Jack Bennett

President & COO at Nevados

Jack has held senior leadership roles in the renewables, investment and semiconductor industries.

Through a management buyout of Sunpower’s operations and maintenance (O&M) business, he created and served as the CEO of the #1 global solar operations and maintenance company, NovaSource Power Services, with 800 employees and 15 gigawatts under management in 9 countries.

At Sunpower. he served as the Vice President of Strategic Transformation where he developed and executed corporate restructuring and strategy initiatives to reduce OPEX and COGS, created $1bn of liquidity and developed the strategy to transition the company from vertically integrated to residential solutions. At Sunpower, he also led the global supply chain, construction services procurement and logistics teams charged with delivering materials and services to 2000 megawatts of utility scale solar power plant and commercial distributed generation projects in seven countries.

Prior to Sunpower, Jack served the First Deputy CEO of Skolkovo Development Corporation where he led the development of Russia’s innovation city. And at Intel Corporation, Jack led the EMEA construction contracts team, responsible for procuring construction services and materials for the company’s semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the region.

Jack holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from The George Washington University and a Master of Science in Management from Boston University.

Timeline

  • President & COO

    Current role