First Solar, Inc. announced that Robert J. Gillette has been appointed chief executive officer, succeeding Mike Ahearn. Gillette brings a wealth of experience to this position, having spent the last four and a half years as the CEO and president of Honeywell Aerospace, Honeywell International’s most profitable business group with current sales of more than $12 billion annually. In this role, he led more than 40,000 associates at nearly 100 worldwide manufacturing and service sites. In welc...