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• Oversee and manage the delivery and installation of custom cabinetry for commercial projects in the Shenandoah Valley. • Schedule management, meeting organization, risk assessments, team recruitment and training, staff monitoring, budget administration, and progress evaluation. • Oversee and manage quality control and safety training (OSHA 10), hardhats, other PPE, JTA’s (job task analysis), potential risks, etc. • Installed and built using construction blueprints. Familiar with take offs and other plans. • Completed projects in a timely manner by assigning duties, overseeing work execution, handling resources, training staff, and monitoring project progress. Also met project timelines by rolling up my sleeves and making the deadlines happen.

• Formulated, designed, and sold solar photovoltaic systems for residential homes and commercial businesses • Managed the installation of PV solar systems including off-grid and battery backup systems from permitting to final inspections and commissioning. Commercial projects had a TVA imposed maximum capacity of 50kw. • Oversaw ground mount installations, commercial flat room installations, and metal roof installations • Oversaw up to 3 crews including training, quality control management and customer follow up. • Oversaw and managed subcontractors and vendors. • Prepared the budget for the PV installations and was responsible for weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually preparing reports and analyzing the expenditures and financial health of each project. • Assisted in contracts and program negotiation with TVA and other Utilities with the Generation Partners Program • Wrote and compiled Renewable Energy Grants (REAP- Rural Energy for America Program) for eligible businesses • Estimated cost and designed technical drawings (1 line) for commercial and residential PV systems. Used SketchUp, PVSyst and other solar design software applications. Used NEC code (2011, 2014, 2017) to design solar systems up to the AHJ standards. Very familiar with article 609 (solar details) • Analyzed potential projects for feasability using soil reports, engineering reports, and gauging community “buy in.” • Responded to RFP’s (Request for Proposals) with completed proposal packages. • Drove outside sales by demonstrating a consultative approach and leveraging a broad scope of technical expertise. • Created marketing materials, blog posts, local and national public relations in order to increase sales volume. • Utilized extensive website design and execution skills and successfully ran- www.SimpleEnergyWorks.com, blog posts.

• Spearheaded overall management and leadership of a national summer relief mission agency involving vision casting, team building, and strategic planning; reported directly to the Board of Directors with technical and regulatory guidance. • Architect of initial business “turn around” where the agency went from 48 summer groups and a bare bones budget in 1996 to 84 groups in 1998 with a healthy budget and an annual surplus. • Determined and implementing strategic plans and campaigns in coordination with the board of directors. Additionally held the responsibility of preparing and presenting the annual budget, P/L, balance sheets, and an annual external audit (GAAP). • Executive experience of monitoring and controlling all functions associated with the relief agency including leadership and management of FT year-round staff, seasonal managers and short term experience leaders. • Annually planned, prepared and coordinated “Training-the-trainer”; an annual three-week staff training designed to prepare and train our project coordinators. We used initiatives and exercises to prepare our staff to follow our regulations and procedures (all found in the staff manual and Standard Operating Procedures) in running the week-long emergency relief experiences. • Envisioned, created and executed company-wide “Standard Operating Procedure” manuals for all positions; implemented an evaluation system to assess customer satisfaction and to maintain quality of all experiences. • Accountable for site planning, land development, purchasing and oversight of construction as the General Contractor for 14-acre base camp property including three cabins which sleep 112, shower house/bathhouse, kitchen/dining building. Land purchased in February 1998, staff were living in cabins for staff training May 1998 (very rapid implementation/construction of a complex project under extreme time pressures)

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Mass Media Communications

Master Of Arts - Ma, Christian Thought