Management

A globally distributed, synergetic team combining serial entrepreneurship, vacuum product R&D
and mass manufacturing experience

Piero Abbate, Founder & CEO

  • Serial entrepreneurship in high-tech: 11 years
  • Experience in solar thermal: 4 years
  • Background: Venture Capital, Inv. Banking
  • Global exposure: EU and US
  • Remarks: main shareholder of TVP

Patrick Bouju, VP Sales

  • C-level experience: 28 years
  • High-tech start-up experience: 6 years
  • Background: Semiconductors
  • Global exposure: Asia, EU and US
  • Remarks: tier-1 Asian network

Salvatore Romano, VP Purchasing

  • Serial entrepreneurship: 5 years
  • Experience in solar thermal: 4 years
  • Background: Metallurgy, Broadcasting
  • Global exposure: EU
  • Remarks: MD Italian operations

Vittorio Palmieri, Founder & CTO

  • Serial entrepreneurship in high-tech: 7 years
  • Experience in solar thermal: 7 years
  • Background: CERN, R&D
  • Global exposure: EU and US
  • Remarks: main patent author at TVP

Francesco Di Giamberardino, VP Product Development

  • C-level experience: 20 years
  • Experience in solar thermal: 5 years
  • Background: Vacuum based display, R&D
  • Global exposure: EU, US and Asia
  • Remarks: intrinsic to product engineering

Davide Spagnoli, VP Industrial Engineering

  • Experience in mass manufacturing: 10 years
  • Experience in production line set-up: 5 years
  • Background: Vacuum based display, chillers
  • Global exposure: Asia, EU and US
  • Remarks: intrinsic to process engineering

Piero Martinotti, Advisor

  • C-level experience: 28 years
  • High-tech start-up mentoring: 7 years
  • Background: Semiconductors
  • Global exposure: EU, Asia and US
  • Remarks: corporate/manufacturing strategy

Carlo Lamprecht, Advisor

  • Political experience: 13 years
  • Political history: President of Canton Geneva
  • Background: CERN, Finance, Politics
  • Global exposure: EU and Asia
  • Remarks: tier-1 networking

Piero Capocelli, Advisor

  • Patent experience: 18 years
  • High tech start-up mentoring: 11 years
  • Background: Semiconductors, R&D
  • Global exposure: EU and US
  • Remarks: IP strategy