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Barry Sgarrella

Barry Sgarrella

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Chief Executive Officer & President at SolAgra Corporation

  • Education

    • University of Florida

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      Civil/ Structural Engineering

      5 year undergraduate program in Civil/ Structural Engineering

    • The Johns Hopkins University

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      Computer Science

      Applied Physics Laboratory - Associate Professor of Computer Science. Developed Navy Navigational Satellite system that is today known as GPS.

  • Experience

    • Dillingham Construction - Gordon H. Ball Subways Division

      Mar 1974 - Jun 1978
      Project Structural Engineer

    • Rigging International - Sarens

      Jun 1978 - Apr 1984
      Division Manager - Rigging International

    • American Pacific Engineers

      Apr 1984 - Jun 1991
      Operations Manager

    • Marin Developers, LLC

      Mar 1991 - now

      Creation and Development of Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Projects.PV Solar.Location of advantageous sites, project modeling, analysis and implementation. Project creation. Land Development & Entitlements. Project approvals.Operational control of all infrastructure installation and project construction.

      • Chief Executive Officer & President

        Jun 2005 - now

      • Vice President, Development & Operations

        Mar 1995 - Jun 2005

      • Senior Construction Manager

        Mar 1991 - Mar 1995

    • SolAgra Corporation

      Jan 2012 - now
      Chief Executive Officer & President

      Creation and Development of patented Agrivoltaic Solar technology that provides dual use of farmland for crop production and solar power generation. See: www.SolAgra.com Innovate combining of Solar Electrical Power Generation on farmland while maintaining agricultural operations and introducing energy storage using CAES (Compressed Air Energy Storage) technology to provide power peaking that supports grid balancing when required. This also provides stored power during hours of darkness when most solar projects are on standby.Developed the SolAgra Water Solution to solve California's long-term water issues. A viable alternative to the State's Delta Conveyance Project. Using renewable energy to operate an innovative water processing and desalination facility that preserves the California Delta while providing high quality drinking water to benefit the entire State of California - irrespective of drought conditions. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • California Licensed Contractor - License Classes: A, B, C-57, HAZ

      Contractors State License Board