Greg is EmPower's Chief Operations Officer. As COO Greg is responsible for leading & overseeing company operations with a focus on company infrastructure, processes & post-contract endeavors including engineering, construction, service & company support. Together with the CEO, Greg & David are realizing EmPower's vision of a more prosperous, healthy & civil world powered by renewable energy.As a NYS licensed Professional Engineer Greg oversees & seals all electrical/interconnection & structural designs.As an ‘astronaut like’ candidate Greg was accepted into NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analog program. In January 2018 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston Greg was Commander of a two month simulated space mission. Mission results directly impact current & future NASA’s missions such as Mars, the International Space Station, lunar base, etc.Prior to EmPower Greg taught electrical & mechanical engineering at the US Merchant Marine Academy. While there Greg co-founded & managed the Alternative Power Program & the Kings Point Sustainability Assoc. After graduating from the USMMA in 1999 Greg attended Navy Nuclear Power School & held multiple management & teaching positions as a Nuclear Engineer at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.Greg completed a Master of Science in System Engineering & Management at MIT. Greg’s focus was the design & development of 'impossibly complex' systems, such as the electricity grid. Greg’s thesis is on building "smart grid" architectures supporting increased penetration of 'non-dispatchable' RE resources.Greg is formerly the co-chair of the IEEE Long Island Power & Energy Society & Secretary/Chair of the Technical Committee for the Long Island Solar Energy Industries Association (LISEIA). Greg is a NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer.Greg moderates & lectures on Solar & RE topics; engagements include the NSPE, IEEE Power & Energy Society (for CEU's), SUNY Stonybrook, the Nassau Bar Association & other Universities.