Dr. Xunming Deng, President , CEO and Co-Founder

Dr. Deng is a recognized authority in thin film silicon photovoltaic technology and has a strong track record in the development of high-efficiency solar cells and in the design, construction and optimization of high-throughput photovoltaic manufacturing equipment. Dr. Deng received his PhD in physics in 1990 from the University of Chicago with a dissertation focused on amorphous silicon materials and solar cells. He then worked as Senior Scientist and Project Manager for Photovoltaic Development at Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.’s Machine Division, building roll-to-roll PV production lines. Dr. Deng joined the UT faculty in 1996 and founded UT’s amorphous silicon PV program.

Dr. Liwei Xu is Vice President of Administration and Gov’t Grants, and Co-Founder

Dr. Xu and Dr. Deng founded Midwest Optoelectronics, LLC in 2002 which was re-organized into Xunlight Corporation in 2006/2007. During the past seven years, she established and has been in charge of the Finance, Accounting, Human Resource, and Administration Departments at Xunlight. She played a key role in the rapid growth of the company, from 2 employees to over 80, and in the company’s receiving over $60 million funding of venture capital and private equity investments and government grants and loans. She also served as the principal investigator for three U.S. Department of Energy grants, totaling $3.4 million. Dr. Xu received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1991. Her experience also includes 2 years at the University of Michigan as a postdoctoral research associate, 3 years at Energy Conversion Devices, Inc as a senior research scientist, and several years at the University of Toledo as a visiting assistant professor.

Mr. Matt Longthorne, Vice President of Maufacturing

Mr. Longthorne joined the company after a 19 year career in the glass container industry working for Owens-Illinois (OI). Mr. Longthorne served in a variety of assignments with OI in Sales, Finance, Manufacturing and General Management. In April 2005, he was promoted to the position of President for OI’s North American Glass Container business where he had overall responsibility for the $2.3 billion business with more than 5,000 employees and 24 manufacturing plants. In that role, Mr. Longthorne oversaw the successful design, build, construction and start up of a $150 million glass container manufacturing facility in Ft. Collins CO which remains the most modern glass container manufacturing plant in the world today. Additionally, Mr. Longthorne has significant experience negotiating and implementing long term contracts with large customers. He is a 1988 graduate of the University of Michigan and received an MBA in Finance from the University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business in 1993.

Dr. Masat Izu, Senior Vice President of Engineering

Dr. Izu has over 30 years of experience in photovoltaics. He has previously played a key technical and managerial role at Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) in its transformation from R&D to a leading thin-film PV module manufacturing company. As Vice President of ECD, in charge of its Machine Division, he led the team that developed lightweight a-Si PV modules and manufacturing technologies. Dr. Izu received his Doctor of Engineering from Kyoto University in 1968 and has coauthored a number of key patents and technical papers in a-Si roll-to-roll manufacturing technology and related areas.

Mr. Granger Souder, Vice President, General Counsel

Mr. Souder joined Xunlight after a 17 year career with Sky Financial Group, Inc., an $18 billion diversified financial services holding company, where he served as its Executive Vice President & General Counsel. Mr. Souder is currently responsible for the Company’s legal and regulatory affairs including corporate compliance and governance, contract administration, and the legal aspects of joint ventures, strategic partnerships and financing activities. Mr. Souder is a graduate of Wittenberg University and has a Juris Doctorate from the University of Toledo, College of Law.