Meet the DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions Leadership Team

Mr. Burke is global marketing director of DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions, one of the leading materials providers to the solar energy industry. Mr. Burke founded Innovalight in 2005 and served as the president and CEO until August 2011, when DuPont acquired the company. His career has spanned research and development, product management, marketing, sales, general management and operations in major global organizations such as NEC, AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Agere Systems, and abroad in Germany, U.K., and Japan. Before founding Innovalight, Mr. Burke was the Sr. Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Oclaro and was a venture partner at Sevin Rosen Funds. He has received the Technology Pioneer Award for cleantech innovations from the World Economic Forum, and in 2010 the President of Ireland presented him with The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. Mr. Burke attended The London Business School and received his B.S. in physics from University College Dublin and his M.S. in physics from Trinity College Dublin.

Areas of Expertise:

• Reducing dependence on fossil fuels through solar photovoltaic (PV) solutions
• Global solar energy market and technology trends
• Photovoltaic materials and technologies driving improved efficiency, lifetimes, and overall PV system cost reduction
• Long term reliability and ROI from PV modules
• Ensuring maximum returns from PV investments
• Tedlar® polyvinyl fluoride films for PV backsheets
• DuPont™ Innovalight™ silicon inks

Features Videos

• EPIA Interviews Conrad Burke on PV reliability