Tom Martens

President & Founder

Modigliana, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

About

Experience

  • HyperStrong (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
    • Solution Manager, Southern Europe
      Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    • Technical Support Manager
      Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • President & Founder at CERAMICA
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    CERAMICA or CER-AMICA is a non-profit association founded to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and promote the widespread adoption of renewable energy systems. As President and Founder, I: – Define the strategic vision and long-term goals of the organization – Coordinate teams and oversee all major initiatives – Develop partnerships with institutions, communities, and energy professionals – Organize awareness campaigns, workshops, and educational events – Promote accessible, inclusive approaches to clean energy solutions *This is a volunteer position carried out alongside my full-time professional role.*

  • Storage Technical Support Manager at KINGDOM ENERGY LTD
    Nov 2023 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Generating quotes and supplying customers with high quality, accurate project proposals, often in response to highly complex and formal utility RFQs • Identifying customer needs and supporting in evaluating the technology and its potential applications; • Managing project pipeline of medium and long-term opportunities spanning multiple states, project types, and markets • Evaluating product specific market requirements and contributing to the product development roadmap • Providing reporting to general management

  • Project Leader at Electrolux
    Mar 2015 - Nov 2023 · 8 yrs 9 mos

    Coordinate the project team in an international environment. Responsible for the execution and the reporting of the respective project in the given time frame, cost target and quality level. • Drive and manage projects in the areas of: . New platform or subsystem projects . New features and aesthetical design . Cost reduction . Quality improvement • Platform or subsystem standardization • Lead project teams & cooperate with cross-functional teams • Control project/product costs and investments • Create investment requests • Organize test- and pilot series with the production • Analysis of technical solutions with suppliers, factory and other involved functions • Drive standardization & modularization • Create component and product specifications

  • SunPower Corporation (Faenza)
    • Product Engineer
      Jul 2012 - Feb 2015 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Responsible for mechanical engineering issues related to Residential and Commercial products • Engineering support of full range of SunPower Mechanical Products • Participate in new product design reviews and FMEA process with development teams • Provide new product release and deployment readiness recommendations to product engineering management • Investigate customer complaints, conduct failure analysis (FA), and provide investigation and FA reports • Work with technical service engineers (TSEs) and O&M technicians to address product issues and be the final subject matter experts for escalations. • Analyze escalated field issues and troubleshoot/solve product/system problems identified during commissioning or system operation. Involve development team in corrective action plan as needed. Validate effectiveness of solution and train O&M teams for implantation of corrective action • Review training materials, vendor product change notifications, SPWR engineering change notifications, and device guides/installation manuals. Provide content as needed

    • Application Engineer
      Jan 2011 - Jun 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Support for mechanical engineering issues related to Residential and Commercial products • Engineering support of SunPower Mechanical Products • Work with technical service engineers (TSEs) to address product issues and be the final subject matter experts for escalations. • Analyze escalated field issues and troubleshoot/solve product/system problems identified during commissioning or system operation. Involve development team in corrective action plan as needed.