Vernie Sannoo

Artha Venture Challenge

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• http://www.barefootpower.com/

Overview

Vernie has rich experience in sales and marketing, rural distribution and overall business operations. Most recently Vernie was the Vice-President –retails sales at a Solar Home lighting company incubated by Idealab (USA) where he gained first-hand knowledge of consumer needs and market in relation to solar home lighting systems. He has an experience of 22 years with Eureka Forbes for setting up sales and service channels in smaller remote markets and building a sales driven organization. With millions of household using kerosene lamps many more facing erratic power supply, Vernie believes that his experience of demo based selling, coupled with rural distribution network backed by efficient service and consumer finance will help state of art Barefoot Power products to reach to those who need to be alleviated for overall development of Rural India.