About

Gokul Krishnan is a highly accomplished VP, GM, and COO with over 25 years of experience in driving profitable growth across various industries. He has deep domain knowledge in Solar, Electronics, Consumer, Mobile, Fiber Optics, and Semiconductors. Gokul holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame, a Post-Doc from MIT, an MBA from Wharton, and a B.Tech from IIT Madras. Currently, Gokul is the Vice President of Business Development at Enphase Energy, where he is responsible for EV Strategy, Grid Services, and all partnerships for driving growth in the company's Residential Solar + Storage and Small Commercial business worldwide. He has also served as the Vice President and General Manager of the Microinverter Business Unit at Enphase Energy, where he led the P&L of the Worldwide Microinverter Business for Residential and Small Commercial solar. Previously, Gokul was the COO & Vice President of Residential & Small Commercial at SunEdison, where he grew the business profitably and built small and large global organizations across Sales & Marketing and Operations. He was responsible for all operating functions, including Product Management, Application Engineering, Customer Service, Field Operations, Sales Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics, Finance Operations & Fleet Monitoring. Gokul also defined and launched a highly complex SaaS-based Customer Platform with automated workflows and launched a Smart Energy management solution connecting IoT devices with residential energy gateways. Gokul's educational background and technical skills are equally impressive. He has experience as a Senior Software Engineer, Mobile Product Manager, and proficiency in AWS, Ansible, NodeJS, Docker, MySQL, MongoDB, Elastic Search, and Jenkins. Overall, Gokul Krishnan is a product-focused COO & GM with a proven track record of driving profitable growth across various industries. His deep domain knowledge, educational background, technical skills, and leadership abilities make him an invaluable asset to any organization.