Renewable Energy Products Manufacturing

Dr. N.M. Ravindra, Ph.D. is a Professor and former Chairman of the Physics Department & Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science and Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Before joining NJIT in 1987, Dr. Ravindra had been associated with Vanderbilt University, the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina (MCNC), North Carolina State University, International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP- Trieste), Politecnico di Torino, CNRS associated labs in Paris and Montpellier[ as well as a degree in mathematics from the Sorbonne in France, Dr. Ravindra received his B.Sc. and M. Sc. from Bangalore University in 1974 and 1976, respectively, and his Ph.D. from the University of Roorkee in 1982.

Mr. Dunham has nearly three decades of experience in finance, investing, and portfolio management. He is the Chief Investment Officer at Bridgeway Wealth Partners, a multi-family office, where he oversees direct investments, venture capital, manager selection, portfolio construction, and risk management, and is the Chair of the Investment Committee. Mr. Dunham has been involved with numerous emerging technologies. He is a co-founder of Sandhill Renewable Biofuels LLC, Renewable Energy Products Manufacturing Inc., an innovative solar company, an advisory board member of Digital Direct, IR Inc. which is a technology company developing an innovative thermal imaging sensor for autonomous vehicles, and a co-founder and advisory board member of Owl Peak Labs. Mr. Dunham currently splits his time working as Chief Investment Officer for Bridgeway Wealth Partners LLC and as Advisory Board Member for TAG Summit and Digital Direct IR, Inc. He spends approximately 5 hours per week working as Treasurer, Secretary, and Director for Renewable Energy Products Manufacturing and 35 hours per week on his other projects.

John worked in his family’s business for over 10 years which he sold in 2004. In 2007 he went to work for BP Solar in Fredrick Maryland. He worked in the factory learning solar panel construction. He was certified by BP Solar for installations of solar energy systems. In 2008 he was promoted to National Sales Manager. BP and Home Depot worked together to sell residential solar. John was hired to build the program on a national basis. He trained new sales representatives in 16 states for 18 utilities. In every market he entered he outsold any previous sales department that BP Solar Home-Depot managed. In 2011 he went to work for Clear Skies solar. At Clear Skies Solar John was the national sales manager. He designed a PPA for residential and small commercial units. While there, he sold $27 million in 4 months.

Mr. Kaufman has over 40 years of experience in the electronics manufacturing and product design industry during which he has developed an extensive array of industry contacts and resources. Peter has participated in a wide variety of project areas in product development and R&D and has always relied on his creativity and expertise to apply state-of-the-art technologies to new products and to improve existing systems. Peter’s experience and contacts enhance his problem solving ability. Presently, Peter is involved in commercialization of his patents in electro-optical, optical, imaging, photonics, magnetics, & semiconductor development. Mr. Kaufman is a founder, CEO, CTO, Director and full time employee since the companies inception.

Caitlin is a 1985 graduate of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and a 1988 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center. She began her legal career as a litigator at two of Philadelphia’s foremost law firms, Baskin, Flaherty, Elliott and Mannino, P.C., and Ballard, Spahr, Andrews and Ingersoll, P.C. Caitlin became counsel to Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company in 1991, working on major federal litigation, corporate matters, including business issues concerning Lehigh. After joining the in-house counsel team in 1992, Caitlin became the Secretary/Treasurer and a Director of the corporation in 1994. She has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of a local bank and served on that bank’s Executive Committee. She is a past Hearing Committee member for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.