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Harry Shrimp Becomes President and CEO of Amoco/Enron Solar

February 08, 1999 by Jeff Shepard

Solarex (Frederick, MD) announced that Harry Shimp has been hired as President and CEO of Amoco/Enron Solar. Former President and CEO Harvey Forest will assume the position of Advisor to the President, and will assist Shimp's transition to CEO through 1999.

Shimp previously spent nine years at General Electric, where he held managerial positions in marketing, manufacturing and engineering in domestic and international locations. In 1991 he formed Charon Industries and has managed a number of venture partnerships specializing in the fields of glass and ceramics, optics, reinforced plastic composites, and precision metering equipment.