STANDARD SOLAR, INC. COMPLETES SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAMGAITHERSBURG, MD, Oct. 13 – Standard Solar, Inc., the Mid-Atlantic region’s premier turnkey provider of solar energy systems, has completed its senior management team and is poised to capitalize on a vastly-improved climate for solar energy investments by homeowners and businesses.

Joining the management team since September under Chairman Steve Lamb and President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony Clifford and working alongside of Chief Technology Officer Lee Bristol are:

Mark Denner, Vice President & Chief Operations Officer Denner brings a comprehensive set of skills in operations and project management in the public and private sectors. Previously he was Vice President of Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Research & Development at SunEdison, LLC. Before that he oversaw the Operations Division at Enron Energy Services and served a variety of roles at IBM and what is now the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Mar Kelly, Vice President, National Sales Kelly has held senior photovoltaic sales management posts at Astropower, GE Energy, Home Depot Solar and Conergy AG where she built profitable sales networks, project backlogs and retail partner sales in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Before entering the solar industry, she built a 14-office national environmental and engineering due diligence firm, MAK Environmental, which she sold in 2000.

Jim Pierobon, Vice President & Chief Marketing OfficerPierobon has been helping launch and scale up several private-sector renewable energy and non-profit organizations including the American Council On Renewable Energy through his Pierobon & Partners network of marketing communications professionals. Previously he co-managed the energy and environmental practice at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and helped build a specialized energy PR offering at Potomac Communications Group. He began his career as the lead economics and energy writer for the Houston Chronicle.

Kelly Tura, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Tura is a Certified Public Accountant who has served as a senior financial consultant to companies in the defense contracting market performing due diligence, start-up and restructuring activities. She has served as Director of Finance for the Federal Government Group at Unisys where she was responsible for all financial management aspects of the company including accounting, program finance, estimating and contracts. She has also served as Senior Finance Manager for Lockheed Martin Information Technology and Vice President-Finance at Affiliated Computer Services. Early in her career she worked at what is now PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young.

Earlier this month Truecast Capital, where Chairman Steve Lamb is a Managing Partner, completed the company’s second-round of financing raising $8.5 million from several private and institutional investors despite turmoil in financial markets.

About Standard Solar, Inc.Standard Solar is a full-service, turnkey solar system developer and integrator specializing in residential and commercial solar power installations. It is one of a growing number of Maryland-based companies positioned to meet the growing demand for clean technologies and renewable sources of energy. For more information, please visit: www.StandardSolar.com.