Robert Patterson

Mr. Robert Patterson has served as vice president of Canadian Solar Inc.since January 2006. In Canada， he received his MBA degree from The University of Western Ontario （Ivey） in London， Ontario in 1973， and his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston， Ontario in 1970.Previously， Mr. Patterson served as our general manager — Canada since 2002. Mr. Patterson managed the Solar Bi-Lateral project: Solar Electrification for Western China with the Canadian International Development Agency from May 2002 to June 2005. Before joining us， from 1999， Mr. Patterson was the vice president of business development and the manager of the Alberta branch of Soltek Solar， now Carmanah Technologies， Canada’s largest solar energy company. From 1992 to 1999， Mr. Patterson was a senior vice president at several start-up communication companies including Westronic Inc.， Network Innovations and TD Communications plus also managed his own consulting company， S & B Consulting Services， specializing in marketing and business development for high tech companies. From 1980 to 1988， Mr. Patterson held managerial positions at Nortel Networks for materials management， product development and marketing and business development. Mr. Patterson is a certified professional engineer in Alberta， Canada.