Tom Dinwoodie

CTO, SunPower

As the former CEO of SunPower, Tom Dinwoodie built his Berkeley-based PowerLight Corporation from a one-man shop into a profitable multi-million-dollar company that merged with solar giant SunPower. He is a leading expert in solar power with over 25 years of experience in renewable energy. He is also the author of numerous papers and holds over 30 patents on building-integrated photovoltaic and related products.

Dinwoodie earned his B.S. in structural engineering from Cornell University, his M.S. in mechanical engineering from MIT, and M.A. in architecture from UC at Berkeley.

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Sun Up

November 18, 2011
In the wake of the collapse of solar panel maker Solyndra, the solar industry has received front-page treatment for the first time.
Dan Shugar,...