Marshall Brunson

When he was a child, Marshall had a toy solar kit with a PV cell attached to a fan motor. It was as good as magic, and that sense of magic has never dimmed. Seeking adventure after a short run as an IT professional, Marshall dove into the solar industry in 2012 installing residential and ...

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Amit Shukla

Amit Shukla has an MBA and BS degrees in both Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry. Amit has a NABCEP PV Associates certification. He has more than 20 years of experience in the renewable energy industry. Being a chemical engineer, although he was trained in fossil energy, he has spent his whole career working in the renewable ...

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Rafael Gil

Originally from Veracruz, Mexico, Rafael moved to Tucson, Arizona in 2012 to pursue a career in renewable energy. With a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, he went on to obtain a master’s degree in Engineering Management with focus in renewable energy from the University of Arizona. Rafael has been working in the solar industry for ...

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Alejandro Mora

Alejandro is an SEI instructor with nearly a decade of experience in installing and commissioning power distribution equipment at telecommunications sites. A graduate in Electronic Engineering from the Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Alejandro decided to shift his career toward a more sustainable and environmentally conscious industry. In 2014, he completed a master’s degree in ...

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Channa Silva

Channa Silva is an international consultant with over 8 years of progressive experience in Solar and renewable energy technologies, with a Master of Engineering Science in Solar & Renewable Energy from the University of New South Wales, Australia and Master of Engineering Management from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He also a Certified Expert ...

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Alex Jahp

Alex Jahp joined the solar industry in 2015 out of a passion for the environment and sustainable development. He has since worn many hats – and hard hats – with roles in construction, design, and project management on projects from watts to megawatts throughout the US, Peru, and Guatemala.  His work has taught him the ...

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Tamara Lashbrook

Tamara made a radical career shift in 2008 from promoting democratic development in the former Soviet Union to working in the solar industry in Mexico.  Landing on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, she quickly understood the need to live sustainably to not damage the fragile environment.  She designed and built two off-grid homes (PV, rain ...

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Ernesto Biestro

Ernesto’s background is in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Universidad Tec de Monterrey of Mexico. After some years working for private companies like GE, he decided to work in the PV industry. He started out in the comercial side as a technical representative for the first PV companies in Mexico by introducing the grid connected ...

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Diane Patrick

Diane is a Professional Engineer (Mech) who spent most of her career in Alberta, Canada cheering on the solar industry as it continued to make progress in a hydrocarbon dominant area.  Understanding the need for diversity while living in a location with an abundance of both resources (sunshine and old dinosaurs) helped Diane operate under ...

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Amy Scher

Amy found her way to PV in sunny Arizona, as part of an interest in off-grid sustainable living and natural building. She began drafting residential PV systems in 2005, and made an appearance in residential-scale wind power manufacturing as a drafter and document control specialist until 2008, when she moved to California where the PV ...

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