Entech Solar Appoints CTO Mark J. O’Neill to Board of Directors

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Entech Solar (OTC BB: ENSL.OB), a leader in concentrating solar energy systems, announced today that it has appointed chief technology officer Mark J. O’Neill to its Board of Directors.

\"We are very pleased to announce that Mark will join our board, effective immediately,” said Frank Smith, CEO of Entech Solar. “As a co-founder of ENTECH, Mark has been essential to building the Company into what it is today and creating a unified vision behind our commercialization strategy. His appointment to the board reflects his unparalleled qualifications and passion to succeed.”

Mr. O’Neill is CTO of Entech Solar and a co-founder of ENTECH, Inc. Prior to the founding of ENTECH in 1983, Mr. O’Neill served in a variety of engineering and management positions with E-Systems, Inc., Northrup, Inc., and Lockheed Missiles & Space Company. Mr. O’Neill is a graduate of Notre Dame, with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, and he performed graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, while working at Lockheed. He has directed major research and technology development programs related to solar energy systems for space and ground applications since 1972. Mr. O’Neill has authored or co-authored more than 160 technical publications related to solar energy and 15 U.S. Patents for inventions ranging from Fresnel lens solar concentrators to collimating tubular skylights.