Prior to cofounding McCalmont Engineering, Tom was the CEO and cofounder of Regrid Power, which grew to be one of California's largest and most respected solar electric integrators prior to its sale to Real Goods Solar in late 2008.  Regrid Power now represents the largest portion of that public company’s solar installation business.

Tom is also the cofounder and Chair of SolarTech, an organization dedicated to eliminating adoption barriers to the proliferation of solar power.  Tom developed the six key initiatives for SolarTech out of his experiences as a solar integrator, for whom bureaucratic and standards challenges often prove a greater barrier to business growth than do technical challenges.  SolarTech was created by design as a collaborative forum for solar integrators, manufacturers, utilities, finance partners, workforce partners, and cities to work through complex multi-disciplinary problems.

Tom serves on the Boards of Directors of Solmetric Corporation, a leading solar instrument company; Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network; the Climate Prosperity Council, a Silicon Valley initiative dedicated to the idea of creating economic prosperity through green initiatives; and the Board of Trustees of Muskingum University, where he received his bachelor's degree in physics.

Tom holds an MS degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a BS degree in Physics from Muskingum University.  He has also completed the AEA/Stanford executive MBA program.  Tom is a charter NABCEP-certified Solar PV Installer and is both a B (general) and C-46 (solar) licensed contractor in the state of California.

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Most recently, Scott headed up engineering for Regrid Power, where he supervised all design, engineering, and Code compliance for the company’s solar installations.  He also developed its innovative PVwatch solar monitoring product that enabled both customers and the service team to display and verify the performance of Regrid’s solar installations.

Prior to Regrid Power, Scott was a Senior Design Engineer for Micrel Semiconductor, where he designed analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits.  While with Micrel he also held the position of Adjunct Associate Professor at Iowa State University, where he taught electrical engineering.

Scott holds a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Duke University and BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Iowa State University.  He is a registered Professional Engineer and a licensed C-10 (electrical) contractor in the State of California, and a NABCEP-certified Solar PV Installer.

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Before Regrid Power, Ms. McCalmont served as Operations Manager for Clean Harbors Corporation, a company that disposes of hazardous chemicals through environmentally-sound methods, and before that, she served as Operations Manager for Celanese Corporation, where she has many years of experience managing large, complex commercial chemical production lines.

Darlene holds an MBA degree from the University of Houston and a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University.

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