Ken Stewart

Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. (“Sungrow”) is the world’s most bankable inverter brand with over 340GW installed worldwide as of December 2022. Founded in 1997 by University Professor Cao Renxian, Sungrow is a leader in the research and development of solar inverters with the largest dedicated R&D team in the industry and a broad product portfolio offering PV inverter solutions and energy storage systems for utility-scale, commercial & industrial, and residential applications, as well as internationally recognized floating PV plant solutions, NEV driving solutions, EV charging solutions and renewable hydrogen production systems. With a strong 26-year track record in the PV space, Sungrow products power over 150 countries worldwide. Sungrow possesses a dynamic technical R&D team that represents 40% of the personnel in the Company. The Company has also invested in its own in-house testing center approved by SGS, CSA, and TÜV Rheinland. Sungrow has the world’s largest inverter factory, with a global annual production capacity of 305GW, including 25 GW outside China. Offering a wide range of solutions and services, Sungrow is committed to providing clean power for all and is steadfast in its efforts to become the global leader in clean power conversion technology. Learn more about Sungrow by visiting www.sungrowpower.com.

Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd (“Sungrow”) is the world’s most bankable inverter brand with over 224 GW installed worldwide as of December 2021. Founded in 1997 by University Professor Cao Renxian, Sungrow is a leader in the research and development of solar inverters with the largest dedicated R&D team in the industry and a broad product portfolio offering PV inverter solutions and energy storage systems for utility-scale, commercial, and residential applications, as well as internationally recognized floating PV plant solutions. With a strong 24-year track record in the PV space, Sungrow products power installations in over 150 countries.

SSE Airtricity Utility Solutions is part of the SSE Group and is a leading electrical specialist contractor in Ireland. Maximising HV/MV/LV opportunities across the Republic of Ireland with large clients including the internal SSE Ireland business. Developing strong internal relationships with the regional operational teams and managing the internal sales process and authorisation procedures Key responsibilities include strategic planning, tendering of key business contracts & key account management for one of Ireland's leading electrical contractors. Achieving results in a deadline driven environment.

Externally based Technical Sales Consultant for the Construction Accessories group in SIG Plc. (Ireland) Supply of product and technical support in an external capacity to customers, contractors and industry specific specialists Account management of an existing customer database across 26 counties, ROI Provide support and specification on request to ensure continuous sales growth, Negotiate project pricing and proactively develop and acquire new business Responsible for estimating and pricing up all required tenders to agreed deadline, whilst also acquiring all necessary documents from contractors such as drawings and BOQ’s were necessary Responsible for the supply of all necessary documents such as technical data sheets and DOPs to customers on request and on submission of agreed tender rates. Ensuring compliance to contractors by adhering to strict BCAR requirements on submittal of product documents for approval Forecasting of targets and budgets with the Sales and Marketing Manager and involvement in the development of a quarterly/annual based sales plan Accessing of daily, monthly and quarterly sales targets, budgets and FAM sales via PowerBi Worked closely with the Projects Manager within the business in helping build, develop and launch the new BuildingInfo CRM platform May 2018 Proficient in the use of Salesforce, Power Bi and Building Info among others.

Key Responsibilities: • The maintaining of effective working relationships with all assigned sales hubs & call centres. • Working with the Sales Assurance team to agree a program going forward based on leading KPI’s. • Given key responsibilities in working with the team on scheduling. This involved a lot of communication with sales companies, hub managers & team leaders in both ROI and the UK. • Working together with sales companies to further promote sales whilst also being the driving force behind quality & compliance. • Field observations/Side by side training with reps and call centre agents. • Monthly refresher training of reps and call centre agents nationwide. • Conducting of mystery shops at SSE Airtricity events. • Reporting feedback to hub managers and SSE Airtricity stakeholders and updating all required paperwork to SFA in the agreed timeframe. • The delivery of training to reps and call centre agents nationwide, both in SSE Head office and on location around the country. • Permitting to sell which involved the checking of each reps profile and granting sales access. • Conducting further follow up reviews of reps, sales hubs & call centres • Bringing back feedback to the Dublin office and in many cases on the spot re-training with reps in their hub or on the field. • Providing detailed reports on a daily basis with extensive use of Excel. • Regular communication was key to this role in the findings and reporting back to not only the Sales Assurance team but to the individual hub managers themselves for escalation. Side project within SSE Airtricity: Enernet/Glen Dimplex • This was the Enernet project where I worked closely with Glen Dimplex and other consortium members such as ESB Networks, Intel, EirGrid, The Energy Institute UCD and the ERC. • Successfully signed up a given target of 30 new homes to SSE Airtricity as their energy supplier alongside the agreed installation of Quantum heaters and the smart hub and DSM system created by Intel.

SPS Ltd was established in 1989 specifically to cater for Ireland's growing professional photographic market. With our extensive range of products we are able to meet the needs of the photographic market. With our knowledge and expertise, this has enabled us to service the many different aspects of the industry. Located in Dublin and operating a nationwide delivery service, our customer base consists of social, commercial, fashion, industrial, press/pr, aerial, school and college photographers.