Joseph Olbermann Planned & Managed the Installation & Commissioning of Ten Concentrating Solar Electric (CSP) Po...
Joseph Olbermann Vice President / R&D Operations Manager / Chief Engineer / Product Manager / Entrepreneur / Field Services Manager Core Competencies Multi-Disciplinary Corporate Management / Research & Development / Start-ups / Team Building & Empowerment / Strategic Planning / Growth Strategies / Streamline Production Operations / Cost Reduction / Power Conversion / Funding Proposals Preparation / Rapid Transition of Commercial Products to Market / Joint Ventures / Solar Power Systems / Engine Design
Recent Achievements Planned & Managed the Installation & Commissioning of Ten Concentrating Solar Electric (CSP) Power Plants. Secured & Managed a $4M DARPA Flywheel Energy Storage System Development Program For The Ford Motor Company. Secured a $6M DOE 1.5 MW NASA Cold Regions Wind Turbine R&D Program for Northern Power Systems. Contributing Member of VP Al Gore’s Flywheel Energy Storage Systems Advisory Committee. Managed the Design of Electric Bicycles for Lee Iacocca’s Electric Bicycle Company, EV Global Motors. Managed DOE funded 100 kW NASA Wind Turbine Development Program (R&D Magazine’s Yr. 2000 ‘R&D 100’ Award Winner). Significantly Reduced Cost of 3 kW Concentrated Solar Dish Electric Power Systems. Tripled the Production Capacity of an Energy Recovery Ventilator Manufacturing Facility. Designed, Set Up, Commissioned & Managed Ceramic (CIM) & Metal (MIM) Injection Molding Production Facilities.
Clientele The Ford Motor Company / Lee Iacocca / Vice-President Al Gore / DOE / DARPA / US NAVY / USMC / United Technologies / NASA / NREL / SCE / SDG&E / BMW / Northern Power Systems / ALCAN / SES / Infinia Corp.
Work Experience Director of Engineering (Principal), Adirondack-Western Engineering Associates, 2011 - Present Manager of Field Services, Infinia Corporation, 2007 – 2011 SES-Sandia R&D Operations Manager/Chief Engineer, Stirling Energy Systems, 2003 – 2007 Vice President of Operations, Stirling Technology, Inc., 2000 – 2003 Wind Turbine Product Manager, Northern Power Systems, 1999 – 2000 Engineering Manager, R&D, Unique Mobility, Inc., 1988 – 1999 Director of Engineering (Principal), Adirondack-Western Engineering Associates, 1985 - 1988 Production Engineering Manager, Form Physics Corp., 1983 - 1985 Engineering Project Manager, Sunpower, Inc., 1981 – 1983 Project Engineer, Mechanical Technology, Inc., 1980 – 1981 Design Engineer, Aerco, International, 1978 – 1980
Education BS: Mechanical Engineering / Industrial Management, Clarkson College of Technology, 1975. MS: Socio-Environmental Engineering, Clarkson College of Technology, 1976.
Contact Information Tijeras, NM 87059 / Telephone: 509-551-1645 / Email:
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