Frank Faller Email & Phone Number

Pleasanton, California, US

Endicott, New York, US

Houston, Texas, US

• responsible for organizing, planning, facilitating, consolidating and tracking of outputs of the strategic planning and balanced scorecard cycles in coordination with the EDPR corporate planning group
• ensuring PV panel quality, long-term performance and energy output and LCOE predictions
• tracking and assessing of developments in solar energy and electrical storage technologies
• forward performance and cost curves for PV & ESS technologies

El Dorado Hills, California, US

• Guiding procurement team in all questions around PV panel supplier selection, panel quality and lifetime performance (e.g., degradation modes) which led to minimizing risk exposure in PV plant design
• Providing forward curves for PV panel power, performance and cost to optimize procurement strategy
• Analyzing supplier and technology options for electrical storage batteries/systems
• Advising management on technological forward trends and developments in both PV and Storage
• Attendance and representation of company on international conferences & key events

Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, DE

• Led global sales efforts for PV panel assembly line equipment of SCHMID Group
• Developed and optimized sales presentation identifying and promoting unique selling propositions
• Performed market research, analysed competitors technologies and offerings
• International travel, representation of company on conferences, exhibits

• Founded international consultancy for PV technology strategy, business plan development, market expansion & product marketing/placement
• Key engagement with suppliers of technology or machinery in China, Germany and The Americas

Blaubeuren, Baden-Württemberg, DE

• Coordination of all sales and service business of the centrotherm group in North-America.
• Starting up subsidiary in Atlanta, Georgia, office selection, building team
• Successful business development with over 50 projects pipeline mostly for turnkey equipment for the production of solar cells and panels

Hillsboro, OR, US

• Build and expanded team for sales of crystalline silicon wafers and solar cells to global PV industry
• Successful placement of long-term wafer supply agreements in aggregate volume of over $ 7 billion
• Establishment of Technical Marketing and Customer Service team
• Representation of company on international conferences and exhibitions

Newark, DE, US

• First in the industry to introduce PECVD-SiN coating equipment & process to solar cell production (today, this is a standard technology used in every solar cell factory)
• Design, start-up and operation of a semi-automated customized solar module assembly line for company's specific solar cell format

London, England, GB

• Coordination of all technical/research projects of Shell Solar in Europe, especially with local research organizations like IMEC, ECN and Fraunhofer ISE
• Supporting technical team in designing and starting up solar cell factory in Gelsenkirchen
• Advising Board of German Shell on questions around PV market trends and technical developments

Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, DE

• Researching advanced technologies for crystalline-silicon wafer-based solar cells
• Developing first-of-its-kind CVD reactor to deposit epitaxial silicon layers on substrates
• Publishing of several peer-reviewed papers, presentation on key PV conferences
• Registered PhD candidate at University of Freiburg; graduation December 1998

Phd, Physics

Msc, Elementary Particle Physics

Research Associate, Elementary Particle Physics

Bsc, Physics