AJ Rossman
Burlington,VT
Summary
PV Performance Professional with 20 years of experience working in multidisciplinary teams to identify and optimize underperforming PV assets for Technical Asset Management. Extensive career history building tools for PV Performance including data collection from DAS/SCADA, data validation, data management, system modeling, performance assessment and operations & maintenance.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Founder / Managing Director
Smart Resource Labs
06.2011 - Current
- SRL - Built PV Health Reports and launched as Technical Asset Management service for analyzing, classifying and quantifying loss factors in Commercial & Industrial PV power plants.
- SRL - Built electrical submetering platform and deployment processes for installing and commissioning revenue-grade (sub)metering and PV DAS retrofits at scale. Brought down implementation timeline from months to under a week and reduce costs by over 50%.
- HelioVolta Head of Data Engineering (PT) - Developed standard to include O&M activities with Orange Button standards committee. Prototyped key features of analytics module for PV field services using new standard for DOE SBIR Phase I grant.
- EVmatch Consultant - Spearheaded tech transfer process by integrating hardware and IoT backend developed by National Labs into EVmatch SaaS platform for EV charging, contract manufacturer selection process, utility security review and utility pilot execution.
Director of R&D
Omnidian
11.2021 - 12.2022
- Prototyped PV Performance Modeling Automation and Weather-Adjusted Performance Reports
- API discovery for new product ideas in PV Operations for PV and BESS
- Prototyped standards-based and open-source technologies for data validation
- New technology discovery and trend analysis at industry trade shows
PV Analytics & IoT Performance Solutions
Infiswift
10.2016 - 09.2020
- Prototyped analytics and visualization technologies to foster communications between international Operations and Data Science teams in PV, Microgrids and Precision Agriculture
- Recruited, trained and managed a local analytics team
- Brought $750K in qualified leads for solar and advanced manufacturing verticals
Founder / CTO
Draker Labs
09.1999 - 06.2011
- Commercialized platform for 3rd-party monitoring of Commercial & Industrial PV power plants, raised venture capital and grew technical and sales teams
- Launched premier 3rd-party PV monitoring platform and grew company to first $1M in sales
Education
MS Electrical Engineering -
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
MS Environmental Science & Geology -
Miami University
BS Electrical Engineering -
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Skills
- Problem Solving
- PV Performance Analysis
- Data Acquisition System (DAS) Support
- Technical Project Management
- PV Standards Identification and Integration
- Process Development and Implementation
- Jira, Python, G-suite, MS Office, CRMs
- Dataloggers, Sensors, IT Communications
- Vendor Management
Other
- Founded IoT Conduit for citizen scientist engagement
- NREL American Made Challenges Gold Connector
- Green building renovations
Timeline
Director of R&D
Omnidian
11.2021 - 12.2022
PV Analytics & IoT Performance Solutions
Infiswift
10.2016 - 09.2020
Founder / Managing Director
Smart Resource Labs
06.2011 - Current
Founder / CTO
Draker Labs
09.1999 - 06.2011
MS Electrical Engineering -
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
MS Environmental Science & Geology -
Miami University
BS Electrical Engineering -
Milwaukee School of Engineering
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