eIQ Energy Names Solar Veteran Kris Jernstedt VP of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--eIQ Energy, developer of DC-to-DC Parallel Solar technology for a range of solar installations, has named industry veteran Kris Jernstedt to serve as vice president of worldwide sales and field operations. He will be based at the company’s San Jose headquarters, and oversee all sales efforts related to the company’s pioneering line of products including the vBoost optimizer and vComm communications module.

Jernstedt has more than eight years of experience in the solar energy sector, including director-level sales and business development positions at Xantrex Technology and Advanced Energy, and a vice president of sales and marketing position with TTI Solar. He also held a strategic sales role in power conversion with MKS Instruments’ ENI Products Division.

“eIQ Energy’s technology and value proposition are a great fit with my background in power electronics,” commented Jernstedt. “I look forward to helping the eIQ Energy team build on its early successes and gain sales traction with Parallel Solar technology – it’s a clear advantage that enables solar professionals throughout the value chain to reduce costs, simplify design, and improve energy harvest over the lifetime of an array.”

“We’re pleased to have Kris on board at eIQ Energy. The combination of his power electronics expertise, solar industry experience and high-level customer contacts will help drive adoption of eIQ Energy’s Parallel Solar solution as we continue to create and expand our customer relationships,” said Oliver Janssen, CEO of eIQ Energy.

eIQ Energy’s Parallel Solar uses advanced DC power management technology, incorporated in the vBoost DC-to-DC converter module, to allow easy connection of solar panels in parallel rather than in series. This approach allows the connection of an unprecedented number of panels on a single cable, greatly reducing up-front solar array costs and providing much more design flexibility, while also boosting lifetime energy harvest with distributed MPPT. The vComm module combines multiple cable runs into a unified feed to the central inverter, and also utilizes power-bus wiring to collect real-time performance data from each vBoost, for use in the Parallel Solar Monitoring System data analysis software.