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Mr. Widmar became CEO of First Solar in July 2016. He joined First Solar in April 2011 as chief financial officer and served as First Solar’s chief accounting officer from February 2012 through June 2015. Mr. Widmar has also served as a director on the board of the general partner of 8point3 Energy Partners LP (“8point3 Energy Partners”), then a publicly-traded yieldco and affiliate of First Solar. Prior to joining First Solar, Mr. Widmar served as chief financial officer of GrafTech International Ltd., a leading global manufacturer of advanced carbon and graphite materials, from May 2006 through March 2011, as well as president, Engineered Solutions from January 2011 through March 2011. Prior to joining GrafTech, Mr. Widmar served as corporate controller of NCR Inc. from 2005 to 2006, and was a business unit chief financial officer for NCR from November 2002 to his appointment as controller. He also served as a division controller at Dell, Inc. from August 2000 to November 2002 prior to joining NCR. Mr. Widmar also held various financial and managerial positions with Lucent Technologies Inc., Allied Signal, Inc., and Bristol Myers/Squibb, Inc. He began his career in 1987 as an accountant with Ernst & Young. Mr. Widmar holds a Bachelor of Science in business accounting and a Masters of Business Administration from Indiana University.

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As both a business leader and a growth strategist, I have broad expertise in all aspects of leading a successful business. New challenges excite me, and I build and lead teams to realize significant growth in revenue and profitability. I’m a progressive-thinking problem-solver, applying the theory that while business problems themselves may be quite complex, the solutions can often be broken down into manageable components. With extensive experience working in the international markets of Asia and Europe, I bring a global perspective to my work. Most recently engaged as President and CEO of A123 Systems, I managed all operational, financial, and strategic initiatives for this global manufacturer of lithium-ion battery solutions. During my tenure, I grew the company’s original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customer base by 250%, doubled annual revenue, and moved the company to profitability. With my proven history of turnaround management, my ability to create and lead high-performing teams, and my strong business and financial acumen, I am poised to make a swift and meaningful contribution to a dynamic organization. If you would like to start a conversation about how working together could be mutually beneficial, contact me at (336) 457-4789 or pwcirino@outlook.com. Specialties Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Team Building & Talent Growth Electronics & Electrification Sales & Marketing Strategy Leadership & Development Purchasing & Procurement Budgeting & Forecasting Greenfield Construction International Business Process Improvement Project Management Contract Negotiation Lean Manufacturing Market Intelligence Six Sigma & Kaizen

Howard Berke was recently executive chairman, CEO and co-founder of Konarka Technologies, an innovator in development commercialization of Nobel winning Power Plastic®, a lightweight, flexible material that converts light to electricity. Mr. Berke has nearly 40 years of hands-on management experience launching, building and leading both public and private technology startup companies. This includes 30 years of general management with full P&L responsibility for ten start-ups and 12 years of corporate, business development and product marketing focused on emerging technologies. He co-founded 17 start-up companies, was a venture capitalist, mentored, angel-invested in several more and has initiated, completed IPOs, numerous corporate acquisitions, mergers, strategic partnerships, R&D joint ventures in the U.S., Europe, Asia. He advises start-up companies, entrepreneurs in a wide range of fields including medical devices, biotech, informatics, software, networking, IT, Telcon, alternative energy technologies. In addition to serving as delegate to the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers, he is a former founding board director for ACORE. He helped to found and organize the New England Clean Energy Council and has guest lectured on entrepreneurship at Yale, Harvard, MIT, numerous other campuses and elsewhere throughout the world. Mr. Berke was a board director of SEIA, ACORE and The Coalition for Green Capital (CGC), a non-profit organization that advocates for tax and finance policies that support investment in energy efficiency and clean energy. He is a former senior advisor to Good Energies, a global leading private investment firm in energy efficiency, solar companies and large scale wind developers. Mr. Berke received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Yale University. His academic training includes finance, accounting, operations research, corporate law, architecture and physics.

Matthew L. Scullin is an American materials scientist and businessman, best known for his work in sustainability related to methane emissions reduction from the oil & gas and agriculture industries. He was named Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2012 and has published over 50 papers and patents, garnering over 1700 citations and an h-index of 17.