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Brian Robertson of Amonix passes away
The CEO and Board Director of the multi-junction III-V solar cell manufacturer will be sorely missed
Brian Robertson tragically passed away in a plane crash in York County, Pennsylvania on December 22, 2011.He was Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Board at Amonix, whose CPV products are particularly suited for use in utility-scale solar power in sunny and dry climates.
Brian Robertson
Brian Robertson joined Amonix in late 2009, bringing deep expertise in solar start-ups and developing early stage organisations and significant solar power plant development and solar financing experience. He worked in many corporations including solar power manufacturing plant development company Sunworks Solar LLC, where he was co-founder and CEO (2008-2009). Prior to that, he co-founded Sun Edison LLC.
Brian Robertson has built several companies from early stage development. In 1996, he co-founded PlanetAll, where he served as Chief Technical Officer until Amazon.com acquired the web-based services start-up in 1998.
He was instrumental in building out community and personalisation technologies as a group program manager at Amazon.com, where he also launched the company’s toy business.
In 1999, Robertson also co-founded Visible Markets, an electronic trading platform for mortgage- and asset-backed securities, where he was CEO until the platform was acquired by Thomson Financial in 2001.
Robertson is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in Computer Science and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he led students’ efforts to install solar panels on the Shad Hall athletic facility.
Married with three children, he was an avid pilot with instrument and commercial rating licenses.
All at Compound Semiconductor offer our deepest condolences to all friends and family of Brian Robertson.
