Dr. Tiago Maranhao Alves da Silva

CEO& Director, SUNEW & CSEM BRASIL, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Biography

Dr. Tiago is a Managing Partner at FIR Capital. He acts as board member in several companies of the FIR ecosystem, including the most recent venture, SUNEW, as CEO. SUNEW leads the way on industrial-scale printed organic photovoltaic, being the most successful spin-off company of CSEM Brasil, an independent innovation and R&D company founded by CSEM of Switzerland and FIR Capital. Dr. Tiago has held leadership positions in start-ups and in multinationals such as IBM, BellSouth and ARM, global leader in semiconductor intellectual property. He worked internationally doing business in Europe, USA and Asia. As a Management Consultant in London, he worked with some of the world's best-known and successful companies in a range of sectors. Dr. Tiago completed his MBA (First Honors) at the University of Cambridge and holds a Masters degree in Marketing and a BSc degree in Electronics Engineering/Physics. At the Harvard Business School, IMD Switzerland and at UC Berkeley, Tiago completed several programs on Leadership and Innovations Management.

All sessions by Dr. Tiago Maranhao Alves da Silva

From lab to fab to market: how and why OPV can change the energy landscape
10:00 AM

CSEM Brasil has developed the largest roll to roll printing line worldwide dedicated to OPV and has successfully spun-out SUNEW, the company that is bringing to market industrial scale OPV, breaking successive records in terms of production output and commercial installations globally. This talk will share some of Tiago´s insights along the journey, the main technological challenges as well as the reasons why he believes OPV will have a big impact on the cities, vehicles and buildings of the future.

Dr. Tiago Maranhao Alves da Silva

CEO& Director, SUNEW & CSEM BRASIL, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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