Vincenzo Capogna
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Experience
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westa.solar
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Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director
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Mar 2021 - 2 years 10 months
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Oolu
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Senegal
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Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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CTO
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Jul 2015 - 8 years 6 months
Senegal
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SolarAid
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Innovation Manager at SunnyMoney
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Mar 2013 - Apr 2015
Nairobi - Manage the SunnyMoney Innovation Programme budget and allocate funds and resources to specific projects, - Recruit and manage a staff of 2-5permanent assistants and interns, - Take full responsibility for the design and the management of trials and pilot projects taking place in Kenya, - Conduct market research, run surveys and focus groups collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, - Assist the fund-raising team in seeking funds for the programme and… Show more - Manage the SunnyMoney Innovation Programme budget and allocate funds and resources to specific projects, - Recruit and manage a staff of 2-5permanent assistants and interns, - Take full responsibility for the design and the management of trials and pilot projects taking place in Kenya, - Conduct market research, run surveys and focus groups collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, - Assist the fund-raising team in seeking funds for the programme and participate in grant applications to fund new projects, - Build partnerships with business and academic institutions, - Work with the Marketing department to develop communications materials. Show less
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WS Energia
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Portugal
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Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager and Business Developer
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Sep 2012 - Feb 2013
Lisbon Area, Portugal - Developed of the business strategy for the company expansion to SSA countries and supported the Senior Manager in decision processes, - Developed new proposals (solar energy capacity building program for Africa, applications for funding from development agencies, etc.) and contributed to the technology development and evaluation of new products, - Designed and implemented pilot projects, test sites, formed partnerships and established contracts for the supply of technology and… Show more - Developed of the business strategy for the company expansion to SSA countries and supported the Senior Manager in decision processes, - Developed new proposals (solar energy capacity building program for Africa, applications for funding from development agencies, etc.) and contributed to the technology development and evaluation of new products, - Designed and implemented pilot projects, test sites, formed partnerships and established contracts for the supply of technology and services, - Supervised the development of Pay-per-Use solution for SHS in Angola, - Completed a two-week business scouting mission in Mozambique. Show less
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Solar PV Expert
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Jan 2012 - Jul 2012
Denmark - Developed of monitoring, automatic fault detection system and Interface for PV plant - Analyzed products and solution to be implemented in PV projects – PV data analysis - Full development of the project, from the preliminary research to conceptual design, software development, prototyping to implementation
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Solar PV Research Engineer
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Sep 2009 - Dec 2009
Rome, Italy Experimental thesis: “Optimization of optical absorption in Dye Sensitized Cells” - Prepared all the components and hand assembled numerous configurations of the DSCs - Measured and optimized the optical and electrical characteristics of the cells - Achieved an increase of optical absorption and efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells
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Education
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ESADE Business School
Business Management and Entrepreneurship -
Kungliga tekniska högskolan / KTH Royal Institute of Technology
MSc.(Two Years), Energy Engineering -
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Master's, Inter-University Master in Energy Engineering -
Sapienza Università di Roma
BSc, Energy Engineering -
Aalborg University
Industrial/PhD course on Photovoltaic Power Systems in Theory and Practice, May 2012