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EDUCATION: B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1962; Graduate studies in Mathematics and Engineering at University of Pennsylvania and Penn State University in 1963-1965; M.S.. in Engineering from Arizona State University, 1970; Technical seminars and courses at Motorola Semiconductor Products Division and graduate of the Motorola Executive Institute through 1975. Currently teaching at the University of Phoenix in the MBA in Technology Management Program (12+ courses).

REGISTRATION: Pennsylvania: Electrical Engineering, 1963 and Arizona: 1966; No.06326; (Registration by exam).

WATER PUMPING EXPERTISE: Photovoltaic water pumping systems have been designed for numerous overseas applications. These include a large power producing plant for Gabon, Africa, including water pumping; various remote power systems in Zaire; systems for Kenya and several water pumping applications for Southwest Africa, Botswana and South African applications. In addition, the first photovoltaic water pumping system in the Yucatan was designed in 1981. Three water pumping systems involving various types of pumps were designed and operated in the Inyo National Forest. Additionally, there are several hundred photovoltaic irrigation and domestic potable water systems designed by Mr. Garrett that are in operation throughout the world. These have been installed since 1980. Two village pumping systems were designed for a small island off the coast of South America and one irrigation system for the Philippines. Additional families of Progressive Cavity, Jack, and Centrifugal pumps have been designed and are in use throughout the western hemisphere. He designed a three horsepower pumping system that provides all necessary water for extensive camping facilities at Cholla Campground, Roosevelt Lake, Arizona. He has done designs up to 50 horsepower all PV powered.

PHOTOVOLTAIC EXPERTISE: Twenty-one years experience in photovoltaics in numerous disciplines. Including a tracking design using Fresnel lens concentrators, water pumping systems, remote power plants; on the grid power plants with designs being accomplished for 20 kilowatts to 2 megawatts of power production. In addition, various home electric systems have been designed and installed. Numerous cathodic protection systems of various sizes have been designed and completed. Taught many courses in photovoltaics in several states and has written numerous publications in the engineering field. Co-authored a photovoltaic paper presented at the Photovoltaic Users Conference sponsored by MIT in Massachusetts. Gave two papers at 1989 PASS conference and one at RETSIE. Gave a paper on Maximum Power Tracking with PV at the Smart Power I/C Conference at Cal Tech/JPL in 1993.

Designed numerous electronic controls, regulators, power converters, Maximum Power Trackers, DC to DC converters and timers used in the Photovoltaic field. Power conditioning experience ranges from a few volts to 800 VDC and current levels up to a few hundred amps. Additional controls have been designed for both The ASU and Scottsdale Community College PV-Electric competitive vehicles.

To Present: President of ETA Engineering Inc. a company, with over 100 professionals in its database of associates, that specializes in new product development and the re-employment of older engineers and scientists. Solar PV powered alarms, several water pumping systems, PV maximum power trackers, Electronic Loads for PV, A Stand-Alone family of PV powered Street Lights and dual timer control for a New York client have been recently developed. A Standardized PV Cathodic Protection and custom control for small bridges has been won from the Florida Department of Transportation. Custom controls for the largest PV Home Power system to date have been completed with successful installation. Other work and product development is ongoing in the software, project management, Medical Electronics, Ergonomics, and Chemical Remediation and Process Control areas. ETA maintains what is believed to be the worlds largest Water Pumping Data Base for PV powered pumps and systems. Other assets include numerous PV powered operating and demonstration systems along with an extensive technical and data sheet library at the Cactus Wren facilities.

1986- 1992 Director of SunAmp Power Company Inc., a technical leader in photovoltaic systems design, manufacturing, and distribution. Responsibilities included design, new product development, consulting, manufacturing, and training of distributors and dealers.

1983- 1986: Chief technical officer of SunAmp Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona. Did consulting work for Mobil Solar in Waltham, Massachusetts, and Photowatt International in Tempe, Arizona. Responsible for education and training of SunAmp personnel as well as frequent seminars presented to numerous engineering and technical personnel in the Southwest. Also, responsible for engineering design work in several areas including a broad family of standardized photovoltaic water pumping systems and projects for specific clients in Bogota, Colombia and Mexico.

1981- 1982: Photocomm, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona. Responsible for all engineering as chief technical officer. As president built the company to profitability in 15 months and to an annual sales rate of over a million dollars within 19 months. He had the responsibility for developing the designs of numerous water pumping and remote photovoltaic power systems.

1980- 1981: Ecotronic Laboratories Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona. As president, headed up Tally Industries central research laboratories where extensive work was done in new alternate energy approaches to meeting the nation's and worldwide needs. A large number of high efficiency photovoltaic systems including improved electronic controls were designed. Microprocessor based systems were designed using the latest available technology.

1975- 1980: Ecotronics, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona. As president and chief technical officer, responsible for the design of specialized control systems for photovoltaic power units. Included high efficiency battery and charge controllers as well as specialized controls for cathodic protection and DC to DC converters. Remote telemetry systems, water pumping systems and home electric systems were designed to meet various government energy requirements in remote areas. Additionally, studies were done in energy management along with the development of high efficiency equipment. A complete family of load management and load controllers was developed.

1965- 1976: Motorola Inc., Phoenix, Arizona. Held numerous positions in engineering, technical marketing, production and systems design. Extensive work was accomplished in producing higher efficiency systems using the latest technology developed through advanced electronics, integrated circuits, and microprocessor based systems. Managed a department responsible for over one million dollars worth of engineering in systems, product design and development work for customers.

1957- 1965: U.S. Naval Air Development Center. Warminster, Pennsylvania. Responsible for engineering project management as well as the design of specialized testing systems employing high efficiency power supply systems along with the environmental testing of various avionics and systems equipment.

PATENTS: Holds two patents that are pertinent to the Solar Field, one on switching shunt regulators that covers numerous PV battery charging designs and another for absolute and differential thermal controls using linear temperature sensing.

Past or present member of ASEA, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, NACE, the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, past president of the Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (ARISIA), Motorola Technical Society. Formerly the department head of Natural Sciences at College Del Ray in West Phoenix, where he taught various courses. Also, an instructor at Sierra Nevada College in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Registered Professional Engineer and Certified Energy Manager. Past Board of ASEA; Helped start New Central Chapter of ASEA, & the new ARISEIA. Currently on the Executive Board of the Phoenix Area Consultants Network of the IEEE.