Mr. Joseph Kigin has been the Head of Worldwide Sales, Business Development & Operations at Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. since April 7, 2017. Mr. Kigin joined Ascent Solar in 2015 as the Senior Director of Worldwide Sales & Business Development. Prior to joining Ascent in 2015 Mr. Kigin served in Sales & Business Development leadership capacities for Fortune 100 companies such as Oracle, Seagate and Northrop-Grumman and with prominent high-tech startups Exabyte, Innoprise Software, Stratom and Micro Research Industries. He has extensive experience in the Commercial, Public Sector, Retail, OEM and International Sectors. He has over 30 years of experience in Sales, Business Development and Operations in the High-Tech Manufacturing and Professional services sectors. Mr. Kigin holds a BBA in Management Information Systems from James Madison University (VA) and an MBA in Operations Management from the University of Colorado at Boulder.