Our Company
Sunflower Solutions
Sunflower Solutions isn't a lot of things that typically encompass an advanced energy company. Internally, we look for the right type of person who understands that our work does not stop as the lowest cost source of electricity for remote and developing parts of the world, it goes far beyond that. Our work is all about what that power does. Clinics and hospitals have different concerns than do schools or water wells and most of us in Sunflower Solutions have experienced those nuances firsthand on almost every continent (we have not yet made it to Australia).
Sunflower's Principles:
Be Passionately Driven. We do our daily best to be passionately driven and focused on empowering the world through our work.
Be Proactively Curious. Just because something has been done a certain way for who-knows-how-long is not a reason to assume that there isn't a better way out there. This is, after all, how Sunflower Solutions got started.
Be Sensorially Engaged. When you are working with diverse areas around the world there are a lot of factors that change from one location to the next. We do our best to be mindful of the unique challenges that comes with every opportunity to supply our emPower Plant™ systems.
Be Empathetically Minded. We understand the emotional connection to something as simple as a source of reliable electricity because even a small amount of electricity can mean the difference between such things as clean and dirty drinking water to those who need it the most.
Christopher Clark
Chris Clark graduated with a degree in business management and applied statistics from Miami University of Ohio where he earned awards for two business competition presentations. Previously, Clark worked for 5 years as a business consultant for those organizations employing people with work related disabilities around the greater Cleveland area. Clark specialized in on-site training of clients in various industries including manufacturing, food service, and healthcare. Clark founded Sunflower Solutions in Cleveland Ohio when exposure to Africa's rampant lack of electricity caused problems when working with a group to bring clean water to an impoverished village.
Now it is Chris's passion to emPower the world with the emPower Plant™.
Steve Belkin
Belkin has surrounded himself with a 'solar braintrust' spanning 5 countries and 6 educational disciplines. Thanks to his unusual 'IIT-Cleveland degree' (!!) in India Solar PV Infrastructure, Belkin now possesses a working knowledge of the National Solar Mission policies and bureacracies, the solar PV supply chain and the analytical tools to establish manual tracking's niche in the Indian marketplace.
Belkinn comes from a diverse background of building successful companies and is a passionate entreprenuer.
Matthew A. Kashuk, PE
Kashuk’s international experience includes hands-on volunteer work in the Kilimanjaro region of rural northern Tanzania, supplying pivotal direction while implementing a clean, potable water project benefiting rural schools, and the surrounding community. This project utilizes small-scale solar and hydro-turbine generated electricity to eliminate reliance on the unreliable local grid power supply. Kashuk is an engineer by trade and practice.
Kashuk holds engineering degrees for the University of Dayton (including concentrations in materials and energy conversion), and Case Western Reserve University (Master’s). He also maintains Professional Engineer licensure in Ohio.
Jonathan Soond
Jonathan Soond is pursuing a degree in Economics from the Boler School of Business at John Carroll University, we identified his professional experience, dedication and depth of knowledge and passion for renewable energy are a vital asset to our growing team. Jonathan is currently responsible for operations, business development and product logistics as we work to bring power around the globe.
Development
LaunchHouse is a seed capital investment and business development company located in Cleveland, OH. Through seed funding, business development resources, mentoring, and a creative culture, LaunchHouse helps portfolio companies accelerate the start-up process.
