Board of Directors

Ron Van Dell has served as president and chief executive officer of SolarBridge Technologies since November 2008. Van Dell has an exceptional track record and proven leadership skills to complement his 30 years of experience. Most recently he served as president and CEO at Primarion, a mixed signal semiconductor company, which became the leader in digital power management in four years, resulting in an acquisition by Infineon Technologies in April 2008. Before joining Primarion, he served as president and CEO at Legerity and in senior management positions at Dell, Harris Semiconductor, Groupe Schneider, Square D Company and General Electric. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Michigan Technological University. He is a member of multiple professional associations.

Philip Krein, Ph.D., is co-founder and chairman of the board of SolarBridge Technologies. He also holds the Grainger Endowed Director’s Chair in Electric Machinery and Electromechanics at the University of Illinois. Dr. Krein is widely regarded as one of the top experts and innovators in power electronics, with more than 25 years of experience. He is a recipient of the IEEE William E. Newell Award, the highest international honor in the field. He is the author of a respected textbook on the subject and has served as president of the IEEE Power Electronics Society. Dr. Krein holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and a B.A. in economics and business from Lafayette College. His M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He holds 15 U.S. patents, with additional patents pending.

Jason Matlof joined Battery Ventures in January 2005 and focuses on investments in clean energy and enterprise infrastructure technologies. In addition to SolarBridge Technologies, Matlof is currently a board member at Agito Networks, Redwood Systems and Qteros. Matlof received a B.A. with honors in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Bill Mulligan is an internationally known expert in the field of high-efficiency silicon photovoltaic cells and solar systems.  Mulligan has more than 20 years of experience in the photovoltaic field, having served as vice president of research and development for SunPower Corp. from 1998 until his retirement in 2010. Under his leadership, SunPower developed and commercialized the world’s highest efficiency silicon PV cell (22% average in production). Mulligan also held leadership roles at JX Crystals Inc., National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), AstroPower Inc. and Fairchild/National Semiconductor.

Joshua Ruch is a managing partner of Rho Capital Partners, an investment and venture capital management company that he co-founded in 1981. Previously he was an investment banker at Salomon Brothers in New York. He has invested in companies across all sectors in which Rho operates, including information technology, communications, biotechnology and energy. His current and former board seats include: Ciris Energy, Enerkem, Fractal, GenVec, Human Genome Sciences, Inotek, Verenium, Vidyo and Yantra. Ruch received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School.