Mr Neese will be responsible for leading SunPower’s global strategic operations and worldwide materials sourcing, and will oversee the execution of its recently announced solar cell fabrication plant in Malaysia.
He brings more than 25 years of experience driving cost effective, scalable manufacturing processes and policies. Mr Neese has successfully executed the Lean Six Sigma methodology at Flextronics International.
Tom Werner, CEO of SunPower, said: Marty is a seasoned executive bringing many years of lean manufacturing expertise to SunPower. His impressive background of implementing cost reduction programs for companies much larger than ours will be a great asset in lowering our overall operations costs. I am extremely pleased to welcome Marty to our executive leadership team.