Sungevity Adds Top Executives and Silicon Valley Veteran Skip Battle Joins Board of Directors

OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Sungevity, the leading online residential solar provider, announced today the addition of Alec Guettel as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Nick Mack as General Counsel, and Skip Battle to its Board of Directors.

"I have been excited to be involved with Sungevity since the start, as a Board member, but am now thrilled to be joining the team full-time as we gear up for a great year of growth," said Alec Guettel. "It is going to be a privilege to work beside Skip and Nick as well as the existing team members as we deliver easy and affordable solar electricity to mainstream America and beyond."

The additions follow Sungevity's recent move into new offices in Oakland's historic Jack London Square, where the two year old solar company has plans for continued growth and expansion. Mayor Ron Dellums welcomed the company to Oakland in his State of the City speech last night.

"We've been very intentionally building a dream team to provide the best customer experience of solar as a service. Now with Nick, Alec and Skip rounding out our senior team plus our new home we'll be able to fulfill our potential," said Danny Kennedy, President and cofounder of Sungevity.

More about the new Sungevity executives:

• Alec Guettel has been on the Board of Sungevity since it was founded and is now joining the staff permanently to explore new market and growth opportunities. He comes to the company from Axiom Law, another thriving start-up that he founded and after a successful sale of his family business, the Rogers & Hammerstein Organization, which he served on the Board of for 15 years. Aside from his substantial start-up and business experience, Mr. Guettel also worked in the Environmental Protection Agency in the first Clinton Administration working directly with Carol Browner, who is now Obama's Climate and Energy Adviser.
• Nick Mack is a seasoned lawyer from the solar energy industry, having recently served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Mainstream Energy Corp. / REC Solar / and AEE Solar, which combined make up one of the largest solar businesses in the country, including the nation's biggest residential solar company. Prior to that Mr. Mack served as Deputy General Counsel at Yodlee, a software start-up in the financial services sector, as well as working as in-house counsel for Sun Microsystems.
• Skip Battle is a stalwart of Silicon Valley as CEO of Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com), and advising both Expedia.com and Netflix. He stills serves on the Board of Netflix, is the Chair of Fair, Isaac & Company (FICO) Board of Directors, and is on the Board of OpenTable, which recently had a successful IPO. Mr. Battle brings his substantial internet and start-up business experience to the solar industry through Sungevity. Mr. Battle was a Senior Partner for Anderson Consulting, now Accenture, from 1968 till the late 90s, and has also worked closely with the Aspen Institute for a number of years.

Sungevity was the first solar company to get away from the traditional home estimate model by providing quotes over the web and has been recognized for its innovative and easy cost-cutting strategy.

"Skip Battle will bring additional impact to Sungevity with years of building game-changing online companies under his belt. Just as Expedia transformed travel and Netflix revolutionized the video rental business, Sungevity is poised to change how consumers go solar," said Kennedy.

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About Sungevity

Sungevity is a solar sales company, with a mission to take solar to the mainstream market. Our company has a strong team that brings together successful start-up experience, environmental leadership and solar industry knowledge. Sungevity has designed and launched a unique online sales process to make it easy and affordable for homeowners to go solar. Sungevity's early success and growth in the Bay Area have proven the power of this approach, jumping to the top-ten list of solar sales companies in California in our first year. Sungevity is now enhancing the customer experience with new online innovations, and increasing our service coverage across the US and beyond. For more information, please visit www.sungevity.com.

SOURCE Sungevity