Firm Personnel Profile:

Lyle K. Rawlings, P.E.

Lyle Rawlings is one of the nation’s most respected professionals in the field of solar energy, with over twenty-three years’ experience in R&D, design, and policy work in alternate energy. Mr. Rawlings is a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. As President of Advanced Solar Products and as President of the non-profit R&D firm programs as the U.S.D.O.E. PV:BONUS program to develop and commercialize PV-integrated modular homes; the construction of the first PV/hydrogen fuel cell power station in the U.S.; and the development of the world’s most advanced zero-emission car, the New Jersey Genesis, among others. As President of the Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association, Mr. Rawlings has been instrumental in the creation of governmental incentives and funding for solar energy in New Jersey and Pennsylvania; in the formulation of regulatory standards for net metering and interconnection; and other topics of concern to the solar industry. He received a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from West Virginia University in 1977. Mr. Rawlings holds one U.S. patent in photovoltaic module design. Email Lyle

Edward Seliga

Ed Seliga has managed engineering projects in the commercial real estate industry for more than fourteen years. He has operated a private practice as an environmental and facility management consultant, with a particular focus on energy system improvements for commercial buildings, for the last several years. Prior to that, he was employed for twelve years as Manager of Environmental Engineering for a prominent commercial real estate company in New Jersey. In that capacity, he managed the modernization of energy systems and provided oversight for all aspects of environmental compliance for a forty-building complex totaling 1.3 million square feet. Mr. Seliga also worked for three years in international management consulting. As Project Manager (and Assistant to the President) of the International Negotiation Institute in Princeton, NJ, he managed projects on four continents which emphasized the importance of relationships for international business success. He received his B.S.E. degree in Civil Engineering from Princeton University in 1975. Email Ed

Mike Strizki

Prior to working for Advanced Solar Products, Mike served as Project Engineer for over 16 years with the Office of Research and Technology in the New Jersey Department of Transportation. While there he developed renewable energy technologies. The most noted of his projects was the first commercial purchase of fuel cells in DOT’s Variable Message Signs. Other high visibility projects included the Electric Vehicle Station Car Project (Project Power Commute), and Two fuel cell vehicles. The New Jersey Venturer and The New Jersey Genesis. In July of 2000 he took a position at Millennium Cell in Eatontown NJ. While there he completed a world range record with the New Jersey Genesis over a distance of 400 miles on a single refueling of 78% water and 22% sodium borohydride. He also served as Project Engineer in completing the Peugeot Fuel Cell Fire Fighting Vehicle and the Duffy Fuel cell Electric Boat in Sept of 2003. In January 2004 he joined the team at Advanced Solar Products to continue his career in the renewable energy field. Email Mike