Mr. Marco Ghirardello

Council Member Biography

Marco Ghirardello is the Chief Executive Officer and Owner of Solar Advise - Solartechno. Mr. Ghirardello has experience in sales and turnkey installation of solar systems in Italy, Germany, and Spain. He also has experience in evaluating and preparing feasibility study of solar modules production lines, conducting market analysis, and identifying off-grid industrial segment as a potential area of growth for Shell Solar. Previously, he was Senior Project Developer at Evelop Nederland. Prior, Mr. Ghirardello was the Chief Executive Officer of Enerray, an Italy based firm focusing on providing medium and large turnkey solar plants to Italian industrial and financial customers. He was also Commercial Solar Sales Manager of Germany at Xantrex Technology and a business development manager at Shell Solar. He was responsible for sales of central inverters for large Photo-Voltaic (PV) plants and small grid connected inverters. Mr. Ghirardello holds an MBA from SDA Bocconi School of Management, (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2008 - 2009

Senior Project Developer, Evelop Nederland BV

2007 - 2008

Chief Executive Officer and Shareholder, Enerray s.r.l.

2005 - 2007

Chief Operational Officer, Solartechno S.R.L.

2004 - 2005

Commercial Solar Sales Manager for Germany, Xantrex Technology GmbH (Germany)

2003 - Unspecified

Chief Executive Officer and Owner, Solar Advise - Solartechno