Tony Paradiso 27,143

I provide consulting services primarily assisting renewable energy-related companies in areas such as strategic planning, marketing, and operations. I have helped bring to market numerous leading edge technologies, and have experience in multiple emerging markets including solar.

Core Skills

• Extensive senior leadership experience with strong strategic and tactical skills.
• Versed in all facets of the business process with a focus on the cradle-to-grave product life cycle, marketing and sales strategies.
• Organizational experience from start-ups to the Fortune 500 in multiple industries - solar and renewable energy, concentrated solar power, technology, construction, health care...
• Extensive channel experience encompassing multi-tiered distribution, business-to-business, retail, and business-to-consumer.

Emerging Market/Innovation Expert

• Currently on the forefront of the emerging community solar market.
• Headed the business unit that led the development of the video over internet protocol (VoIP) standards and brought to market the first PC-based technology to transmit video over an IP network.
• General Manager for one of the earliest Web-based ecommerce products. “Infobeads” was a first of its kind website that marketed industry research data online.
• In the technology/PC sector spearheaded the establishment of a new industry memory standard
• Acting COO for HNP which marketed one of the first nutraceutical (gummi vitamin) products offered by Whole Foods.
• Introduced one of the first third-party applications for Apple computing

Operational/Turn-Around Expertise

• In less than three years transformed a community solar company that was over $1 million in the red to having over $1 million in cash assets.
• As COO, led a 200-person community mental center back to profitability after numerous years of operating losses.