Mike Miskovsky's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

As a founder and CEO, Mike Miskovsky has had a significant impact on the early stage businesses he's invested in. He's passionate about helping his companies reach their full potential and has a deep understanding of how to make products that work right and solve big problems.Mike has had an extensive career in the corporate world, starting with banking and territory lead at Bank of Montreal/Harris Bank, where he two years (5 months) as the CEO. When he left that company in 1988, he was the CEO of Tiveni, Inc. where he was in charge of sales and business development. From there he went to SI Television, where he was the CEO for four years. In 1996, he started CleanSource Power, where he was the CEO for two years and later the president and GM. In 2006, he founded Canadian Solar, where he was the CEO for one year. From there, he moved to the solar industry, starting with SolarCity and eventually Canadian Solar.While he was at Canadian Solar, he also started QBotix, Inc. which was acquired by the venture capital firm Obvious Ventures in 2015. There, he led the company through rapid growth, achieving US residential mountaineering system market leadership (>50%). He also negotiated and closed the landmark sale of Canadian Solar to the solar manufacturer SF Motors in October, 2017.Mike is also an expert at Powerhouse, where he has been a partner since 1996. Here, he identifies and supports founding teams building innovative software to rapidly transformer our global energy and mobility systems. The firm has a solely Ventures-owned portfolio of startups, helping them to accelerate their growth.

🎓 Education

Mike Miskovsky earned a B.S. in Business Administration and Management from Saint Louis Abbey/Saint Louis Priory School in 1977 and a S.M.A. from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in 1988. He then worked as a general manager for two companies before studying at Princeton University where he earned a A.B. in 1981 and a J.D. in 1985.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Miskovsky has more than 7 years of experience in the energy and automotive industries. He was CEO of a company focused on accelerating the pace of adoption of solar energy in commercial/institutional settings, which he sold in 2009. Miskovsky also has experience in the banking, marketing, and business development industries. He was the VP Sales and Business Development at Lipstream Networks from 1999 to 2001. He was the VP, Channels & Business Development at Bank of Montreal/Harris Bank from May 1985 to September 1988. He also was the CEO at Tiveni, Inc from 1990 to 1994. He was thefounder and Director, SI Television at Sports Illustrated from 1990 to 1994. He also was the Venture Advisor at Obvious Ventures from February 2016 to October 2016. He was in business development for CleanSource Power from November 2006 to August 2009 and for Canadian Solar from July 2009 to August 2010. He also was the VP, Channels & Business Development at Reva Systems from January 2005 to January 2007. He was the VP, Channels & Business Development at Autodesk from 1994 to 1999. He was also the VP, Channels & Business Development at SpaceX from 2002 to 2006. Miskovsky is also the President and GM of Canadian Solar from July 2009 to August 2010. He also was the CEO at InEVit from September 2016 to July 2018. He is also a member of the Board of directors at QBotix, Inc. and Powerhouse Ventures.