Nicholas G. Littleton 12500 Scates Court, Austin TX, 78732 (512) 963-9193, nick.littleton@prsks.

com Over 16 successful years of combined experience in semiconductor capital equipme nt and solar manufacturing, operations management, engineering, marketing and ac count management Core Strengths: * Diverse corporate and start up background with a holistic perspective to busin ess operations * Proven self starter with an intrinsic drive for competition and customer satis faction * Ability to see most efficient solutions and drive organizational execution to achieve company goals * Hands on aptitude and very adept at getting the job done regardless of the bar riers EXPERIENCE: Jan 2010 to present: Renewable Energy Independent Consultant (Austin TX)

Focused on photovoltaic manufacturing feasibility analysis and renewable energy systems design, performance evaluation, engineering, procurement and contracting consultation. * Performed Due Diligence assignment for Four Points Capital, a private equity i nvestment group, by traveling to Taiwan and China for purposes of evaluating a p otential CIGS manufacturing operation and the establishment of a solar based bus iness in China. Due Diligence included detailed feasibility analysis of an awar d winning CIGS process flow and subsequent thin film manufacturing operation as well as meeting with Chinese utilities, economic development groups and local in vestors on the establishment of a solar 'fab to farm' business model. * Planned and constructed a solar panel test facility and executed a side by sid e performance study of a-Si, c-Si and CIGS panels in an energy harvest compariso n test where measurements of global irradiance, current, voltage, cell temperatu re and fill factor were measured yielding generation assumptions for the technol ogies. * Won consulting contract with a west Houston Independent School District and lo cal A/E firm to perform BIPV, urban wind turbine and energy storage system desi gn for an 80,000 sqft junior college to be built in Katy TX. Integrated renewab le systems design into the architectural work flow and took the renewable system s program through building programming, schematic design, S/MEP integration and construction documents. Oct 2007 to Jan 2010: (Austin TX) Co-Founder and Vice President, Solar Array Ventures Inc.

Mission; to manufacture and market thin film photovoltaic's targeting utilities, commercial and BIPV applications. * Created & presented company pitch multiple times ultimately securing Series A funding of $2M in private equity from Oxantium Ventures, Washington DC, received term sheets from Yellowstone Capital and Quercus Trust. * Originated the 10MW utility scale solar installation with the City of Houston and Reliant Energy in July 08 and designed a 1MW ground mount array and a solar panel evaluation lab for Vectren, a southern Indiana utility. * Created detailed 5 yr business operations plans and financial proformas with c ompletely vetted supply chain and budgetary supply quotations for multiple facto ry operations, this included modeling for all manufacturing Cost per Watt indice s, Revenue, Margin, COGS, MCOS, Labor and Utilities. * Designed and modeled complete Lean Production Flow and Value Stream Map for pr

oposed manufacturing facility. Analysis included modeling for on hand inventory and turn requirements, internal logistics / material handling men and equipment modeling, material movement / time study, kanban material replenishment and eco nomic order quantity (EOQ) work flow development and work force sizing and sched uling requirements. * Modeled 'turnkey' PV installation project costs for commercial, utility, and B IPV solar installations. Including kWh performance estimations (SAM, PVWATTS), balance of system (BOS) costs, inverter and wiring costs, DC optimizer integrati on, permitting, labor and EPC ultimately yielding total installed cost and kWh g eneration. Applied Materials Inc., 13 years Nov 2006 to Oct 2007: Operations Manager, Solar Business Group (Santa Clara CA) Responsibilities included: the development, implementation and ongoing performan ce of the core Operations business practices of the newly formed Solar Business Group within Applied Materials. * On core team responsible for the selection and training of the Operations Team for the Solar Division. Team development included defining the organizational chart, operations work flow diagram creation, documenting roles and responsibili ties, interviewing and selecting candidates, Team training and kick off. * Utilized best of breed program and project management methodologies to organiz e and execute the implementation of the Solar Business Group Operations function s, these functions included: materials, logistics, ERP, order management, config uration management and revenue reconciliation. * Integrated the Operations division of the acquired company Applied Films (a Ge rman based capital equipment company) into the Solar Business Group ensuring rob ust business process adherence and communication channels while respecting the c ulture and work methods of the acquired company. * Implemented Merge at Customer and Direct Ship Private Label systems and logist ics models to allow for the turn key complete factory shipment strategy to be ex ecuted. 2006 to Nov 2006: Program Manager, Global Operations (Austin TX) Responsible for the program management activities of transitioning the core Glob al Operations functions of Manufacturing, Engineering, Materials and Infrastructure to a new facility locat ed in Xian China. * On core team responsible for the establishment of a PMO Office within Global O perations utilizing the latest software tools (MS Project Server, Expert Choice, Mind Manager, UPMM) and strategies that coincide with the best known Portfolio, Program and Project management methods. * Became certified in and documented the enhanced project management methodology as taught by Fastworks, a widely used Bay Area project management consulting co mpany. * Rolled out best known project management methods to Global Operations staff. 2004 to 2006: Business Management, Account Manager Europe (Santa Clara CA) Responsible for managing the business of Applied Materials Metallization Product Business Group for northern Europe (Ireland, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Russia). Proven winner with communication and personal skills necessary for dev eloping lasting customer relationships and mutual trust. * Multiple strategic equipment decision wins translating to over $50M in busines s opportunity, including key equipment wins and 100% market share order for $33M from Infineon Technologies 300mm. * Successfully executed long term sales strategy resulting in significant market share increase and interfaced with and presented to senior level executives and customers for the purposes of: commercial and technical negotiations, technical

product positioning, equipment performance evaluation and taskforce management. * Developed quarterly / annual regional sales forecasts, gross margin analysis a nd margin improvement programs, cost of ownership (CoO) analysis and commercial proposal generation. * Pursued and engaged in several Beta Site product evaluations and joint develop ment programs with multiple customers that yielded improved product performance and accelerated product development timelines. 2000 to 2004: Manager, Pilot Manufacturing (Santa Clara CA) Managed a 25 person team of project managers and engineers responsible for bring ing over $100M in new products to market for the Applied Materials Metal Deposit ion Division. Product introductions included the latest physical vapor depositi on technologies created in the semiconductor capital equipment market. * Responsibilities included managing the operations requirements of the New Prod uct Introduction cycle; from R&D, through a stage gate product release process, initial production builds and manufacturing documentation creation, Beta Site ev aluation, and final pilot manufacturing transfer to volume manufacturing in Aust in TX. * Operations requirements included the management of Engineering Change Order (E CO) implementation and Bill of Material (BOM) reconciliation, final BOM configur ation and upload into Oracle, production scheduling for both systems and non sys tems requirements, interface with marketing / sales and manufacturing on order s tatus, order late change management and shipping document preparation. * Served as primary point of contact for senior executives in marketing, enginee ring, finance, and manufacturing in the development of new product implementatio n and execution strategies. 1998 to 2000: Project Manager, New Product Introduction (Austin TX) Lead new product introduction cross functional teams of engineers, materials pro ject managers, and global product marketing managers where the team was responsi ble for the full product release roadmap. * Managed the purchasing and master scheduling of new product equipment inventor y on a rolling $5 million level using Just In Time (JIT) material planning metho dology. * Developed and instituted an engineering project management business process fo r entire division which categorized different projects and prioritized them base d on their ROI. 1995 to 1998: Design Engineer, Platform Engineering (1996-98), (Austin TX) Manufacturing Engineering Technologist (1994-95), (Austin TX) Quoted and designed multiple mechanical systems for semiconductor equipment, act ivities included defining cost, material lead-time, engineering design time and manufacturing build cycle time. EDUCATION: Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) MBA, Business Management, May 1999 St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas B.S. Engineering Technology, May 1995 Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas PERSONAL INTERESTS: SCCA Road Racing (Divisional Champion), home remodeling, ti me with family and friends