Executive Management
Ron Eller, President & Chief Executive Officer: Ron Eller has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. since March 31, 2011. Mr. Eller has extensive senior executive experience in fast growing technology businesses, including strategy, product development, operations, sales and business development and commercialization of emerging applications. He has served as an independent director of Ascent since June 2009. He has been an owner, principal or managing director in various private equity firms since 2008. From 1994 until March 2008, Mr. Eller held various senior executive positions at Hewlett-Packard Company, an integrated technology firm, including Vice President and General Manager of the NetServer business from 2002 to 2003 and, more recently, Vice President and General Manager of the software and system integrator channels of the Technology Solutions Group. Mr. Eller has served on the board of the Colorado Neurological Institute since April 2009 and is a certified public accountant. He holds a B.S. degree in Professional Aviation from Purdue University, and an M.S. degree in Business from Colorado State University.
Gary Gatchell, Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary: Mr. Gatchell brings to Ascent Solar a strong background in public company financial reporting and internal controls. Mr. Gatchell also has experience with private and public capital funding, as well as mergers and acquisitions activity on both the buy-side and sell-side. Prior to joining Ascent Solar, Mr. Gatchell served as the chief financial officer of Carrier Access Corporation, a telecommunications equipment provider. Mr. Gatchell joined Carrier Access, a NASDAQ listed company, in June 2005 to reorganize that company's finance and administration infrastructure. Prior to joining Carrier Access, Mr. Gatchell served as the chief financial officer of Voyant Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of audio conferencing equipment that was acquired by Polycom, Inc., and as an audit manager at KPMG. Mr. Gatchell is a registered Certified Public Accountant and has a Master's degree in Accountancy from the University of Denver. 
Joseph Armstrong, Ph.D., Cheif Technology Officer & Vice President: Dr. Armstrong served as the Manager of ITN's Advanced Photovoltaic Division from 1995 until joining Ascent Solar in October 2005. While at ITN, Dr. Armstrong led its advancement into thin-film CIGS flexible Photovoltaic products. Prior to joining ITN, Dr. Armstrong was employed for 10 years by Martin Marietta Corporation (now Lockheed Martin), where he managed Photovoltaic research projects. He is a named inventor on four U.S. patents in areas including shape memory alloys, thin-film PV technology and electronic circuit assembly. Dr. Armstrong holds a B.S. degree in Physics from Lewis University in Illinois and a M.S. degree and Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from the University of Denver.
Robert C. Meck - Vice President of Product Application Development: Prior to joining Ascent Solar, Mr. Meck served as the Senior Director of Product Development for Abound Solar. Mr. Meck was responsible for product development and manufacturing deployment for Abounds CdTe solar technology. Before his employment with Abound, Mr. Meck was the Director of Product Engineering and Technology at Emcore Photovoltaics in Albuquerque, New Mexico. And, Mr. Meck also held various engineering positions at Philips Semiconductors spanning 11 years of experience, both domestic and international. Mr. Meck holds a MS in Materials Science Engineering from Stanford University, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cal State Polytechnic University in Pomona, Ca.
