Experience

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  Sunrun

  • Greater Sacramento

  • Field Sales

    • Jul 2023 - Feb 2024
    • Greater Sacramento

    #1 residential solar and storage company in the USA. Led Sacramento team with 6 sales/month from retail leads (Costco & Home Depot) in Q4, 2023.

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  Semper Solaris

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Field Sales

    • Jun 2021 - Jul 2023
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    #4 residential solar and storage company in California. All products are manufactured in the USA or from companies headquartered here. Monthly close ratio was consistently over 30% and monthly sales volume over $300,000 with $4.4M in total revenue generated in 2022. Also, experience selling roofing and HVAC.

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  Sunrun

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Field Sales

    • Sep 2018 - Jun 2021
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Led team in East Bay Area with solar and storage installations in 2019 (92) & 2020 (100). Product focus was LG solar panels, Tesla Powerwall battery, Enphase microinverters and SolarEdge. Left when company switched to only offering Longi solar panels made in China and terminated LG & Enphase.

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  MovieWorks Software, Inc.

  • Pleasanton, California, United States

  • Chief Executive Officer

    • Sep 2016 - Aug 2018
    • Pleasanton, California, United States

    Acquired MovieWorks Source Code and led development effort to modernize. Led incorporation process, and unsuccessful fund raising and acquisition efforts.

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  The Dow Chemical Company

  • Northern California

  • Territory Sales Manager (CA) - Solar Shingles

    • Sep 2015 - Aug 2016
    • Northern California

    Responsible for building up a dealer network and rolling out POWERHOUSE 2.0 (PH2) solar shingles in the N. CA market. Dow shut down the solar shingle division due to an impending merger with Dupont.

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  Your Energy Solutions

  • Livermore, California, United States

  • Field & Showroom Sales

    • Jul 2013 - Aug 2015
    • Livermore, California, United States

    Solar, batteries and energy efficiency products – 2 showrooms with primary focus on SunPower, Enphase and LG products.

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  SolarCity

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Field Sales

    • Oct 2011 - Jun 2013
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    • Residential solar sales. 60+ salespersons in region at time of departure. • Led Bay Area with most systems sold and lowest cancelation rate in 2012.

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  Interactive Solutions, Inc.

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • President

    • Oct 1987 - Oct 2011
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Interactive Solutions developed and marketed MovieWorks and MediaWorks - award winning Mac/Win software applications for easily creating high-quality movies and interactive multimedia projects.

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  Environmental Marketing & Research

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Consultant & Volunteer

    • Jun 2006 - Sep 2011
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    • Data Analysis & Report Writing - founder and chief analyst for the Bay Area Solar Installation report and City Solar Awards, sponsored by NorCal Solar, where the amount of solar energy installed in each city and county in the Bay Area was calculated annually from 2007 - 2010.• Nature Photographer - contributing photographer to CA HydroPower Reform Coalition newsletter and others. • Website Development - developed websites for software and environmental organizations. • Multimedia Presentation Consulting - helped create multimedia projects for Audubon Society, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and others.• Volunteer and/or member of Sierra Club, Alameda Creek Alliance, Nature Conservancy and others.

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  CEIT Systems, Inc.

  • President

    • Oct 1985 - Sep 1987

    Creator of Authology - Computer Based Training (CBT) multimedia authoring software. Used by numerous Fortune 500 companies including HP, AT&T, Intel, FMC and others.

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  Arix Corporation

  • Manufacturing Engineer

    • Sep 1984 - Sep 1985