Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Radiance Solar LLC designs, develops and installs turnkey solar energy systems that help commercial and residential customers save money while reducing their environmental impact. We are a triple bottom-line company; people, planet, profits. Our focus is on providing outstanding customer service and helping our customers determine what they need to do to save money, reduce their environmental impact and help America become energy independent. Starting with an assessment of each situation, we’ll recommend and install the right Solar Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Hot Water Systems to suit the customer's individual needs.
It's our goal to become the trusted source for solar energy for commercial, industrial and residential customers in the southeast.
Management Team
Our management team's core expertise is taking technology to market, building strategic partnerships with innovative technology companies and managing scalable businesses across multiple domestic and international markets.
Team
James Marlow, CEO and Founder
Marlow has 25 years high tech sales and marketing experience with Computerland, Lotus Development, IBM, and Yahoo. He is the founder of Internet startup, Anything Southern.com and was a candidate for United States Congress in the 10th District of Georgia. Georgia Southern.
Jamie Porges, COO and Founder
Porges founded Riverview Properties, a real-estate investment and contracting business specializing in high-end single family homes. He also spent 13 years at Turner Broadcasting successfully creating, managing and growing non-traditional businesses with an established media company. Emory University.
Scott Meyerhoff, CFO
A founding partner of The Intersect Group. Prior to joining The Intersect Group, Scott spent 16 years in consulting and executive capacities at Infor Global Solutions and Arthur Andersen. Penn State.
Taylor Hollis, Energy Engineer
Taylor began his career in solar project management with the largest solar installation in the world (2006) in Serpa, Portugal with SunPower. He went on to supervise a 1 MW installation in Fresno, CA and then the largest solar thermal project in GA at Cox Manheim. Taylor is a graduate of the University of Virginia and is currently working on his masters in electrical and mechanical enginnering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
David True, Director of Sales
David True brings over 8 years of experience working with various divisions of Wells Fargo in residential and commercial financing for new construction. Professional expertise includes developing new territories, managing sales and joint venture relationships, construction and project financing. Finance degree from University of Central Florida.
Patrick Thompson, Sales
Former science teacher and US Park Ranger with 30 years of sales management experience at EDS, Lotus, IBM, Siebel, and Open Text helping customers translate the business value of the information technology investments used to run their organizations. Candidate for Sustainability MBA. Mary Washington University.
Advisors
David Rudolph, Founder and Advisor
Rudolph is an entrepreneur and consultant focused on traditional and new media ventures. He is based in Atlanta, GA. Previously, Rudolph was Senior Vice President, Strategy & New Products for Turner Broadcasting. GA Tech.
Powell Smith, Founder and Advisor
Smith has 20 years high tech management and engineering experience with Lotus Development, IBM and the W3C. He is an expert in biofuels and alternative energy and has been running his personal vehicles on biodiesel, waste vegetable oil and derivatives for the past 3 years. Washington and Lee
Rand Knight, Founder and Advisor
Rand Knight has 20 years experience in ecosystems' research, environmental policy, quatitative modeling, renewable energy technology and spacial data solutions. Rand has a doctorate in ecosystems ecology from the University of Washington and has been a strategic manager, executive and front line customer interface responsible for professional services sales to Global 2000 companies. Rand recently won Georgia Trend magazine's 2009 "Forty Under 40 Award," and currently serves as Director of Sales at QL2, as well as a Member of the Executive Committee at the Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club.
Ron Carpinella, Founder and Advisor
Carpinella has over 16 years of marketing and Internet experience. A veteran of Google, he built its Atlanta and Dallas sales operations into businesses generating an annual run rate of over $200MM in revenue. Ron has also been in leadership positions at other internet visionaries including CMGI, Flycast and Relevant Knowledge. Ron holds and MBA from Duke University and BA from Purdue University.
Tanya Coventry, Founder and Advisor
Coventry has over 17 years of brand marketing experience. A veteran of Turner Broadcasting, she has extensive experience in launching and repositioning strong brands both nationally and internationally. Most recently she was VP of Brand development for TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies. Sustainability and social consciousness are her passions. Boston University.