The Brentwood Group, Ltd. launches new website

The Brentwood Group, the results-focused retained executive search firm, has unveiled its new website. This improved platform showcases the company’s experience, expertise and success and the value we help create for our technology and alternative energy clients through the acquisition of superior leadership.

The refreshed design, straightforward navigation and updated content at brentwoodgroup.com provide clients easier access to information and improved user experience. While the website is merely a window on what we do, it reinforces the compelling combination of local/regional knowledge and global reach.

For 25 years, The Brentwood Group has been the go-to retained executive search firm for the most intriguing technology companies. We are continuously impressed by the technology advances driven by our clients and are honored to be their partners in growth.

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Completed search: FLIR Systems VP U.S. Business Development-Surveillance

Brentwood recently completed the FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:FLIR) Vice President U.S. Sales & Business Development – Surveillance group search. Roy Keeler, previously Director of Global Business Development-Military and Aerospace at General Electric Intelligence Platforms, accepted the position and started this month.  The Brentwood Group was honored to have been chosen as the executive search partners by FLIR on this critical position.

About The Brentwood Group, Ltd. 

The Brentwood Group, Ltd. is a boutique executive search firm with a global reputation for identifying high-performing senior executive leaders for our high technology and alternative energy clients. For over 25 years, The Brentwood Group has recruited exclusively at the CXO, Board of Directors, VP and Director level for some of the most innovative, public, private and early-stage entrepreneurial firms. Visit www.brentwoodgroup.com.

About FLIR Systems, Inc.

FLIR Systems, Inc. is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of sensor systems that enhance perception and awareness. The Company’s advanced thermal imaging and threat detection systems are used for a wide variety of imaging, thermography, and security applications, including airborne and ground-based surveillance, condition monitoring, research and development, manufacturing process control, search and rescue, drug interdiction, navigation, transportation safety, border and maritime patrol, environmental monitoring, and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) detection. Visit the Company’s web site at www.FLIR.com.

New search: Enphase Energy VP Reliability

Enphase Energy is the market leader in the microinverter category and has grown rapidly since its first commercial shipment in mid-2008, with over 1,000,000 units shipped to date, representing more than 30,000 solar installations. Revenue growth is exceptional: $1.7 million in 2008, $20.2 million in 2009 and $61.6 million in 2010. Enphase delivers microinverter technology for the solar industry that increases energy production, simplifies design and installation, improves system uptime and reliability, reduces fire safety risk and provides a platform for intelligent energy management. To date, the solar industry has relied on the traditional central inverter approach that has largely remained unchanged for the past two decades. Enphase has built from the ground up a semiconductor-based microinverter system that converts direct current (DC) electricity to alternating current (AC) electricity at the individual solar module level, and brings a system-based, high technology approach to solar energy generation leveraging its design expertise across power electronics, semiconductors, networking and embedded and web-based software technologies.

The company’s microinverter systems has been installed in all 50 U.S. states and eight Canadian provinces. It sells its microinverter systems primarily to distributors who resell them to solar installers. Over 2700 installers in North America have installed Enphase’s microinverters through June 30, 2011. Enphase also sells directly to large installers, equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) and strategic partners. A substantial majority of its revenue has been generated by sales within the United States. Sales to customers in Canada commenced in 2009. In early 2011, Enphase established sales offices in France and Italy.

By integrating the Enphase microinverter technology with Envoy, the company’s proprietary communications gateway, and its Enlighten web-based software, the company offers significant design and operating benefits beyond the core power conversion functionality. Enphase has also established industry leading reliability. Based on data from a sample of 2009 and 2010 North American residential and small commercial installations, Westinghouse Solar indicates that Enphase’s microinverters have a failure rate of 0.207% compared to a significantly higher failure rate of 9.43% for traditional central inverters. Continue reading

New search: Alta Devices CFO

Alta Devices

We are retained on a Chief Financial Officer search for Alta Devices, our fifth search for Alta.

Alta Devices is driving a new dawn in solar energy by developing solar cells up to 30% efficient at a module cost below 50¢/watt. Alta will be successful without government subsidies because their lightweight, flexible, high energy density solution is unique and extraordinarily compelling across a wide array of applications. Alta has developed a foundational thin-film technology that delivers the world’s highest efficiency/lowest cost solar modules. Alta’s solar cells are based on high efficiency compound semiconductor materials and proprietary manufacturing equipment to grow thin film solar cells. The technology is compatible with both rigid modules and roll-to-roll processing.

The firm’s technology is based on Gallium Arsenide (GaAs), a single-crystal, direct bandgap compound semiconductor with high conversion efficiency, good performance in low light and across temperature ranges. Founded by renowned solar experts Harry Atwater of Cal Tech and Eli Yablonovitch of UCB, and headed by CEO Chris Norris, Alta has filed 71 patents and has assembled a world-class solar technology and operations team. Alta has produced an NREL-confirmed GaAs cell with world record efficiency of 28.4%.

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Completed search: Ambassadors Group VP/CIO

Brentwood recently completed the Ambassadors Group (NASDAQ:EPAX) Vice President/Chief Information Officer search. Doug Creeley, previously Director of Technology Solutions at Dell, accepted the position.  The Brentwood Group was honored to have been chosen as the executive search partner by Ambassadors Group on this critical position.

About The Brentwood Group, Ltd. 

The Brentwood Group, Ltd. is a boutique executive search firm with a global reputation for identifying high-performing senior executive leaders for our high technology and alternative energy clients. For over 25 years, The Brentwood Group has recruited exclusively at the CXO, Board of Directors, VP and Director level for some of the most innovative, public, private and early-stage entrepreneurial firms. Visit www.brentwoodgroup.com.

About Ambassadors Group, Inc.

Ambassadors Group Inc. (NASDAQ: EPAX) is a socially conscious, education company located in Spokane, Washington. Ambassadors Group, Inc. is the parent company of Ambassador Programs, Inc., World Adventures Unlimited, Inc., and BookRags, Inc., an educational research website. The Company also oversees the Washington School of World Studies, an accredited travel study and distance learning school. Additional information about Ambassadors Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries is available at www.ambassadorsgroup.com.

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