RT has 15+ years of experience leading business and project development in clean energy both domestically and internationally.

He has led the execution of over 900 MW of project acquisitions and co-development partnerships across the U.S., led the development of 700+ MW of photovoltaic and battery energy storage system projects globally, and executed more than $1B of utility and distributed generation solar contracts.

Along his journey of over 30 years in semiconductor, software and renewable energy, he has run his own companies, led the renewable energy division of Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR) to 3 years of record growth, and developed over 250 MW of community solar projects at Catalyze.

RT has Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Engineering Physics from Lehigh University and has been vacationing with his family in Ocean City since 1970.

Sami is an electrical & computer engineer and a serial entrepreneur, with hands-on technical
experience on electric power grid, renewable energy (in particular involving solar/PV and
energy-storage systems), telecommunications, and ground-up project development. He is a
“problem solver & solution provider” with a mindset focused on value creation; leveraging his
professional experiences in the fields of electric power systems (for 15+ years), and the Internet,
telecommunications, and information systems (for 10+ years). Sami received his PhD degree
from the University of California in San Diego (UCSD). Previously, he worked as a Director &
Senior Scientist with the Advanced Technology Solutions business unit of Telcordia Technologies
(now part of Peraton Labs). Before Telcordia, Sami had been a Member of Technical Staff and
Scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).