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Dean Talbott Newberry


Permanent Address:            Contact:
  430 D Street                               Cel:     (530) 867-2392
  Davis, CA 95616                        Fax:     (530) 758-8187
                                                     Email: deant@dcn.org
                                                    
Objective:
  To supply and install radiant heating and cooling systems for homes and businesses.

Experience:

Talbott Solar Homes, Proprietor
May 2005-Present.
Radiant Heating and Cooling contractor specializing in radiant ceiling panel heating and cooling for residential and light commercial buildings. Heating plants include packaged condensing boilers, packaged heat pump water heaters, Cooling plants include geothermal heat pump, vapor compression chillers and evaporative coolers. 

Quantum Energy Group, Executive Sales Manager
May 2004 - May 2005, +50% market share in Yolo County.
Developed marketing campaign including consumer fairs, print advertising and direct mail and telephone programs to generate strong qualified leads for sales team. 
Developed sales tools and procedures to promote a high percentage of lead to close. 
Worked with supply, construction, engineering and finance teams to develop new capabilities in solar thermal heating and chilling as well as radiant heating and cooling applications. 
Cooperative Community Energy member and Sales Representative  for the Central Valley Region.
May 2002 - May 2004, 50% market share in Yolo County.
Developed processes and procedures and sales tools for marketing and selling solar PV systems. Primarily using Kyocera and Evergreen modules and SMA inverters. Instituted large PV presence at UCD Whole Earth Festival 18 kW demonstration systems
Member of Davis Energy Task Force on Energy Issues recommending a variety of policies for the City of Davis to adopt, final report February 2004.
Talbott Solar Homes, 436 D Street Davis CA.
February 2002 - Present
Design build general contractor focused on residential and light commercial solar photovoltaic electric system installation & repair. Secondary specialties in, high efficiency passive solar, geothermal and hydronic radiant heating and cooling systems. 10kW 2002, 51kW 2003 73kW 2004.
Hydronic Specialties Company, 1051 Folger Street, Berkeley CA.
February 2000 – February 2002
Marketing manager, developed and maintained website, company catalogs, newsletters, targeted mailings, etc. Salesman, consulted with engineers, architects, mechanical and electrical contractors on the application of hydronic, radiant heating/cooling and volume hot water systems for homes, cooperative housing communities, apartments, offices, and hospitals. 
Talbott Remodeling, 423 E Street Davis CA.
April 1991 – February 2000
Design build general contractor focused on residential and light commercial repair & addition. Specializing high efficiency passive solar, geothermal and hydronic radiant heating and cooling systems.
Experience with homes, senior housing, law office, dental and family practice medical office tenant improvements. 
Living Systems Construction, RR1 Box 565 Randolph Center VT.
January 1986 – April 1991
Design build general contractor specializing in historical preservation, kitchen & bath, passive solar design, hydronic radiant and convector heating systems, electrical construction, and foundation replacement.
Saarman Construction, San Francisco CA.
December 1984 – August 1985
Field Superintendent, Litigation Construction. Carpenter/Superintendent with duties emphasizing quality control systems applied to commercial construction.
49’er Electric, Beam Systems, Grey Electric, Harrington Electric, Grass Valley Ca.  
July 1980 – April 1983
Commercial Electrician, servicing and installing lighting, backup power equipment, electric motors and process controls in food processing plants, the Grass Valley Airport, Nevada County computer center, retail stores and homes. Experience in 3 phase motors and controls, as well as telecommunications, computer and alarm systems.
UC Davis, Experimental College lecturer:
September 1976 – April 1978 (Part time)
Taught courses; Elements of Residential Passive Solar House Design,  Introduction to Woodworking, Tools and Materials. Director ASUCD Whole Earth Festival.
Living Systems, Davis CA
September 1976 – April 1978
Research and Development Technician for Passive Heating and Cooling Systems.  Consultant to architects and scientists on building codes and standards as well as standard practices in the construction industry. Other duties included grant specification, experiment design, operation and reports. I was a frequent source for Sunset Magazine writers, with quotations and photos appearing almost monthly during this period.
Dole Pineapple Corp.  San Jose CA
September, 1970 – April 1972
Food Science Technician, Storage studies specialist. Duties including operating boilers, chillers, heating and cooling controls, storage documentation. Preparation of small and large batch food product samples for storage testing.
U. S. Army Security Agency, Ft Monmouth NJ, Sobe Okinawa, Sinop Turkey
January, 1967 – August, 1970
General Crytographic Repairman. Including; Secure  telecommunications network administration, cypher machines, AC & DC power supplies and backup power systems. Top Secret Clearance, Honorable Discharge.
SKILLS:
  Contractor specializing in hydronics and energy systems.
  Electrician;  journeyman,  residential, telecommunication. Experience with industrial wiring.
  Plumber: journeyman, residential and light commercial  supply, waste and hydronic.
  Geothermal: technician, ground loop heating and cooling.
  Carpenter; journeyman, foundation, framing, finish, cabinetmaking.
  Mechanical Systems Designer: use Autocad and Visio for solar PV, solar passive and hydronic radiant heating/cooling
  Marketing: experience in print, cdrom, web, email and radio broadcast, direct mail, tradeshow, consumer show marketing.

SOFTWARE:
   Expert user of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and FrontPage.
   Experience with Quick Books.
   Expert user of Corel Paint.
   Experienced user of Autocad.
   Expert user of Act 2000, Netscape and Palm contact managers.
   Experience with Crystal Reports and AccPac+.
   
PUBLISHING: 
   Present:
      http://www.publicpowernow.org/
      http://www.talbottradiant.com/
      http://www.talbottsolar.com/
    2005 Solar Adsorption Air Conditioning Unit (Feasibility Study)
    2002 Hydronic Specialties Company 2002 Catalog and 2hsc.com website.
   1990 Technical manual translation from German for Karl Suss Mask Aligner MA56.
   1988 Randolph Budget Committee Report -1989, Randolph VT.
   1978 Grant Application DOE Passive cooling systems.
   1977 Strategy For Energy Conservation, Co-author, 1977.

EDUCATION:
   1996 BS, Technology Transfer in Applied Behavioral Science, University of California.
   1966 Diploma, American International School, New Delhi, India
  

TRAINING:
   2004-5 Certificates, SMA inverters
   2004 Certificate, Outback power systems.
   2001,5 Certificate, Tekmar building control systems.
   2000 Certificate, Heat Transfer Products, 92% Condensing boiler & water heater service.
   1992 Certificate, Water Furnace Intl. geothermal heat pump, geoloop design.
   1967 Certificate, U. S. Army, General Cryptography, telecommunications  security equipment.

VOLUNTEER:
   SMUD Annexation of portions of Yolo County, current
   UCD department of Mechanical Engineering, current, supervising student project in thermal.
   City of Davis, Natural Resources Commission, current
   Coalition for Local Power, current
   City of Davis, Citizens Task Force on Energy Issues, 2003 - 2004
   Village of Randolph, Vermont, Budget Committee,. 1989 - 1991
   Property Disposition Committee, Randolph Schools, 1987 - 1989
   North San Juan Ridge Environmental Council, 1983 - 1986
   Boy Scouts of America, Sobe Okinawa, 1968 - 1969
   Shanti Chako's Leper Colony, New Delhi, India,1964 - 1966