On this episode Leo interviews Andy Klump. He is a renewable energy executive with 20 years of solar energy, storage, and technology experience with 18 years’ operating in China. He is the founder, owner, and CEO of Clean Energy Associates, a solar energy and storage technical due diligence and engineering services firm with a presence in 13 countries with over 170 professionals and completed solar energy and storage projects in 60+ countries. Supply chain traceability allows to track products from sources to consumer. Is this vital? What is the importance of company culture? Connect with Andy on LinkedIn  Clean Energy Associates (CEA), a solar and storage technical advisory firm, provides quality assurance and independent engineering solutions worldwide. We serve financial institutions, project developers, EPCs, IPPs, and power plant owners. From our base in China, CEA’s quality control engineers travel worldwide to conduct upstream in-factory technical evaluations, including factory audits, production monitoring and pre-shipment product inspections. Our US-based product management and engineering (IE/OE) teams provide support throughout the project life cycle, from upstream supply chain management and supplier benchmarking, to downstream system design, construction, commissioning, performance assessment, re-power and optimization as well as warranty support. We serve the solar and storage industries through our expertise in PV modules, racking, inverters and energy storage systems. Since 2008, CEA has reduced buyers’ risks and improved returns on investments via quality assurance, technical and financial due diligence and engineering services covering more than 90 GW in over 60 countries. Self-learning is of paramount importance in the business world, listen to your international peers and step up your game.Connect with the host Leonardo Marra on LinkedIn Follow the page on LinkedIn This episode is sponsored by International Expansion Explained. Are you looking to expand internationally, but you're not sure where to start? Or you export already but would like to venture further overseas? Reach out to arrange an international clarity session and learn more about growth plans here International Expansion StrategyPartners SearchOngoing sales and branding supportIndividual one on one support