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Oakland, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

· Built performance models from scratch to enable engineering and product management to make the best design decisions.· Analyzed and optimized proposed plant layouts to deliver maximum value to customers.· Contributed to bifacial_radiance, an open source raytracing software project created by NREL.· Set up a data pipeline to make millions of tracker-hours worth of data available for analysis.· Assisted everyone from sales to marketing and engineering with data insights gleaned from mountains of raw data.

Created the electronics and embedded software for an automated solar power plant cleaning vehicle.

Pasadena, Ca

[Acquired by Steelcase] I was the first full time employee at Stir where we created the Stir Kinetic Desk: a revolutionary, intelligent, and connected standing desk and winner of Human Interface Product of the Year at CES.· Design of custom embedded linux hardware.· Linux software development including kernel drivers, interfaces to application layer software, and integration of third party software.

Pasadena, Ca

Embedded Linux development, SCADA interfaces, solar power plant controls, data analysis, test and measurement.

Pasadena, Ca

[Acquired by First Solar] Software development, Electrical Engineering, test and measurement, embedded Linux systems, data analysis.The acquisition of RayTracker Inc was broadly recognized as being one of the highest investor returns for a VC-backed solar company.

Pasadena, Ca

Designed custom test and measurement systems for dual axis solar concentrators.Built a full featured outdoor PV test lab with all necessary instrumentation and data reporting tools.Created custom software tools for data analysis related to dual axis solar concentrators.

· Designed and built custom electro-mechanical test fixtures for accelerated life testing of irrigation equipment.· Applied reliability analysis to develop detailed product specifications and estimate warranty return rates.· Developed HALT/HASS programs for new and existing products.· Analyzed warranty return data and field sites to develop tests that accurately represented field conditions.· Directed a team of up to 5 test technicians and engineering interns to manage a high volume of routine testing.

· Performed thermal design and qualification for prototype workstation computers.· Developed a suite of web-based test programs on an open source platform to control lab test equipment over a GPIB bus, running automated tests and generating reports.· Investigated and implemented solutions to field reliability problems in existing products.· Established analytical methods to calculate component temperatures and correct for varying altitudes and ambient conditions.· Conducted airflow and flow impedance experiments and correlated with theoretical models to predict thermal performance.· Performed a wide range of environmental testing on computers including shock/vibration, humidity and temperature.