Los Angeles
Green Career Conference
Launch & Grow Your Solar Business
Learn the basic steps to launching a successful solar business. This popular
two-hour training program covers the following topics:
• Qualifications for becoming a solar dealer
• Commonly used renewable energy systems
• Solar industry players & markets
• Review four PV configurations
• Review solar product groups
• Key factors to succeeding in solar
• Training and certification
• Site analysis and system design
• Incentives and system financing
• Dealer cost and profitability
• The four key partners for a successful solar installation business
• Sales strategies
• Marketing hints and tips
• Informational resources
• And much more!
About Jeff Spies
Jeff Spies is the Director of Training & Tradeshows
for AEE Solar, one of the oldest and largest distributors for solar PV
in the world.
Jeff earned his degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1987 from Michigan
State University. He then embarked upon a 20 year career in technical
sales and marketing of electro-mechanical motion control systems for
industrial
automation. Specializing in training and education, Jeff traveled throughout
the US and abroad conducting technical training seminars for thousands
of engineers, technicians, and business managers.
After 20 years in the industrial automation field, he decided to move
into the renewable energy field to help make a positive contribution
to our
energy future. Shortly after completing the beginner and advanced PV
training through Solar Energy International, Jeff joined AEE Solar to
develop training
programs for new and existing dealers.
Jeff has traveled extensively since joining AEE Solar in 2007, training
thousands of existing and new solar pv dealers. He organized the first
and second annual AEE Solar dealer conferences which were ranked among
the biggest and best training events in the industry and help established
AEE Solar as one of the leaders in solar training in North America. His
“Launch & Grow
Your Solar Business” training program is widely considered one of the
best entry level training programs in the industry. AEE Solar’s training
webpage
has been the number one ranked “solar training” hit on Google for over
18 months, and the AEE Solar training program is regarded as the most
comprehensive in the industry.
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