Mark Stout
Utility-Scale Solar Technology Expert
Résumé in Acrobat PDF format
Objective: Rapid deployment of utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) technology for climate protection, energy security, and high value job creation.
Currently:
- Vice President, Renewable Technology, Cleantech America
- Professional Member of American Solar Energy Society
- Professional Networking links:
- LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/cleanenergyworks
- Tweets: http://twitter.com/markstout
- Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/cleanenergyworks
- Blog: http://sjvceorenewablepower.blogspot.com
- Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/cleanenergyworks
Past Experience:
- Coordinator with first-ever Fresno Solar Homes Tour 2005, winning "Best New Solar Tour 2005" award
See the animated
video (2min 45sec - WMV format)
- Energy Consultant with Bay Area-based Cooperative Community Energy
- Elected member of the Sierra Club San Francisco Group Executive Committee, focusing on renewable energy
- Energy policy advisor with the Global Exchange Power to the People campaign,
- Renewable Energy Consultant with the Union of Concerned Scientists campaigning for a California Renewables Portfolio Standard, which was eventually signed into law in 2002
- Senior Software Design Engineer with Crystal Semiconductor
- Systems Engineer with Compaq Computer on the research team for the Analog Devices AD1848 and Crystal Semiconductor CS4238 multimedia audio systems
- Microcomputer Consulting Office Manager for the University of Illinois Computing Services Office
- Program Manager Intern with Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager server software team
Education:
- Master's degree in Energy and Resources from UC Berkeley with a Master's Project (Acrobat PDF format) on how the politics of California's electric utility deregulation process impacted renewable energy programs.
- Master's Project has been referenced in: The Last Energy War by Harvey Wasserman, SF Bay Guardian by Office of Ratepayer Advocates Regulatory Analyst Dan Berman, PhD, Office of Ratepayer Advocates Regulatory Analyst Mark Loy in his speech to the Mexico City Trinational Conference: "Deregulation of the California Electric Industry: An Unprecedented Travesty", and "HOAX - How Deregulation Let the Power Industry Steal $71 Billion From California" by The Foundation For Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign