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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Certification
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Ryan Gagne

Monson,MA

Summary

Entrepreneurial Owner with experience and solid history of business success. Built operations from ground up with strategic and scalable approaches. Well-oriented to quickly identify and capitalize on emerging opportunities. Ranges from ordering parts and building of a team. We completed tasks in a timely manner and met expectations from our partners and had great customer satisfaction.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Owner

M&R Installations
Monson , MA
06.2022 - Current
  • Developed strategic plans to increase profitability and efficiency.
  • Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers.
  • Oversaw budgeting and financial management.
  • Implemented quality assurance processes to ensure product excellence.
  • Researched potential partners in order to expand services offered.
  • Collaborated with other owners on joint ventures and shared resources.
  • Reviewed legal documents related to business operations.
  • Provided direction and guidance to employees.
  • Negotiated with vendors to gain optimal pricing on products resulting in substantial increase in profit margin.
  • Prepared staff work schedules and assigned team members to specific duties.
  • Delegated work to staff, setting priorities and goals.
  • Monitored inventory levels and placed new orders for merchandise to keep supply well-stocked.

Lead Installer

Devlin Contracting and Maintenace
Weymouth, MA
04.2019 - 06.2022
  • Ensured that customer expectations were met throughout the entire installation process
  • Laid out and installed mounting hardware, such as brackets, bolts, and screws.
  • Set up monitoring equipment to assess performance of solar energy systems.
  • Performed preventive maintenance on existing solar systems to ensure optimal operation.
  • Researched new technologies related to the industry in order to stay up-to-date on advancements.
  • Engineered every field installation to meet or exceed applicable codes and safety standards.
  • Supervised crew of up to 5 solar team members engaged in installing energy-efficient measures in qualified homes.

Site Technician

Sunrun
Marlborough, MA
06.2018 - 04.2019
  • Troubleshooting and repair of DC inverters, AC/DC disconnects, communication and metering equipment, system failures and system under performances
  • Replace and repair defective microinverters, optimizers, modules and damaged electrical wiring and conduit
  • Gather information to proceed with installing solar on a house/structure including electrical and structure details
  • Maintain communication with customer to ensure project runs smoothly
  • Complete necessary paperwork and updates

Site Technician

Vivint Solar
Chicopee, MA
02.2017 - 06.2018
  • Troubleshooting and repair of DC inverters, AC/DC disconnects, communication and metering equipment, system failures and system under performances
  • Replace and repair defective microinverters, optimizers, modules and damaged electrical wiring and conduit
  • Size of the projects I worked on ranged from 3.8KW to 15KW Residential Solar.
  • Check communications with the inverters to the panels and inverters to the SolarEdge communications box.
  • Receive information on an account for solar ranging from electrical, structural, etc.
  • Measure roofs to opening electric panels and talking to the sales representatives all the way through communicating with the customer.
  • Ensure everything fits on the roof to make sure the roof can support the weight of the system.
  • filling the paperwork and making sure the account goes smoothly.
  • Install and worked on jobs that I surveyed.
  • Mounted inverters and wired full jobs.

Lead Installer

Valley Solar
Florence , MA
05.2016 - 12.2016
  • Ran the wire for the company along with some work inside of the inverter or inverter swaps.
  • Oversaw a roof crew
  • Ensuring everything was coming out properly and everything was measured properly.
  • Making quick decisions and adjusting to multiple obstacles. Ordering parts for the jobs and installing panels and inverters on the jobs.

Commercial Site Supervisor

Green Earth Energy PV
East Windsor, CT
02.2014 - 05.2016
  • While i worked here we worked with SolarEdge Inverters and Micro Inverters.
  • Ordering parts for jobs to managing the roof crew. I managed depending on the job or what stage the job was in 8-22 People at one time.
  • Making measurements and mapping out the roof to installing and doing wire layout to pulling all the strings for the solar arrays.
  • Managed several commercial jobs and some residential including completed jobs that range from 600 KW to 5MW.

Education

High School Diploma -

Chicopee Comprehensive High School
Chicopee, MA
06-2011

Skills

  • Budget Administration
  • Administrative Oversight
  • Labor Relations
  • Hiring and staffing
  • Partnership Development
  • Project Management
  • Operations Management
  • Team Oversight
  • Bidding processes
  • Financial Management
  • Training & Development
  • Certified Microsoft Office Specialist

Affiliations

High school Football Captain - I was a captain for the Chicopee Comprehensive High school football team

for 2 years. I managed the players and called shots on the football field and off the football field.

Assistant Coach - I was an Assistant coach for the Chicopee Chargers Program for the 7-8 grade class.

I oversaw the Running backs and Linebackers. I also called the defense and I also was very involved in

the kids schooling.

Assistant Coach - I was given the honor to coach the Belchertown Football Program at the high school

level. I was overseeing the Running backs and Defensive line. I was also charged with running the morning lifting

program that we had for the students and football players.

Certification

  • Ironridge Installer Certification program
  • Unirac Master Program Certification
  • Solar edge installation Certification
  • Enphase Installation Certification

Timeline

Owner

M&R Installations
06.2022 - Current

Lead Installer

Devlin Contracting and Maintenace
04.2019 - 06.2022

Site Technician

Sunrun
06.2018 - 04.2019

Site Technician

Vivint Solar
02.2017 - 06.2018

Lead Installer

Valley Solar
05.2016 - 12.2016

Commercial Site Supervisor

Green Earth Energy PV
02.2014 - 05.2016

High School Diploma -

Chicopee Comprehensive High School
Ryan Gagne