Jorge Haddock
Entrepreneurship Center, Interim Director
Benyamin Lichtenstein, Ph.D.
Academic Director of the Entrepreneurship Center
The Entrepreneurship Center presents:
Ryan White
Founder and CEO of Sol Power LLC
Talking about his experience as a young founder of a high-profile clean-energy start-up.
Thursday, November 20th – 6:30pm – 7:30pm
McCormack, 2nd floor, room 417
In Prof. Benyamin’s class: Clean Energy Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
Sol Power LLC is a clean tech company that specializes in designing and developing solar powered charging stations for mobile electronic devices to be used in a host of outdoor locations and environments. In this way, we can provide a new outdoor advertising platform for interested customers.
Ryan White attended Northeastern University for Industrial Engineering, working for GE Aviation, Raytheon and NxtStage Medical. After Northeastern, he spent three years in an Operations Leadership Development Program for BAE Systems, a defense contractor in their Electronic Systems division, holding roles in Continuous Improvement, Recruiting, Sustainability, Strategy Deployment and Strategy Execution. During this time at BAE, Ryan also enrolled in an evening MBA program at Babson College, where he discovered his true passion for entrepreneurship and sustainability. It was out of this evening MBA program that the idea for Sol Power’s solar cell phone charging station was born. After completing his 3 year requirement at BAE Systems, Ryan took a job as Engineering Project Manager at Skyworks Solutions, a commercial semiconductor company before leaving that role to pursue Sol Power full time. Ryan is a certified personal trainer, self professed gym nut and outdoor enthusiast.