Team

Sandy Lipkin, Founding Member

Sandy has been a licensed attorney in California since 2002 and has been licensed with the USPTO as a patent agent since 2000. Prior to her career as an attorney, she was an R&D chemist and a Senior chemist for a silicone manufacturer in Santa Barbara County. She has been in private practice since 2003 and is inspired daily by the creativity and courageousness of her clients, who are inventors and entrepreneurs. Sandy is very excited to be the founding member of Athena Power Solutions, LLC working in partnership with Dan Courselle to bring his innovative and important inventions to market. In her spare a time, she is a mother, an artist and musician, a regular yoga and martial arts practitioner and an advocate for children and adults with special needs.

Dan Courselle, Consultant/Inventor

Daniel Courselle has been a general contractor for 55 years. Dan is a proud Air Force Veteran of the Korean War having been activated from the ROTC at U.C. Davis and the Air Force Reserve in 1950. In College Daniel studied Agronomy and became fascinated with the growing efficiency of Hydroponics. Mr. Courselle sees himself as a farmer at heart always thinking on efficient ways to feed the nation, that's Dan, always solving problems and willing to tackle the biggest challenges. In fact, this love of innovation has propelled Mr. Courselle to revolutionize the way solar roofing systems are made, and he holds the patent for it.

David P Schlangen, Consultant

David P Schlangen graduated from the University of California – Santa Barbara, with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science and a Minor in History. My business career experience and knowledge have been gained as a Professional Project Manager at Amgen for 15 years and Farmers Insurance for 5 years. These positions have provided me with the tools and techniques to get projects done successfully, on time and under budget. David P Schlangen has furthered his Professional Project Management (PMP) certification designation with a Master’s Certificate from George Washington University in Project Management.

Michael Schlangen, Technology

Michael Schlangen has been working as a computer programmer for the last 20 years. His last job was at a company that worked on government contracts - mainly, but not limited to, finding land mines with airborne infrared sensors. Michael Schlangen was involved in the programming used to control the sensors and the programs used to process and analyze the data after the collections. His areas of strength include real-time, multi-processing programming in C/C++, Windows/Unix Graphical User Interface programming, and connecting with external hardware, such as frame grabbers and GPS units. I have also worked on web designing and database development. Michael Schlangen has a Bachelors of Science: Computer Science degree from California State University - Northridge (CSUN). His concentrated studies were in Operating Systems.

Join Our Team

We are a growing start-up and our team is growing fast. The demand in the market is ever increasing and now California has passed a law that all new housing construction in the future must have solar. Our timing into this market could not have been better, a sign from God that we are in the right place at the right time, doing the right work, for the right reasons.

We are actively looking for new team members. We are looking for the best. We are looking for you. Will you answer the call to help us serve our great nation in achieving its clean energy goals? Are you willing to give of yourself, and join a greater cause, join a team poised to change the world?

We work long hours and love every minute of it. Are you a team player? Are you in it to win it? Do you believe in the future of alternative clean energy brought to the free-market at low-cost through economies of scale and simplicity? If so, will you join our team and be a star player?

Will you bring your expertise, knowledge and insight from your other endeavors, so you can cross-pollinate and nurture those experiences to ensure we reach and learn to serve the widest spectrum of customers in different industries?

Do you have experience in the military? Do you have experience in agriculture, construction, property management, manufacturing, energy, emergency services, education, logistics, infrastructure, sales and marketing?

Do you have or are working on your electrical engineering degree? Are you a real estate professional, architect, or designer? Have you worked in the government bureaucracy, in what department, doing what? Do you see any connections to alternative energy? How can you help us in our mission? (see mission/vision statement)

What experience, licenses, and/or education do you have, how can you leverage your knowledge and know-how to help achieve our clean energy goals?

Currently, we are specifically looking for:

Electrical Engineers
Sales Team Members
Manufacturing Experts

As we need assistance there, as these are current primary areas of concern. Growing start-ups have growing pains, but there is no gain without a little pain.