VP of Business Development   Employer: Analog Group Inc. Job Location: Central , CA Cash Compensation: Industry Type: Construction Recruiters Job Description: Responsible for strategy, marketing and business development. Responsible for developing business relationships, defining product strategy and understanding competitive environment. Firm understanding and ability to accumulate and synthesize market data and formulate and direct product plans and direction. Technical background and the ability to communicate with customers, engineering and industry peers. Candidate will represent company at public events (conferences, industry panels) and will be able to communicate company messages and strategy effectively. Will interface closely with engineering teams, finance and the CEO. Requirements Must have working knowledge of solar energy industry, semiconductors, nanotechnology and thin film technologies. Minimum bachelors technical degree. MBA a plus. Must have at least 4 years of industrial experience, preferably in the photovoltaic/solar or a closely related industry. Requires strong verbal/interpersonal communication skills to exchange technical and/or strategic information and written communication to prepare complex reports and analysis on a regular basis. Requires leading or facilitating meetings, training and presentations with internal staff, investors, board of directors and CEO. Some travel will be required Company Description: Analog Group Inc. is a nationwide technical search and recruiting firm. We place technical managers, engineers and marketers in the electronic hardware and firmware industries. With over 20 years of technical staffing expertise, our experienced recruiters work directly with, and better understand the needs of key industry staffing managers. This knowledge also allows us to provide an efficient, targeted career search for our qualified job seekers. Are you tired of submitting your resumes into company or webboard cyberfiles never to be heard from again, uncertain as to whether they ever reached the actual hiring authority? Because of our past successes, we are able to work directly with the staffing managers, confidentially placing your resumes in front of them for discussion. We have repeatedly proven ourselves as a valuable staffing source to Fortune 100 industry leaders and young pre-IPO technology start up ventures. We have a deep focus in these core technology areas; * Analog Engineering * Power Electronics Design * Firmware/Embedded Controls * Digital Power Design * Motor Drives Electronics * Fuel Cell/ EV Technology * Alternate Energy/Energy Storage * BICMOS IC Design Analog Group has senior recruiters working specific geographic regions of the USA. They are each intimately familiar with specific locations and can help guide you in your specific search.