Danilo Castillo Email & Phone Number

Pflugerville, Tx, Us

During my brief, but rewarding tenure with Empower Energy before their recent restructuring:• Traveled 100% of the time to oversee and report onsite construction activities as owner representative.• Supervised subcontractor's safety behaviors, instructed crew members on proper safety practices, and conducted onsite safety planning, toolbox talks and site specific safety training. Communicated safety concerns to subcontractors and safety director. • Worked as a team with project manager, Sr. Construction Manager and Safety Director to enforce quality and safety expectations.• Coordinated deliveries of modules, inverters and BOS with project managers, suppliers, delivery companies, subcontractors and onsite customer facility representatives.• Reviewed engineering drawings, submitted RFIs and communicated concerns and omissions to engineers.• Monitored project progress and recorded project updates in Procore.

Campbell, Ca, Us

• Evaluated solar installations compliance with Tigo Energy’s TS4 Module Level Power Electronics (MLPE) installation requirements. Helped installers troubleshoot their system TS4 MLPE’s safety and open circuit voltages to determine their state of health and evaluated the Power Line Communication (PLC) transmitters’ signal quality. • Wrote site visit reports outlining the findings, conclusions, and recommendations for Tigo’s Customer Success, Engineering and Legal Departments. Communicated with installers and answered questions about their installation practices and possible solutions.• Collaborated with other Field Service Engineers to review installation manuals, common installation mistakes, and to document Field Service Engineers common findings.

Austin, Texas, Us

• Responsible for managing multiple commercial solar installations throughout the US raging in size from 100kw to 1.5MW, from contract signature to close out. • Managed financial and project status tracking, vendors onboarding and subcontractors’ agreements.• Communicated effectively with customers, engineers, commercial development estimators, vendors, subcontractors, support personnel, utilities & permitting officials, inspectors, roofers, and other trades to resolve issues. Reported progress & issues to customers, sales development managers, and directors. • Resolved issues with design, interconnection, permitting, installation, monitoring & materials deliveries. Scheduled site surveys and made travel arrangements for installation crews.• Selected subcontractors & managed work performance. Supervise inhouse crews’ installations, including quality control and safety. Supervised project coordinators’ rebate and permit applications.• Created materials purchase orders. Maintained cost controls. Approved change orders. Submitted customers, contractors, and vendors invoices. Coordinated construction and inspections.

Austin, Texas, Us

• Traveled close to 100% of the time weekly supervising subcontractors day to day safety compliance and construction quality in commercial & utility scale solar installation projects for solar developers, electric utilities, manufacturing facilities and government entities, including a 4 MW ground mount project for Pedernales Electric near Florence, TX, a 6.4 MW PV System at Toyota Motors Manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama, the City of Marianna WWTP in Florida, and several large scale roof mount solar projects for The Oklahoma City Federal Building, Karbach Brewery in Houston, Blue Point Brewery in Long Island, Hormel in Lathrop, California, Unifirst in San Antonio and Austin ISD.• Performed Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC). Received and inspected material shipments. Confirmed electrical equipment and invoices accuracy. Provided instruction, feedback, or directions on the installation of racking, solar panels, electrical equipment, monitoring & wire management. • Assisted with commissioning & troubleshooting installation issues. Identified issues with construction drawings, and collaborated with subcontractors, engineers, customers, estimators, utilities, and project managers to resolve problems in a timely manner. Assisted with the permitting and inspection process. Reported the ongoing status of construction projects. • Received and inspected material shipments. Confirmed electrical equipment and invoices accuracy. Provided instruction, feedback, or directions on the installation of racking, solar panels, electrical equipment, monitoring & wire management.

Coordinate the solar installation process including permitting, interconnection applications, customer support, engineering and material sourcing. Supervise residential and commercial PV systems roofing and electrical installation crews.

• Occasionally assisted with the design & construction of solar power systems, and provided weatherization services for companies such as Clean Energy Services, Green Foot Prints and Blue Paw Energy.

• Installed cable trays, conduit and wires at Samsung Austin Semiconductors Engineering & Construction America Inc. (Samsung SECAI). Assisted with commercial lighting in parking lots, stores and clinics.

• Mounted thin film and polycrystalline panels on shingle and tile roofs, on ground mounted solar arrays and on commercial metal roofs and poles. Hung and plug inverters, aggregate panels, meter cans and breaker boxes, ran conduit and source circuits, wired micro-inverters and combiner boxes.

Austin, Tx, Us

• Led crews installing 4.5KW to 7 KW residential solar power systems. Provided guidance in the proper installation of feet flashing, rails, grounding, panels, conduit, and balance of system. Conducted solar site surveys. Identified and communicated design issues and needed materials. Maintained safety in the workplace. Explained system operations and/or installation issues to customers.

San Luis Obispo, Ca, Us

• Led teams of PV technicians in the installation of over 12,000 solar modules in a record time of 2 months at the 2.1 MW project for the VA Hospital in Temple Texas. Helped complete the 1.3 MW IKEA project in Westchester, OH in a month, including replacing ground wires, and installing most of the panels and roof standoff penetrations. Organized and distributed system components, tools and other materials. Provided quality control and fixed errors. Drove sky track lift.• Provided quality control, trained REC coworkers on efficient methods of rail assembly, assisted with trouble shooting, lead teams doing wire management and grounding, and helped finish on time REC’s IKEA 1.3 MW project in Round Rock, TX and in Houston, TX.

• Installed solar panels, ProSolar rails and source circuit wiring, wired inverters, combiner boxes and SMA Webboxes. Connected Rigid, EMT and PVC conduits, hung pull boxes, made exothermic welding connections for grounding. Assisted with line taps, disconnects, meters, wire pulls, and trenching. • Completed installations on welded steel carports at Cedar Hills TX State Park and Dyess A.F.B., on metal roofs using S5! at Cooper Lake S.P. and at TPWD fisheries in Athens and San Marcos, on flat roofs with FastJacks for Holt Cat, and on shingle roofs at Possum Kingdom and Tawakoni state parks.

• Installed over 400 panels on welded steel structures and unistruts, ran PV source circuits and conduits, and wired combiner boxes for a 210Kw solar installation at UT San Antonio’s South Texas Health Science Research Center, and 4 residential PV power systems at Austin’s Mueller development. Fixed mistakes done by previous crews. Conducted a few residential solar surveys.

Austin, Tx, Us

• Built commercial solar power plants at Texas Technical College in Waco (300kw), Texas Park and Wildlife Headquarters in Austin (92kw), Wylie Civic Center (24kw), and carports at Fort Bliss, El Paso.

• Collaborated with different teams in the installation of more than 40 residential and commercial solar power systems including a 100 kw ground mounted system for LCRA, a 72kw system attached with Solar Pro Fast Jacks for Temple’s Housing Authority, a 32kw commercial flat roof ballasted systems for Texas MedClinics, and dozens of 3kw to 8kw residential installations on metal, shingles and tile roofs. Conducted several commercial and residential rooftop solar surveys. Blew attic and wall insulation, weatherized homes and assisted with HVAC installations. • Provided operation assistance using SalesForce.com to scheduled appointments, submitted invoices, and served as point of contact for Bexar County’s Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP).

Austin, Tx, Us

July 2008 Austin Community College Electronics & Advanced Technologies Renewable Energy Institutional Certificate. GPA: 4.0June 2008 Photo Voltaic Entry Level Certificate of Knowledge - North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP)

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Coordinated the assignments of 30 to 150 employees in two warehouse facilities to meet the changing needs for Calendar Club distribution of seasonal products.• Conducted orientation and enforced attendance, safety and work ethic policies.• Communicated effectively and proactively with managers, employees, supervisors and support personnel to prevent problems & improve satisfaction.• Mediated and resolved conflicts between employees and supervisors. Counseled, dismissed, reassigned and replaced temporary employees to maintain productivity.• Maintained databases to respond to injury, unemployment and payroll claims.

• Coordinated the assignments of 30 to 150 employees in two warehouse facilities to meet the changing needs for Calendar Club distribution of seasonal products.• Conducted orientation and enforced attendance, safety and work ethic policies.• Communicated effectively and proactively with managers, employees, supervisors and support personnel to prevent problems & improve satisfaction.• Mediated and resolved conflicts between employees and supervisors. Counseled, dismissed, reassigned and replaced temporary employees to maintain productivity.• Maintained databases to respond to injury, unemployment and payroll claims.

Pflugerville, Texas, Us

• Instructed a diverse group of English speaking and Spanish monolingual students in an integrated kindergarten class.• Optimized the available educational resources to meet the needs of students at different stages of social, educational and language development.• Tutored low performing (Tier III No Child Left Behind) 4th graders to improve their reading, writing and math problem solving abilities. • Mentored 3rd grade students to improve their self-esteem, to involve them in outdoor activities, and to provide them with a positive role model. • Led rotating groups of students in the construction of a schoolyard habitat, a pond, vegetable, fruit trees & flower gardens to teach them about biology, geography, geology, conservation, ecology and ethics.

• Instructed a diverse group of English speaking and Spanish monolingual students in an integrated kindergarten class.• Optimized the available educational resources to meet the needs of students at different stages of social, educational and language development.• Tutored low performing (Tier III No Child Left Behind) 4th graders to improve their reading, writing and math problem solving abilities. • Mentored 3rd grade students to improve their self-esteem, to involve them in outdoor activities, and to provide them with a positive role model. • Led rotating groups of students in the construction of a schoolyard habitat, a pond, vegetable, fruit trees & flower gardens to teach them about biology, geography, geology, conservation, ecology and ethics.

B.S/B.A., Industrial Economics & Latin American Studies

Ma (33 Graduate Hours), Latin American Studies

Certificate In Renewable Energy Technologies, Renewable Energy Systems

Latin American Studies - International Business, Community & Regional Planning And Government.