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Company Founder |
| Dr. Gay Canough |
 Dr. Canough is the CEO and founder of Extraterrestrial Materials, Inc. (ETM Solar Works) She obtained her B.S. in physics from Purdue University in 1980 and her Ph.D. in Particle Physics from the University of Notre Dame in 1987.
She has many years of experience doing design and installation of solar energy systems. Her curriculum vitae includes the following:
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 of 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).
Dr. Gay Canough is treasurer of the New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA). |
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Vice President |
| Francine V. Notte |
 Francine graduated from SUNY Binghamton with her Bachelor of the Arts degree. She has worked for ETM Solar since 1996. While employed with ETM, Francine has held many roles, starting with an Installer position working her way up to the Vice President role.
Francine is accredited with the following institutions:
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 |
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Sales & Marketing Manager |
| Wendy Barnum |
 Wendy earned her Master’s Degree from Indiana University in PA. She is currently the Sales and Marketing Manager and has been since November 2007. Wendy came to ETM with a strong background in sales, and since being with ETM Wendy has sold over $3,500,000 in solar installations. |
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General Manager |
| Roger Patrick Ley |
 Roger became a full-time installer under the direction of Francine V. Notte in 2001-2003. Then, from November 2003-2008, he became a full-time Crew Chief and supervised 2 to 4 crew members. Roger has input on design and does all phases of DC electrical installation. If a licensed electrician is not required, Roger also does the AC portion of installation as well. Roger is currently the General Manager and in charge of organizing and planning work crews.
Roger is accredited with the following institutions:
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 was the supervising Crew Chief on all installations done by ETM Solar Works from 2003 until his promotion to General Manager of installations in November 2008. |
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Crew Chief |
| Christopher Lee |
 Christopher became a part-time installer under the direction of Roger Patrick Ley in October of 2007. In 2008, he became full-time. He has held the Crew Chief position since October 2009
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.
In 2010 Chris passed the NABCEP Certified Installer exam and is now a NYSERDA eligible installer. |
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Crew Chief |
| Steven Mihok |
 December, 2008-present full-time Crew Chief under the supervision of Roger Patrick 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 after 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. |
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Installer |
| Evan Tinder |
 July, 2009-present full-time installer under the supervision of Roger Patrick 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 after 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. |
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Installer |
| Jacob Cope |
 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. |
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Installer |
| Samuel Stroh |
 Samuel became a part-time installer under the supervision of Roger Patrick Ley in March, 2008-September 2008, when he then took on the full-time position of an 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. |
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