John Carrington joined MiaSole as Chief Executive Officer in November 2011. Carrington brings a host of solar and managerial experience, having served as Executive Vice President at First Solar, where he directed the company’s global business development, marketing and product management initiatives. He led the targeted expansions in Europe, Middle East, Asia and the U.S. During his tenure Carrington was responsible for penetrating and developing new markets, while growing revenue from $400MM to over $2B. Prior to this, Carrington spent 16 years at General Electric in a range of global leadership roles, including four years in Japan running the Asian marketing and business development team. John was the Chief Marketing Officer for GE Plastics and one of five executives that lead the divestiture of the business in 2007 to Sabic. He began his career at Owens-Corning Fiberglas and graduated from the University of Colorado with a BA in Marketing and Economics.