SPI Announces Appointment of New Chief Technology Officer
Industry veteran with over twenty years' experience to help optimize SPI's Solarbao.com online investment platform
SHANGHAI, March 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Solar Power, Inc. ("SPI") (OTCBB:SOPW), a vertically-integrated photovoltaic ("PV") project developer, today announced that Mr. Yue Dong has joined SPI as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Mr. Dong joins SPI from lvmama.com, one of China's largest B2C online travel agencies, where he served as CTO.
Mr. Dong will focus on overseeing the technical operations and ongoing optimization of SPI's online investment platform, Solarbao.com, and providing technology support for SPI's solar power plant operations and maintenance (O&M) system. He will also lead SPI's initiatives in big data analysis for power efficiency optimization management.
"I am delighted to welcome Yue to SPI's rapidly growing team of world-class senior executives," said Xiaofeng Peng, Chairman of SPI. "With over twenty years of experience as an IT executive at leading companies in both China and Silicon Valley, Yue is ideally positioned to take SPI's online strategy to the next level."
Mr. Peng continued, "Our recently announced Solarbao.com online investment platform has already seen encouraging popularity among individual investors, and Yue will be a great asset as we continue to optimize this platform for new investment products and functionalities."
Prior to joining SPI, Mr. Dong served as CTO at lvmama.com, one of China's largest B2C online travel agencies as well as CTO and senior vice president at lashou.com, a top Chinese group-buying site.
About Solar Power, Inc. (OTCBB:SOPW)
Solar Power, Inc. ("SPI" or the "Company") is a global leader in enabling photovoltaic ("PV") solutions for business, residential, government and utility customers and investors. SPI focuses on the downstream PV market including the development, financing, installation, operation and sale of utility-scale and residential solar power projects in China, Japan, Europe and North America. The Company also operates an innovative online energy e-commerce and investment platform, www.solarbao.com, which enables individual and institutional investors to purchase innovative PV-based investment and other products. The Company has its operating headquarters in Shanghai and global operations in Asia, Europe and North America.
For additional information visit: www.spisolar.com or www.solarbao.com.
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