New Energy Appoints J. Brent Wilkinson as COO

New Energy Technologies, Inc., developer of MotionPower technologies for generating sustainable electricity from the kinetic energy of moving vehicles and SolarWindow technologies capable of generating electricity on see-thru glass windows, announced the appointment of J. Brent Wilkinson as COO and vice president of corporate development. Wilkinson is a 24-year veteran who has successfully grown several early-stage technology companies from concept to commercialization and revenues.

As CEO of Nexus Technology Group, Wilkinson grew the company from zero revenue into a multi-million dollar, award-winning business in two years. At Mielach Company, Wilkinson served as COO, where he increased the $20M/year manufacturing company’s profitability by 200%. Leading mergers and acquisitions for Precise Software, he closed several acquisitions valued over $50 million, and successfully quadrupled the profitability of one acquisition as its general manager.

“I’m honored to welcome Brent to our team. He brings a unique expertise with building multi-million dollar commercial enterprises from new ventures, including in the energy and new technology sectors,” said Mr. Meetesh Patel, president and CEO of New Energy Technologies, Inc. “Mr. Wilkinson’s arrival is especially timely in light of recent breakthroughs with New Energy’s SolarWindow technology and numerous advances with the prototypes of our MotionPower technologies.”

Recently, the company announced significant breakthroughs in the development of its first-of-its-kind SolarWindow technology capable of generating electricity on see-thru windows. Researchers replaced ‘visibility-blocking’ metal with see-thru, environmentally-friendly compounds, and unveiled a novel, patent-pending process for ‘spraying’ solar cells onto glass – an achievement that could provide significant cost-savings, high-speed production, and room-temperature deposition.

Previously, the company bolstered the patent protection of its MotionPower kinetic energy harvesting technology for generating electricity from the motion of vehicles. Engineers achieved a two-fold increase in the capacity of the MotionPower-Heavy device to capture kinetic energy from the movement of heavy trucks, buses, and long haul rigs. Likewise, engineers also achieved a 25-fold increase the capacity to capture kinetic energy using the company’s MotionPower-Auto device to generate electricity from the movement of cars and light trucks in its most recent prototype.

“I am impressed by Mr. Patel’s early efforts in creating working prototypes for our technologies and am eager to now aggressively advance these innovative energy devices through the field testing, production engineering, and commercial launch phases,” explained Wilkinson.

Wilkinson graduated cum laude from Harvard College and earned his master’s in business administration from Harvard Business School.