Solar Women Summer Series: Success in the Employee-Owned Solar Business Model

The Solar Women Summer Series continues with Co-Owner and Director of Strategic Planning & Initiatives at Namasté Solar, Amanda Bybee.
Namasté Solar provides PV design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and consulting services to residential, commercial, builder, non-profit, and government customers throughout the U.S., with a mission to propagate the responsible use of solar energy, pioneer conscientious business practices, and […]

Solar Women Summer Series: Reaching a Majority Female Office

Sarah Gaddis and Jodi White work at BayWa r.e. Solar Systems, a Solar PV organization dedicated to supporting local, independent installers by offering only a select group of top-quality products. Sarah and Jodi spoke with us about their roles at BayWa r.e., their experience in the industry and their recent benchmark of becoming a 55% female operated company.

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Solar Women Summer Series (Canada): Policy, Philanthropy and Play

Lisa Oelke is the Marketing Manager (North America) for Advanced Racking Solutions, a division of hb Solar Canada, in Ontario. She is also the Solar Development/Renewable Energy Consultant Off-Grid Specialist for the Solar Majengo Tanzania project and an Advisory Board member for Women in Renewable Energy (WiRE). Recently, she gave us a Canadian perspective on renewable […]

Solar Women Summer Series: Solving Soft Cost Issues Around Project Design & Optimization

In this Solar Women Summer Series interview, Claudia Eyzaguirre, CEO at PVComplete, shares how her team is revolutionizing solar project design by offering software that builds solar projects faster, better and more efficiently. She also shares what it’s like to be the CEO of a young software company, her experience at SfunCube, resources for solar professionals and more. 

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Solar Women Summer Series: Salary Negotiation Tips & Insights

Israela Adah Brill-Cass is an attorney and mediator with over twenty years of experience helping individuals engage in challenging conversations and asking for more. She was the Executive Director and ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Program Manager at Boston Law Collaborative, LLC from 2003 to 2015. She currently teaches salary negotiation courses at Boston’s Society of Grownups, as well as […]