SVTC Technologies

SVTC Technologies named Gunter Ziegenbalg the company’s new president. In his role, Ziegenbalg will focus on growing the firm’s global solar business as well as defining, establishing, and overseeing the photovoltaic manufacturing development facility.

Prior to SVTC, Ziegenbalg was a key executive at Moncada Energy Group, Italy, where he led the successful volume production ramp of a 50-megawatt thin film solar line. He also carried positions as the managing director of Signet Solar, president of ZMD America, Inc., and later executive vice president of Foundry Operations until September 2002. Ziegenbalg received his master’s degree in Nuclear Physics from the University of Technology, Dresden and an Executive MBA degree from Pepperdine University.

SVTC also named Jack Sexton as the new chief financial officer of SVTC Technologies. Sexton comes to the company with more than 25 years of experience in finance and operations, including 10 years with Silicon Valley-based technology companies and 15 years with Schlumberger. Most recently he consulted for Philips Lumileds. From 2005 to 2009, he was the CFO of Ultra Clean Technology, where he drove rapid, profitable growth, organically and through acquisition. Sexton also served as chief accounting officer of NPTest from 2002 to 2004. A certified public accountant, Sexton holds two Bachelor of Science degrees in finance and accounting from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, where he graduated magna cum laude.