Ben Compton

Ben spearheads Omnidian’s expansion in the Commercial & Industrial market. He is extremely enthusiastic about Omnidian’s revolutionary performance assurance approach after 2 decades’ experience in the operations of solar assets. In 2001 Ben established the O&M/Customer Service Department at PowerLight, the pioneering firm later acquired by SunPower. At the start, he serviced the two largest PV systems in the US – a whopping 1MW each – growing coverage to over $1B of assets in 6 years. He has held leadership positions at Suntech, meteocontrol NA, and SolPatrol, and business development roles at PV Pros, MaxGen, and Enphase Energy. Ben holds an MS in Renewable Energy Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder and a BA in Computer Science from Brown University.