Warren Kocmond, Advisor

Warren brings more than 20 years of high-level experience in manufacturing, operations, and technical management to his role as advisor for Cool Earth Solar.

His career encompasses everything from small entrepreneurial activities to executive management at companies with annual sales of greater than $11B. He is currently an executive at Lam Research, and his past positions include Chief Executive Officer of Electroglas, Inc and Senior Vice President of Global Operations for Affymetrix. At Affymetrix, he oversaw all global manufacturing, including arrays, reagents, and instruments, as well as the global supply chain, facilities, and real estate. Warren also served as Chief Operating Officer at Asyst Technologies (acquired by Crossing Automation), a maker of automation and isolation systems for the semiconductor industry. He was a Corporate Vice President at Applied Materials in addition to holding manufacturing, operations and technology positions at Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics and ETEC Systems (acquired by Applied Materials).

Warren holds an MS degree in systems management from the University of Southern California and a BS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno.