Management
Board of Directors
John Trbovich
Chairman of the Board
John Trbovich is a General Partner of MVP. Mr. Trbovich has over 12 years experience advising emerging growth companies in such areas as strategy, business development and corporate finance. Mr. Trbovich was previously a principal investor in the communications and information technology sectors, a co-founder and principal of E*OFFERING, and a senior technology banker at Robertson Stephens & Co. Mr. Trbovich is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and the School of Engineering at Columbia University.
Bill Kingsley
Director
Bill Kingsley is a managing partner with EnerTech Capital, a leading-US based venture capital firm focused on opportunities that reduce the cost of producing and consuming energy and clean energy. Bill received a BS in Business Administration from Lynchburg College and an MA in Telecommunications from George Washington University.
Bob Balch
Director
Robert Balch is a Vice President of Cycad Group, a venture capital firm focusing on investments in companies with enabling solutions, disruptive technologies, and innovative products. Bob holds a B.Sc. in Biological Sciences from California State University, Sacramento and an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix.
Jens Christian Mathiesen
Director
Mr. Mathiesen has more than 20 years experience within the capital markets, project finance and private equity investments. In his capacity as a Senior Partner with New Energy Solutions, Jens has executed investments and is one the Board on a number of companies across Europe and North America. Prior to joining the New Energy Solutions team Jens was with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Before this he has been with companies in the clean tech and financial service sectors. Jens has a MSc in Political Science and BSc in Accounting.
Pedro Ribeiro Santos
Director
Pedro Ribiero Santos has a BSc in Physics Engineering from IST (Portugal), and an MBA and MSc in Economics from UNL (Portugal). Having worked as a researcher in Physics for the University of Oxford (UK), he joined the Lisbon office of Accenture (at the time, Andersen Consulting) in 1995, where he built experience in management and IT consulting. From 2002 to 2004, he was the IT and Organizational Director at Sociedade Central de Cervejas, a Portuguese beverages company. In 2004, he joined the strategic consulting firm The Boston Consulting Group in Lisbon, which he left as a principal in 2009 to join Espirito Santo Ventures.
Earl Fuller
Director
Earl Fuller joined the Company in January 2009 as Chief Executive Officer. From November 2001 until January 2009 Mr. Fuller was Vice President of Emcore Corporation and served as General Manager of both the Photovoltaics Division as well as the Solar Power Division.
Dr. Sudheer Pimputkar
CTO, Interim CEO and Director
Dr. Pimputkar joined Iosil and April 2009 as Chief Technical Officer. He was previously Chief Technology Officer of Accent Energy, Vice President of Technology at Battelle, and a Principal at EnerTech Capital Partners. Along with a PhD from Cornell, he brings a wide range of industrial experience to the company in areas of Product and Technology Development, Start-up Technology Companies, and Strategic Business Development.
Management
Dr. Sudheer Pimputkar, CTO & Interim CEO
Dr. Pimputkar joined Iosil in April 2009 as Chief Technology Officer. He was previously Chief Technology Officer of Accent Energy, Vice President of Technology at Battelle, and a Principal at EnerTech Capital Partners. Along with a PhD from Cornell, he brings a wide range of industrial experience to the company in areas of Product and Technology Development, Start-up Technology Companies, and Strategic Business Development.
Dr. Karthik Balakrishnan, Sr. VP, Manufacturing and Engineering
Dr. Balakrishnan joined the company in November 2011, as Sr. Vice President of Manufacturing and Engineering. Most recently he was Director of Engineering and Process Technology, Polysilicon Operations with MEMC Electronic Materials. And prior he was with General Electric Plastics serving as Operations Manager, as well as Process Technologist. Along with his PhD in Chemical Engineering he brings over 10 years of experience in Operations Leadership, Technology Management, Process Design and Development, Engineering, Start-Up and Plant Operations Support.
Geoffrey Flagg, CFO
Geoffrey Flagg, a principal in CFO Resource Group, is a CPA with over 15 years of experience in public accounting and finance and accounting for both publicly-traded and privately-held businesses. He spent four years with the national accounting firm BDO Seidman, LLP. Subsequently, he joined Rentech, Inc., a publicly-traded alternative energy company, as the Corporate Controller and then Chief Financial Officer. He is experienced in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, SEC reporting, treasury functions, finance, and M&A. Geoffrey joined CFO Resource Group in July 2007. He holds his undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Colorado at Denver, his CPA and is a member of the AICPA.
Cost-Effectiveness
The Iosil Energy process has many unique advantages when it is compared to other polysilicon production technologies. Its efficient iodine chemistry requires less equipment, fewer raw materials, and less energy to produce high purity polysilicon than traditional polysilicon production technologies.
| Less Equipment | + | Fewer Raw Materials | = = |
Simpler Process Lower Capital |
| Less Equipment | + | Less Energy | = | Lower Operating Cost |
| Lower Capital | + | Lower Operating Cost | = | Iosil’s Process |
A lower cost translates into more product for less money.
Efficient Chemistry
Typical chemical processes for the production of polysilicon require the use of hydrogen and chlorine gasses. Silicon reactions create compounds that can be purified through distillation and subsequent separation of the silicon. These processes inherently require high pressures with limited chemical efficiencies. In addition, there are multiple chemical byproducts that need to be recycled and recovered. This inefficient silicon-chlorine-hydrogen chemistry causes additional capital cost and operational cost.
On the other hand, iodine operates at normal atmospheric pressures and combines efficiently with silicon. Nearly the only output is SiI4, a molecule that can be distilled from impurities, and then the reaction can be reversed to produce pure silicon:
![Graphic representation of the chemical process. [(Si + 2I2) -> SiI4 -> (Si + 2I2)]](/images/chemistry-process.png)
Iosil’s innovation with this iodine-silicon chemistry has resulted in much less capital requirements for processing, much higher yields and lower manufacturing costs. This gives Iosil an advantage in achieving cost effective production of silicon even from saw kerf waste.
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