Employee Info

Dr. Gay E. CanoughCompany Founder

Education:

  • BS in physics, Purdue University, 1980
  • Ph.D. in particle physics, U of Notre Dame, 1987

Currently employed by:

Extraterrestrial Materials, Inc. (ETM Solar Works) doing design and installation of solar energy systems (company founder, 1988-present)

Experience:

Conducted the PV Installers Course over 130 times. The course on how to install solar electric systems has been offered in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. (2000-present) Certified Master Trainer (Institute for Sustainable Power; see www.irecusa.org)

Designed and installed solar electric systems and solar hot water systems, residential and commercial. Designed and installed hardware, wrote software for performance monitoring of renewable energy systems. (Over a megawatt of PV installed since 1993). Certified PV Installer (North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners; see www.nabcep.org).

Installed several small wind generators and performed repairs on existing wind generators. Completed wind studies for several sites.

Binghamton University-State University of New York, the Watson School of Engineering summer science and technology workshops for middle school students and teachers (1994 to 1999).

Carried out study of space solar power compared to terrestrial solar power under NASA contract (1996).

Conducted a study on the risks, real and perceived, of space solar power for the Space Studies Institute at Princeton (1992).

Binghamton University-State University of New York, Department of Physics: teaching of engineering physics, electronics and particle physics. (1990-1995)

Directed design projects at the International Space University (5 summers). Design projects included: Asteroid Prospecting, Mission to Mars, Lunar Polar Probe, Space Solar Power, ISUNET (use of internet for education). 1989 to 1993.

Managed the start-up the Lunar Prospector project (1989). Lunar Prospector successfully orbited the Moon collecting data for two years (98-99)

Conducted reliability analysis of fiber optics communications devices at IBM (1988-1989)

Completed several experiments in particle physics at Fermilab (particle physics lab in Chicago, IL, USA) and CERN (particle physics lab in Switzerland). Wrote software in Fortran for data analysis. Designed and built many particle detectors. (graduate student, then faculty at U of Notre Dame, 1981 to 1987).

23 publications

Gay Canough is treasurer of the New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA)

ETM is a member of the Southern Tier Home Builders and Remodelers Association, the Better Business Bureau, the Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce and NYSEIA.

Hobbies: Ham Radio, creating web-pages

Francine V. NotteVice President

Education:

BA SUNY Binghamton

History with ETM

  • 1996-1999 Part-time installer under the direction of Dr. Gay E. Canough.
  • 1999-2001 Full-time installer under the direction of Dr. Gay E. Canough.
  • 2001-2003 Full-time crew chief . Supervised 2 to 4 crew members.
  • 2003-Present Vice President of ETM Solar Works. Design and organize installations. In charge of hiring and terminating employees.

NABCEP:certified

NYSERDA: eligible to install photovoltaic systems.

PA Sunshine Program: eligible to install photovoltaic systems.

OSHA: 10 hours of certified classroom training in safety.

Xantrex: certified installer.

SMA America: certified installer.

Small Wind Installer: certified.

Wendy BarnumSales & Marketing Manager

Education:

Masters Degree, Indiana University PA

History with ETM

  • November 2007 to present: Sales and Marketing Manager

Wendy Comes to ETM with a strong Background in sales.

Since starting at ETM Wendy has sold $2,000,000 in solar installations.

Roger Patrick LeyGeneral Manager

History with ETM

  • 2001-2003: Full-time installer under the direction of Francine V. Notte.
  • 2003-November, 2008: Full-time crew chief. Supervises 2 to 4 crew members. Has input on design and does all phases of DC electrical installation. When licensed electrician is not required, does the AC portion of installation also.
  • November, 2008-present: General manager in charge of organizing and planning work crews.

NABCEP: certified.

NYSERDA: eligible to install photovoltaic systems.

OSHA: 20 hours of certified classroom training in safety.

SMA: certified installer.

Beacon: certified installer.

Xantrex: certified installer.

Fronius: certified installer.

Roger would be supervising the crew chief on this project. He was the supervising crew chief on all installations done by ETM Solar Works since he became crew chief in 2003 until his promotion to general manager of installations in November of 2008.

Christopher LeeCrew Chief

History with ETM

  • October, 2007-September, 2008 Part time installer under the direction of Roger P. Ley.
  • September, 2008-October, 2009 Full time installer.
  • October, 2009-present Crew Chief

Took the OSHA ten hour safety course, July, 2007. He is presently attending an in-house course on the NEC and basic electricity.

He has taken the OSHA thirty hour safety course.

He has taken the four day installer’s course given by Dr. Gay E. Canough and has taken and passed the NABCEP entry level installer’s exam.

Steven MihokCrew Chief

History with ETM

  • December, 2008-present Full time crew chief under the supervision of Roger P. Ley. Steven has a strong construction background having supervised crews. He is slated to lead crews in the crew chief position sometime later this year when he becomes more familiar with solar installing.

Steven has taken the OSHA thirty hour safety course given in January, 2009.

He is presently participating in the in-house course on the NEC and basic electricity and is expected to take the NABCEP installer exam at his two year anniversary.

He has taken the four day installer’s course beginning on September 28, 2009 given by Dr. Gay E. Canough and is scheduled to take the NABCEP entry level exam.

Evan TinderInstaller

History with ETM

  • July, 2009-present Full time installer under the supervision of Roger P. Ley and the two crew chiefs, Steven Mihok and Christopher Lee. Evan has a strong background in residential wiring.

Evan has taken the OSHA thirty hour safety course given this year.

He is presently participating in the in-house course on the NEC and basic electricity and is expected to take the NABCEP installer exam at his two year anniversary.

He has taken the four day installer’s course which begun on September 28, 2009 given by Dr. Gay E. Canough and has passed the NABCEP entry level exam.

Jacob CopeInstaller

History with ETM

  • September, 2009-present Part time installer under the supervision of Steven Mihok and Christopher Lee.

Jacob has taken the OSHA ten hour safety course given in 2009.

He is presently participating in the in-house course on the NEC and the NABCEP guide.

He has taken the four day installer’s course given by Dr. Gay E. Canough and is scheduled to take the NABCEP entry level exam.

Samuel StrohInstaller

History with ETM

  • March, 2008-September, 2008 Part time installer under the supervision of Roger P. Ley.
  • September, 2008-present Full time installer.

He is expected to take the NABCEP test in when he has been working for ETM Solar Works for two years.

Samuel has taken the OSHA ten hour safety course given in July, 2008.

He is presently participating in the in-house course on the NEC and basic electricity.

He has taken the four day installer’s course given by Dr. Gay E. Canough and is scheduled to take the NABCEP entry level exam.