Clean Energy Associates has tapped a veteran sales and marketing executive for high-growth companies to continue its global expansion in supply chain, engineering services and quality assurance for developers and installers of solar PV and energy storage systems.

Darryl Parker, previously in the PV power electronics sector for the past 13-plus years, joins as Vice President, Sales and Marketing, with responsibility for the strategic direction and execution of CEA's global commercial team in eight countries.

"Clean Energy Associates is leagues ahead of the market in delivering solar PV and energy storage supply chain and market intelligence, quality assurance, and third-party engineering services," said Parker. "As countries and organizations begin aggressively implementing renewable strategies to meet their carbon-neutral goals, having a trusted and experienced third-party advisor will be crucial to executing those plans efficiently. I look forward to further developing CEA's vision statement of becoming the leading global solar and storage engineering services company by 2025."

"Darryl's experience in scaling international sales and marketing organizations for leading companies in high-growth industries will be a huge asset to us," said Andy Klump, CEO and Founder of Clean Energy Associates. "As we continue our rapid expansion into new geographies and new market segments, having an experienced sales and marketing leader with deep power electronics experience will drive significant value to our clients spanning 60-plus countries."

Parker brings more than 35 years of expertise in managing sales and marketing teams in high-volume organizations to his new role at CEA. Most recently, Parker held the role of Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Ampt, a PV power electronics business where he oversaw the global sales and field application engineering team, delivering significant customer value and 10X sales growth over the past five years.

He previously spent five years at Satcon as Vice President, Sales, heading the North America and Asia Pacific Sales Operations in addition to managing their Global Services business practice during their growth from $7M to $187M+ in revenue. He has also led divisions of large companies such as Harris Corporation, NCR and Sun Microsystems, including leadership of international business units with 200+ professionals.

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