Pranav Shah

Lead & manage team of engineers and technical staff globally to provide pre-sales and post- sales engineering and technical support for residential & small commercial solar to end customers, installation partners, internal channel sales, marketing and business development teams. Accomplishments ------------------------- ● Hired & built a strong on-shore and off-shore team of 20+ engineers & technical staff members to provide design support, technical support and performance monitoring of installed solar systems ● Spearheaded cross-functional effort to launch a platform & process nationwide to streamline system sale to installation. Executed launch nationwide in under 3 months with weekly reporting to executive team ● Lead technical diligence and contract negotiations for SunEdison’s largest externally raised fund for residential solar projects (Fund size: ~$150 million). ● Developed a process enterprise structure to build teams outside North America (EU, Australia) and achieve globally aligned systems, processes and performance metrics ● Gathered requirements and managed development & release of a fleet monitoring system to monitor and manage all installed solar systems ● Developed & optimized processes to support design review of 15,000 solar system designs per year (~ $300m in revenues) in North America with 3 people ● Spearheaded evaluation, vendor contract negotiations and integration of a solar energy forecasting platform for sales use. Led a global cross-functional team to achieve this.

EchoFirst Inc. was a Khosla Ventures and Sigma Partners funded start-up designing and building solar hybrid products (PV + thermal) for residential application. It was acquired by SunEdison Inc. in 2013. In this role, I defined software and hardware requirements, performed integration testing and took cross-functional leadership for software releases for a patented solar hybrid (PV + thermal) system. Accomplishments -------------------------- ● Achieved 5X improvement in system software quality & performance through integration testing efforts for embedded software/firmware. ● Successfully lead entire cross-functional team including Applications Engineering, Supply chain operations, field operations, sales & marketing, etc. for launch of 3 major software releases. ● Took complete ownership of ASHRAE ventilation product, a product vital for company’s biggest customer. This included understanding customer requirements, putting together a product requirements document, alpha and beta testing and and leading a cross-functional team for release. ● Executed integration testing, beta testing and took end-to-end leadership in launching a new Zigbee wireless thermostat to expand company’s offering for humid climate zones.

● Devised algorithms to optimally plan motion of a multi-arm robot under sensing and motion uncertainty. Specific application involved using a multiple-arm robot to autonomously pick up a key and unlock a door.

Motorbikes are very popular means of transportation in India with 15+ million units sold annually. Traditionally, these motorbikes have used mechanical carburetors for fuel injection. However, an electronic fuel injection system can not only reduce emissions but also improve fuel economy. ● Developed a low-cost electronic fuel injection system for a 125cc gasoline engine used in motorbikes. This included development of hardware as well as software to regulate fuel injectors based on sensing and closed-loop control. ● Published research on role of fuel injection timing on engine performance and it's use as a control input to manage engine operation. Formed part of masters degree thesis.