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Round Rock, TX, US

Round Rock, TX, US

Solvari manufacturers an all-in-one solar panel that installs 4x faster than any other product on the market.

SoftPawPV 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.

El 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.

Chennai, IN

• Responsible 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.
• 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%.

• Responsible 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.

Sr. 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.

Richmond, California, US

Sr. 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.

Richmond, California, US

Responsible 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.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Arts, Art History, Business