Rich Kapusta is an accomplished executive with over 25 years of experience in management positions in both startup and public companies. He is an expert in product management, marketing, and strategy, with a deep technical knowledge of a variety of industries, including solar, storage, FPGA, MCU, USB, analog, RF/wireless, and others. Rich has a proven track record of winning multi-million dollar contracts with long and complex sales cycles.

Rich has studied Executive leadership programs at the University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business, Roadmap for Creating Profitable Growth in the Semiconductor Industry at Harvard Business School, and Market Strategy for Technology Based Companies at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He also earned his BS in Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Rich has held many leadership positions throughout his career, including VP Products and Program Management at SunPower Corporation, CMO and Head of Sales at Alta Devices, VP Corporate Marketing at Microsemi, VP Marketing and Business Development at Actel, and VP Business Development at Exar.

He has also been a member of various advisory boards such as Board Advisor at Eltropy, Marketing Advisory Board Member at UC Berkeley, and Advisory Board Member at Commercial UAV Expo.

Rich specializes in clean technology, energy, energy storage, solar, power, semiconductor, market strategy, business strategy, product positioning, product messaging, product launch, pivoting, online marketing, website design, customer development, analytics, tracking, market research, account management, project management, team management, training, marketing, business to business, digital marketing, research, marketing analytics, demand generation, design wins, sales collateral development, sales training, tradeshows, lead generation, value creation, pricing, branding, brand marketing, public relations, investor relations, CRM, startup marketing, marketing budgets, and more.