch. Corning Inc. acquired the successful group, and Dr. Eldada continued to manage technical development.

“Renewable energy has been a lifelong passion of mine. I’m looking forward to applying my experience in defining technology roadmaps and achieving those strategic targets to my new role at HelioVolt, a company as dynamic and promising as the growing solar energy market it intends to help reshape,” said Dr. Eldada. HelioVolt News Release

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