Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> January 15, 2001

Mark Farber – Evergreen Solar Inc (eslr)

MARK FARBER is President and Chief Executive Officer and a co-Founder of Evergreen Solar, Inc., a manufacturer of crystalline silicon solar power products. He has 27 years of experience in the energy industry. Prior to founding Evergreen Solar in 1994, Mr. Farber worked at Mobil Solar Energy Corporation, the solar division of Mobil Corporation, where he was responsible for marketing, sales and corporate partnering activities. From 1976 to 1988, Mr. Farber was a consultant at Temple, Barker and Sloane, now Mercer Management Consulting, where he advised electric utilities, equipment manufacturers and government agencies on economic, business and policy issues related to energy. Mr. Farber has a BS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Cornell University and an MS in Management from MIT's Sloan School. Profile
TWST: Could you give a brief overview of the company?

Mr. Farber: Evergreen Solar is a six-year-old manufacturer of solar

power panels. Evergreen was formed by three founders who worked