Experience

Impact Power Solutions

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President Solar Development

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  Develop and implement strategies to acquire and develop land and source subscribers for 30 MWs in the Minnesota Community Solar Garden market. Project work included researching the local markets in Dakota, Sherburne & Benton Counties targeting land for successful solar development and working with landowners to acquire 25 year land leases. Led the municipal approvals process and coordinated designers, engineers and wetland specialists to provide the respective counties with the necessary information to obtain CUP/IUP approvals for each project. In addition, these projects included contacting school districts, cities, counties and local, regional and national companies to successfully obtain subscribers for the solar gardens. Concurrently working on sourcing commercial/industrial, schools, local governments opportunities to develop rooftop solar projects. To date responsible for sourcing 34 commercial/industrial, municipal and educational projects totaling over 4 MW combined with 21 MW's of community solar development in addition to the 30 MW's referenced above.



Alternative Energy Group, LLC

• United States
• Industrial Automation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner

  • Feb 2013 - Aug 2017

  Founded AEG Group to consult with independent solar contractors/developers to source, contract and build municipal, educational, commercial and industrial solar systems. Customers included Sundial Solar and TruNorth Solar both of which are highly qualified contractors with deep experience in designing and installing solar systems. In addition, work included targeting land owners to lease land for 1 MW solar farms and sourcing development partners for the development of 23 MW's of community solar. All 23 MW's were successfully developed, built and fully subscribed in partnership with NextEra Energy, Inc. which is a Fortune 200 energy company with about 45,900 megawatts of generating capacity, revenues of over $17 billion in 2017, and about 14,000 employees throughout the United States and Canada.



Global RAIS (formerly Ten K Solar)

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President - Key Accounts

  • Sep 2011 - Feb 2013

  Focused on sales & marketing to develop new markets for an innovative low voltage solar PV system with a primary focus on the California market. Developed relationships with the top 65 EPCs in the California market to develop new channels to market and install tenK Wave System. Focused on sales & marketing to develop new markets for an innovative low voltage solar PV system with a primary focus on the California market. Developed relationships with the top 65 EPCs in the California market to develop new channels to market and install tenK Wave System.



Solarflow Energy

• Minneapolis, MN

• Vice President Sales and Marketing

  • Mar 2009 - Sep 2011

  Responsible for all sales and marketing strategy development efforts as well as developing collateral materials & website development. Worked with site assessors and operations personnel in project implementation & coordination. Responsible for all sales and marketing strategy development efforts as well as developing collateral materials & website development. Worked with site assessors and operations personnel in project implementation & coordination.



Griffin Companies

• Leasing Non-residential Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President - Development Services

  • Jun 2003 - Feb 2009

  Created a new division within the company - the Development Services Group - and was responsible for leading the division and marketing the DS Group to prospective customers. He assisted the project management team and worked directly with commercial and residential developers as well as senior housing providers to research and locate target markets. Michael lead the site search and site selection process and coordinated with municipalities to obtain all zoning and permitting . In addition, he assisted in contractor selection and coordinating all development related activities.