Wendy Arienzo
Chief Executive Officer
Wendy Arienzo has extensive experience in the technology development sector, bringing 30 years of technical and management experience in the semiconductor industry to her current position.

Previously, Arienzo worked at some of the leading companies in the technology industry, including IBM, Phillips and NXP Semiconductors. Arienzo began her career in the solar technology development field developing polycrystalline silicon cells in Florence, Italy.

Arienzo has received numerous accolades for her accomplishments and is a sought-after public speaker in the technology sector. She has been recognized by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Center for Economic Growth, a non-profit based in New York State promoting economic growth throughout the state’s capital region. In 2012 Arienzo was a recipient of the "Women of Influence" Award from the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.

Arienzo holds a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Stanford University. She received her combined bachelor’s/master’s degree in materials science engineering from Brown University.

Tom Paskert
Chief Financial Officer
Tom Paskert has 25 years of senior level finance and operations experience at public and private companies. He has held senior positions at large multi-national companies such as Alps Electric and ATI Technology. Most recently, he held the position of chief financial officer at Calisolar, a solar start-up company, and he previously held the same position at Lightspeed Semiconductor.

Paskert received his M.B.A. and his bachelor’s in finance and economics degrees from the University of Santa Clara.

Sorin Spanoche
Chief Technology Officer
Sorin Spanoche is an accomplished engineer, having worked in several different technology development fields. His 20 years of experience span work in power semiconductors, communications systems and electronic design automation.

Prior to joining ArrayPower, Spanoche was a fellow and senior architect at FyreStorm, an innovator in the development of digital power conversion solutions. Additionally, he holds 16 technology patents and has instructed over 1,000 engineering students in his prior role as an engineering professor.

Spanoche received his Ph.D. and master’s in electrical engineering degrees in electronics and telecommunications from Politechnica University in Bucharest, Romania.

Kris Jernstedt
Vice President, Sales and Applications Support
Kris Jernstedt is a seasoned technology executive with extensive sales experience in both Germany and the United States. Jernstedt has driven sales, marketing and service strategies for major solar and semiconductor companies.
Before joining ArrayPower, Jernstedt held director-level sales and business development positions at Xantrex Technology and Advanced Energy, and held the position of vice president of sales and marketing position with TTI Solar. Prior to this he held commercial and technical roles in power conversion for more than 10 years in the semiconductor equipment industry. 

Jernstedt received his M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering technology.

Nick Cravalho
VP, Business Development and Marketing
Nick Cravalho brings extensive knowledge of the solar industry and key markets in Asia to his position at ArrayPower. He has expertise bringing innovative technologies to market both as a technologist and as a business professional.

Prior to joining ArrayPower, Cravalho was vice president of business development and marketing at Innovalight. He has also worked at Miasolé, Kiva Systems and Applied Materials.

Cravalho received his master’s degree in management and engineering from the Sloan School of Business and the School of Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

David R. Hargis
Senior Director, Engineering
David R. Hargis has more than 15 years of cross-functional senior engineering management experience with a track record of building and motivating highly focused teams that consistently deliver products targeted for outsourced manufacturing.

Hargis has worked on developing telecommunication, wireless communication, consumer electronics and test and measurement products at companies such as Trapeze Networks, Philips, U4EA, RedJade, Phaethon, Weave Innovations and LeapFrog Enterprises.

Hargis received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Portland.