Paul K. Russell

Hi, I'm Paul K. Russell a high technology Chief Operating Officer with a proven track record of leading organizations to new heights.

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Paul K. Russell is currently the Chief Operating Officer at ArrayPower a manufacterer of innovative solar power microinverters.  Paul K. Russell led the development of a market leading product, created a robust, cost effective supply chain, established a flexible contract manufacturing strategy and set up the quality and customer support infrastructure in preparation for market launch.  Paul K. Russell was an integral member of the Executive team raising necessary capital for the organization.  Prior to joining ArrayPower Paul K. Russell was with the Northrop Grumman Corporation  where he was the .Vice President of Space Products where he was responsible for building a $100M Space Guidance System business and was the Vice President of Western Region Engineering & Manufacturing where he was responsible for leading Engineering & Manufacturing for Navigation, Space Sensing and Naval & Marine business units.  Paul K. Russell also held the position of Director of Systems Engineering at Space Systems/Loral where he led the devlopment of the market leading commercial communications platform. Paul K. Russell holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Santa Clara and Bachelors Degree in Physics from Willamette University.  Paul K. Russell is a member of the Santa Clara University Engineering Industrial Advisory Board. and is a Commercial Instrument Rated Pilot.

Chief Operating Officer at ArrayPower

June 2012 - Present | Sunnyvale, CA

End to end responsposibility for development and production of commercial grade microinverters. Completed development and certification of procuct on plan. Developed robust supply chain and contract manufacturing strategy to support product introduction and volume manufacture. Key accomplishments include: - Led closure of design activities that resulted in a robust deisgn that exceeded or met all performance specs. - Worked with key suppliers to achieve significant cost reductions. - Developed scaled contract manufacturing strategy to support production ramp - Developed test and quality infrastructure to support product launch - Lead product roadmap for cost reduction and next generation market leading products - Created engineering processes to improve schedule predictability and collaboration across the team

Sr. Vice President Engineering at Amonix, Inc.

September 2010 - June 2012

Leading the development of state of the art concentrated photovoltaic solar power systems. Responsible for product from concept through the production and field deployment. Achived 15% power increase at record module efficiency with over 20% decrease in product cost. Led manufacturing engineering activities in support of standing up 2 new factories with 20X increase in production capacity. Supported 35MW of field deployments. Developed a strong US engineering organization and developed an of shore engineering team to reduce design cost and cycle time as well supporting inernational product development.

VP Space Products at Northrop Grumman Corporation

March 2010 - September 2010

Responsible for $100M Space Inertial Sensing business supporting military and commercial customers. Rationalized business to provide better support of customers, developed comprehensive capital plan to impove on time performance, and signed key customers to long term purchase agreements.

VP Western Region Engrg & Mfg at Northrop Grumman

January 2005 - March 2010

Responsible for leading the engineering and manufacturing organizations supporting Navigation Systems Marine Systems and Space Sensor Systems. Responsible for supporting over $1.5B of engienering and manufacturing operations with over 3,000 people located acroos CA, UT, and CO. Successfully turned around engineering and manufacturing organizations which led to record growth and profit margins. Member of Northrop Grumman Corporate Engineering Council and Excutive Lead for for corporate Engineering Collaboration and Tools Council. Led initiative which resulted in a $5M savings in engineering tool expenditures and developed engineering collaboration system to enable collaboration on complex programs across multiple sites.

Director of Systems Engineering at Space Systems Loral

January 1996 - December 2005

Responible for leading spacecraft systems engineering organization for commercial communications and meteorological satellites. Developed systems engineering processes which improved product standardization and reduced costs by over 10%. Led am executive team to restructure the organization during a pronounced market down turn which enabled the company to emerge as a market leader.

Iridium Spacecraft Manager at Motorola

May 1994 - January 1996

Responsible for technical oversight of the Iridium spacecraft design and development. Provided technical input to subcontract management team as well as direction to spacecraft contractor.

Systems Engineer at Ford Aerospace

1986 - 1994

Spacecraft control system analysis and antenna pointing analysis, requirements development & verification

Santa Clara University

1985 – 1990

Masters

Concentration: Electrical Engineering

Willamette University

1980 – 1984

Bachellors

Concentration: Physics

Activities: Varsity Football, Rugby, President Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Commercial Instrument Rated Pilot, SCUBA Diving, Snow & Waterskiing, Road & Mountain Biking, Education, High Technology