Rob Martens

About Rob Martens

Revenue growth must be driven by customer success.Sales, operations, and strategic sourcing management expertise. Experienced in large traditional organizations, mid-market companies and startups. Proven ability to create a vision, motivate and interact effectively from the shop floor to the boardroom. Team builder with a short learning curve, excellent planning, communication and leadership skills. My passion is introducing middle market and larger organization to impactful process efficiencies.Specialties: strategic business planning and negotiations. business process outsourcing and management. strategic partner selection & channel management. developing and executing high growth sales plans. e-Invoice, e-Payments and bank systems technology strategy. Business Process Justification and Automation

Experience

1. President and Co-owner

   Better Together Solar

   Jan 2007 — Present · Cleveland/Akron, OH, US

   Employee owned organization based in Cleveland. We apply structural, electrical, and financial engineering principles to develop superior results in solar energy construction. We provide assistance and consulting services to help customers design and finance the optimal solar energy project for their site. Throughout construction, we direct and oversee the many fluid tasks that must come together flawlessly in order to realize that optimal vision. Once systems are built, we stand ready to provide appropriately applied operations and maintenance resources to keep these renewable resources running, optimizing projects along the way as new technologies and solutions allow.

Education

• Solar Energy International (SEI)

  NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installation Professional, Solar Energy Design, Installation, Operations and Maintenance

  2008

• University School

  HS, College Prep

  1979 — 1983

• Miami University

  Bachelor of Philosophy, Minor in Physics

  1983 — 1987

• San Diego State University

  MS, Business Admin - Marketing

  1997 — 2005

Skills

• Board Development
• Solar System Design
• Strategy
• Partner Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Product Development
• Information Systems
• Energy
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Crm
• Enterprise Software
• Purchasing Power
• Renewable Energy
• Executive Coaching
• Small Business
• Business Strategy
• Solar
• Leadership
• Consulting
• Third Party Relationships
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Solar Industry
• Solar Energy
• Program Management