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Mr. Truthseeker is a solar industry veteran with over 23 years of engineering and leadership experience. He spent most of his time at solar startups developing, manufacturing, and launching dozens of new products to market. Recognized throughout the industry as a technical expert, he started his own solar products engineering firm in 2016 helping companies realize their product’s vision and goals. He grew that company to a seven-person team covering all engineering disciplines and developing all sorts of novel solar products for its customers including solar panels, racking, trackers, inverters, and balance of system components. In 2021, he focused his energy on the development of his latest invention, Solvari SR, the all-in-one solar panel. This new solar panel is poised to be the next breakout residential solar technology due to its operational simplicity and lightening fast installation which allows solar companies to install 3x more jobs in a day with their existing labor force. Mr. Truthseeker successfully blends his engineering expertise, industry knowledge, and business experience to reduce product development timelines and release products to market that fill a critical industry need and exceed user expectations.
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Founder And CeoSolvariRound Rock, Tx, Us -
Founder & CeoSolvari Solar Oct 2022 - PresentRound Rock, Tx, UsSolvari manufacturers an all-in-one solar panel that installs 4x faster than any other product on the market. -
Founder & CeoSoftpawpv Feb 2020 - PresentSoftPawPV licenses their SoftPaw wire management technology to module manufacturers. SoftPaw is a wire management channel in a solar panel's frame that handles all wires within the array. Electrical wires from the module, power electronics, and home runs all fit into the SoftPaw channel providing life long securement. SoftPaw has proven to be the fastest, lowest cost, best looking, and most reliable wire management device on the market. Customers of modules equipped with SoftPaw can't imaging going back to the days of wire clips and zip-ties. They love the hidden aesthetic and reliability provided by SoftPaw that allows them to consistently pass inspections and eliminate callbacks and system rework. -
Founder & CeoTecsi Solar Jul 2016 - Oct 2022El Sobrante, California, Us• Responsible for all aspects of customer’s product development from product management to design to certification.• Maintained a greater than 90% approval rating on customer feedback surveys with a 100% cost to value ratio. • Developed several solar related products that are licensed by well-known manufacturers.• Facilitated the development of product roadmaps for several CEOs of highly respected solar companies of which many aspects were implemented by TECSI.• Completed comprehensive product evaluations benchmarking customer’s products against their competition. Feedback was used to improve products and build marketing material.• Active in the development of PV related codes and standards. Member of the UL 2703 STP panel and several of its working groups including the UL 2703/1703 joint task force. Member of SEIA and active participant of all of its codes and standards groups. Member of the SEAOC PV committee. • Module and racking fire performance expert. Presented “A Walk Through Fire” at the PV technical seminar at Solar Power International in 2016. • Implemented all of the corporation’s tools, processes, and documents including accounting software, website, NAS, server, NDAs, Consultant Agreements, License Agreements, MSAs, Solidworks Drawing Templates, Solidworks Vault, and Solidworks License Server.• Leveraged extensive experience with products, codes, and engineering principals specific to solar applications to effectively build and defend legal cases as an Expert Witness. -
Engineering Director & Product ManagerSunedison May 2011 - Sep 2016Chennai, InResponsible for residential and commercial rooftop product portfolio for the RSC division. • Conducted market research and analysis for development of advanced product lines and benchmarked prototypes against market’s existing best in class products. • Invented and designed the Arcadia family of products that reduce installation time by more than 50% and increase profitability by 33%. Features include, single SKU product, tool free installation, and the industry’s first complete modular design.• Invented integrated wire management for advanced SunEdison modules reducing balance of system costs by $0.01/W & making industry standard external wire management devices obsolete.• Built 2 product development engineering teams totaling 11 engineers (US & India) from ground up.• Negotiated key vendor MSA that led to a 27% reduction in existing product line and negotiated a license agreement and established overseas manufacturing to realize an additional 35%. • Created the ECO process and was instrumental in developing and implementing the Stage Gate process for NPI. Acting Solidworks and documentation mgr. • Acting Quality Manager (8 months) setting priorities, goals and resource allocation. Decreased quality issues by 49% in 4 months. Developed quality control metrics and RCCA process. • Acting NorCal Sales Manager (6 months), responsible for bringing on new dealers. Exceeded sales targets and developed auto tools to streamline sales process. Developed Sales pitch deck.• Acting Field Service Manager (6 months), responsible for training dealers and providing customer service to homeowners. Increased customer loyalty from mostly detractors to mostly promoters. • Developed ordering tools to reduce order time 80% & increased order accuracy from 18% to 95%• Active participant for subject relevant codes and standards groups for UL, IBC, NEC and SEAOC -
Lead Design EngineerEchofirst® Inc. (Now A Sunedison Company) May 2009 - May 2011Responsible for residential and commercial rooftop product portfolio. Designed and launched into production the Echo Solar Array and the Tilt Rack Echo Solar Array with integrated plenum for the solar thermal system. • Developed new plenum design that increased array thermal efficiency by 8%. • Obtained certifications for a Class A roofing assembly and for an integrated electrical bonding device. • Developed product design calculator that determines ASCE7 design loads, applies them to racking structure stress calculations, and then reports results certified by PE stamp. • Extensive use of NEC, NDS, ASCE-7 and UL standards to ensure product safety and code compliance. • Launched the Applications Engineering department. Directly responsible for: hiring 5 engineers, process and document development for permits, training, and business alignment. • Supported projects for more than 650 homes as systems design engineer specifying array designs, array layouts, BOS components, and permitting.• Installed several production PV and thermal systems utilizing construction skills such as ducting, plumbing, roofing, framing, and high voltage AC and DC wiring. • Created product configuration tool for efficient and accurate order fulfillment.• Primary author on deliverable for technical sections of DOE grants.
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Sr. Mechanical EngineerGreenvolts Jan 2008 - Apr 2009Sr. Mechanical Engineer responsible for the Design, Prototype, Testing and Installation of 1 MW of tracker bases for the CarouSol product. Integral in the development of tracker peripherals including the controller, wiring, and drive motors. Launched and managed prototype production line for high concentration photovoltaic module.
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Sr. Product EngineerSunpower Corporation Jan 2007 - Jan 2008Richmond, California, UsSr. Product Engineer responsible for all released tracker and ground mounted products as well as several other PV related products. Responsible for all company BOS components. Extensive experience with field training and documentation. -
Sr.Test EngineerSunpower Corporation May 2004 - Jan 2007Richmond, California, UsResponsible for all testing for R&D development, Certification, Reliability and Failure Analysis. Managed extensive cost reduction effort on the flagship product leading to a $150,000 yearly savings. Responsible for product viability and long term reliability through extensive use of ASTM, UL and in-house specialized testing.
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University Of California, DavisMechanical Engineering -
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Samuel Truthseeker, P.E. attended University Of California, Davis, Kent State University.
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