Beleaguered GT Advanced Technologies Inc. in Merrimack appointed Greg Knight as CEO after accepting the resignation of the previous CEO, Dave Keck. The leadership change comes as the company emerges from bankruptcy after a major deal with Apple went south.
Knight is a member of the GT board and has extensive photovoltaic industry experience. He has held leadership positions at various companies including GT, where he was the director of process engineering during GT's rapid expansion in the photovoltaic industry between 2006 and 2010. Most recently, he was founder and CEO of Exawatt and PV Tech Group, two consulting firms specializing in providing strategic marketing and technology advisory services to companies in the photovoltaic industry. Knight studied chemistry at Cornell University and is a graduate of the U.S. Navy's Nuclear Power School.
"The solar industry is at an inflection point, where significant cost-down opportunities have reached their limits and the market needs technologies that deliver ever greater efficiency," says Knight. "GT's unique positioning in photovoltaics presents a number of exciting opportunities to work with our world-class roster of customers and partners to drive the necessary technical innovation in solar and to generate significant growth for the company."
GT is focused on advanced technologies and processes for CZ ingot growth, advanced directional solidification platforms and next-generation polysilicon and silane technologies.