Sungevity Appoints Ken Schwarz Chief Financial Officer
10/11/2013
OAKLAND, CA
Sungevity, Inc., a recognized leader in the global solar market, today announced the appointment of Ken Schwarz as the company's Chief Financial Officer. Schwarz brings over three decades of corporate financial expertise to Sungevity, primarily from the high growth telecommunications industry. Prior to joining Sungevity, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Information Systems at Primus Telecommunications Group Inc. (NYSE: PTGI), a publicly held international telecommunications firm. Prior to that, Schwarz was President and Chief Financial Officer of Simplexity, LLC, a privately owned online seller of wireless communications services. Schwarz has also held executive positions at Intersections Inc. (NASDAQ: INTX), WinStar Telecommunications, Cable & Wireless and MCI, where he served as Corporate Controller.
"Ken joins us at a very exciting stage of our company's progression and his vast corporate financial experience from an analogous fast moving, high growth industry make him ideal for our organization," said Andrew Birch, Sungevity's Chief Executive Officer.
"I was drawn to Sungevity's scalable business model and their keen focus on the customer experience," said Schwarz. "I look forward to contributing my financial and operational expertise towards the company's continued growth."
"Ken joins us at a very exciting stage of our company's progression and his vast corporate financial experience from an analogous fast moving, high growth industry make him ideal for our organization," said Andrew Birch, Sungevity's Chief Executive Officer.
"I was drawn to Sungevity's scalable business model and their keen focus on the customer experience," said Schwarz. "I look forward to contributing my financial and operational expertise towards the company's continued growth."
ABOUT SUNGEVITY
Sungevity is a global solar energy provider focused on making it easy and affordable for homeowners to benefit from solar power. Leveraging proprietary remote solar design technology, Sungevity can deliver a quote without a home visit and provide homeowners with visibility to potential savings on their electricity bills. The company continues to grow its global customer base and now services 12 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and the Netherlands. Sungevity is also the residential solar partner to Lowe’s, and was recognized in 2015 by B Corp as one of the “Best for the World” companies for overall social and environmental impact. For more information, visit www.sungevity.com.
CONTACT:
John Ordoña
Sungevity, Inc.
(510) 496-5673
jordona@sungevity.com
