HONOLULU - (Business Wire) Sopogy
® today announced T. Michael May, recently retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Hawaiian Electric Company (NYSE: HE) was elected to Sopogy
’s board of directors. Michael also serves on the board of directors of the Electric Power Research Institute, the Edison Electric Institute and The James Campbell Company.
“Michael spent over a decade as CEO of Hawaii’s top company in Hawaiian Electric. There he led the public utility through change and growth. He also developed a deep network in the energy industry and we look forward to benefiting from his insights and experience as a member of Sopogy’s board,” said Darren T. Kimura, CEO of Sopogy.
“Sopogy is establishing its position as a leader in the Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) industry. Their MicroCSP technology is clearly one of the most innovative products in the market today. Sopogy is bringing renewable on-site generation to the distributed generation markets,” said T. Michael May, recently retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Hawaiian Electric Company. “I feel privileged to join this exciting and dynamic team and believe I can make a positive and immediate contribution to help Sopogy in this next phase of growth.”
At Hawaiian Electric, Michael was responsible for developing and executing the company’s long-term growth strategies, leading the company to encourage renewable energy and energy efficiency. He joined Hawaiian Electric as a Senior Vice President in 1992 and was elected President and CEO in 1995, he retired on August 1, 2008. Prior to Joining Hawaiian Electric he was the founder and Principal of Management Assets Group, President of Caterpillar Capital Company and held the roles of Vice President and General Manager and VP Finance and Planning, CFO at Solar Turbines, Inc. Caterpillar, Inc.
Michael is a graduate of the University of Mississippi in Industrial Engineering/Management and received his Masters of Business Administration in Finance from the College of William & Mary.
About Sopogy
Sopogy specializes in MicroCSP solar technologies that bring the economics of large solar energy systems to the industrial, commercial and utility sectors in a smaller, robust and more cost effective package. Sopogy’s goals include to create solar solutions that improve the quality of life for all human kind and to bring order and simplicity to the chaos which is the current solar power business. Please visit www.sopogy.com for more information.
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