People: Akeena Solar, Inc. (AKNS.O)

AKNS.O on Consolidated Issue listed on NASDAQ Capital Market

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Cinnamon, Barry 51 2009 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary
Effren, Gary 53 2009 President, Treasurer
Randazzo, Margaret 41 2009 Chief Financial Officer
Kiel, Jeff 50 2008 Executive Vice President - Sales and Marketing
Roffman, Edward 59 2006 Director
Witkin, Jon 55 2007 Director
Jotwani, Pradeep 54 2009 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Cinnamon, Barry Mr. Barry Cinnamon is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary of Akeena Solar Inc. He had been President of the Company. He is founder, Barry Cinnamon, has served as director since the Company began in 2001. Mr. Cinnamon is a long-time advocate of solar energy and widely recognized solar energy expert. He started his career in solar energy in the late 1970s as a researcher into new flat plate and concentrating collector designs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Mr. Cinnamon designed and installed active solar, passive solar and ground coupled heat pump systems. Mr. Cinnamon’s work in solar energy computer modeling led him into the software industry, where he served as Chief Executive Officer of Software Publishing Corporation, and founded Allegro New Media, a multimedia software publisher, which he led to an IPO in 1995. Mr. Cinnamon earned a BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and a MBA degree in Marketing from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Cinnamon is a NABCEP-Certified Solar Installer, a licensed California C-46 Solar Contractor, a member of the board of directors of CALSEIA and SEIA, and an active member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.
Effren, Gary Mr. Gary Effren serves as President, Treasurer of Akeena Solar Inc. He had been Chief Financial Officer since September of 2007. From 1980 to 2006, Mr. Effren held various executive financial positions at Knight Ridder, Inc., a Fortune 500 media company. Mr. Effren served as the Vice President/Finance of Knight Ridder since January 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Effren served as Senior Vice President/Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Knight Ridder from 2001 to 2004, and as Vice President/Controller of Knight Ridder from 1995 to 2001. During his tenure at Knight Ridder, Mr. Effren’s overall responsibilities included corporate accounting and financial reporting, strategic business development, tax, treasury, risk management and investor relations. Prior to joining Knight Ridder, Mr. Effren worked as an auditor at Peat Marwick Mitchell. Mr. Effren is a CPA with 30 years of experience in accounting and finance. Mr. Effren earned his MBA from the University of Miami and earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Commerce from Rider College in New Jersey. Mr. Effren is a CPA.
Randazzo, Margaret Ms. Margaret Randazzo has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Akeena Solar, Inc. Ms. Randazzo, a certified public accountant, is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, where she earned a bachelor's of business administration degree in accounting in 1990. She began her career as a manager in the Audit and Business Advisory Division of Arthur Andersen LLP in Dallas. In 1996 she joined the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as a financial planning manager and in 1998, was named vice president and chief financial officer of the Star-Telegram. In 2001, Randazzo joined the Star-Telegram's corporate parent, Knight Ridder, and held positions of increasing responsibility at the company, including vice president and controller and special assistant to the president. In 2006, upon The McClatchy Company's acquisition of Knight Ridder, Ms. Randazzo was named president and publisher of The Modesto Bee and had oversight of the Merced Sun-Star. Ms. Randazzo served in that role through the end of 2008 prior to joining Akeena.
Kiel, Jeff Mr. Jeff Kiel is Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Akeena Solar, Inc. He joined the Company during December 2008. From August 2008 to December 2008, Mr. Kiel was Executive Vice President of Sales and Business Development for Fonemine, a mobile technology company. From 1987 to 2008, Mr. Kiel served in a number of media industry positions with subsidiaries of Knight Ridder, Inc., a Fortune 500 media company, and then MediaNews Corporation after it acquired The San Jose Mercury News in 2007. Those positions included President and Publisher and Vice President of Advertising for the San Jose Mercury News (2002 to 2008) and Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of The Miami Herald (1998 to 2002). Prior to joining Knight Ridder, Mr. Kiel worked in public accounting as an auditor at Ernst and Young from 1982 to 1987 and Kaufman, Rossin and Company from 1987 to 1988. Mr. Kiel earned his Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Florida and is a CPA in the state of Florida.
Roffman, Edward Mr. Roffman is Director of Akeena Solar Inc since August 2006. Mr. Roffman served as Chief Financial Officer of Red Mile Entertainment, Inc. from January 2005 until April 2006 and at Fluent Entertainment, Inc. from February 2003 to December 2004. Both companies are consumer software developers and publishers. Mr. Roffman has also been a principal of Creekside, LLC, a consulting firm which specializes in the software, internet and consumer products industries. From August 1995 to January 1999, Mr. Roffman served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Palladium Interactive, Inc., a consumer software company. Mr. Roffman currently serves on the board and audit committee of Silverstar Holdings (NASDAQ: SSTR), a publicly traded publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software. Mr. Roffman is a CPA with over 30 years of experience in accounting and finance. Mr. Roffman earned his BBA in accounting from Temple University.
Witkin, Jon Mr. Witkin is Director of Akeena Solar Inc since July 2007. Mr. Witkin is a co-owner of Western States Glass, the largest independent flat glass distributor in Northern California, which he co-founded in 1991. Mr. Witkin oversees Western States Glass's operations, including its fleet of delivery vehicles and remote offices throughout California. Prior to founding Western States Glass, Mr. Witkin was a Partner at Bay Mirror and an Area Sales Manager at ACI Glass Distribution (“ACI”). He also served in various sales and management roles at the Havlin Witkin Corporation which was sold to ACI. Mr. Witkin earned a Bachelors of Science degree in 1976 from the University of Utah.
Jotwani, Pradeep Mr. Pradeep Jotwani is the Independent Director of Akeena Solar, Inc. Mr. Jotwani is an Operating Executive at Vector Capital, and serves on the board of Real Networks. Previously, he was at the Hewlett-Packard Company for 25 years, where he held a number of senior management positions in Europe and the United States. Most recently he was the Senior Vice President and head of HP's $16 billion Printing Supplies business and prior to that was President of HP's Consumer Business Organization, HP's first formal sales and marketing organization focused on the consumer market. Mr. Jotwani holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India, a master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and a master's degree in business administration from Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Cinnamon, Barry 777,478
Effren, Gary 793,840
Randazzo, Margaret --
Kiel, Jeff --
Roffman, Edward --
Witkin, Jon --
Jotwani, Pradeep --
As Of 30 Dec 2008

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Cinnamon, Barry 0 0
Effren, Gary 0 0
Randazzo, Margaret 0 0
Kiel, Jeff 0 0
Roffman, Edward 0 0
Witkin, Jon 0 0
Jotwani, Pradeep 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
CINNAMON BARRY A 23,000 $1.17
WITKIN JON 17,094 $1.17
EFFREN GARY R 22,000 $1.17
KIEL JEFFERY E 15,000 $1.17
ROFFMAN EDWARD 17,094 $1.17
JOTWANI PRADEEP 17,094 $1.17
JOTWANI PRADEEP 701 $1.33
KIEL JEFFERY E 25,000 $1.33
ROFFMAN EDWARD 10,000 $1.38
CINNAMON BARRY A 2,200 $0.63
CINNAMON BARRY A 2,500 $0.65
CINNAMON BARRY A 1,700 $0.62
CINNAMON BARRY A 20,000 $0.62
CINNAMON BARRY A 3,090 $0.64
CINNAMON BARRY A 8,900 $0.60
CINNAMON BARRY A 10,000 $0.64
CINNAMON BARRY A 3,547 $0.66
CINNAMON BARRY A 1,100 $0.59
CINNAMON BARRY A 10,000 $0.61
CINNAMON BARRY A 100 $0.64
CINNAMON BARRY A 61,363 $0.67
CINNAMON BARRY A 15,900 $0.62
CINNAMON BARRY A 7,800 $0.63
CINNAMON BARRY A 600 $0.61
CINNAMON BARRY A 400 $0.64
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