Dennis Hollenbeck VP of Engineering, Enphase Energy

Enphase Energy, in solar microinverter systems, announced that Dennis Hollenbeck has been appointed to the executive team as vice president of engineering.

Hollenbeck brings to Enphase more than 25 years of high-volume, low cost system design and ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) development expertise in addition to extensive executive level management experience.

"Enphase is scaling quickly to support existing and new markets. Core to our growth is the rapid pace of innovation we bring to solar inverter technology," said Paul Nahi, CEO of Enphase Energy. "Dennis’s leadership skills, technical breadth and experience in fast growing businesses is ideal as Enphase expands beyond 500,000 units shipped with plans for continued expansion."

Before joining Enphase, Hollenbeck was the chief operating officer at eSilicon, a service company for custom chi design and fabrication. Prior to eSilicon, he was with Quantum (News – Alert) Corporation, at this time a hard disk drive manufacturer in Milpitas, California, and held several engineering and general management positions, including general manager for its high-end disk drive division. Hollenbeck joined Quantum in 1984 and helped grow the company from a start-up to one with annual production exceeding 30 million disk drives and $6.5B in annual sales. During his stay, the company also successfully garnered OEM design wins with several leading PC and server manufacturers.

"My background with successful Silicon Valley companies and high volume semiconductor-based products was a natural fit for Enphase," said Hollenbeck. "I’ve experienced what it takes to scale successfully at companies like Quantum, and I’m enthusiastic about being part of a highly relevant and rapidly growing industry like solar."