Christopher Gronbeck
Employment & Volunteer Work
Sustainable By Design
www.susdesign.com
1998 to present
www.cascadia.edu
2011 & 2012
www.sbainstitute.org
2006 to 2012
Stevens Elementary School
2008
Seattle, Washington
www.balleseattle.org
Leadership Team Member, Seattle Chapter, October 2003 to May 2005
Sacramento, California
www.solarcooking.org
Board of Directors, 1999 to 2001
Board President, 2000 to 2001
Seattle, Washington
www.ecobuilding.org
Member, 1999 to present
Puget Sound Chapter Steering Committee, 1999 to 2002
Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, California
www.crest.org
Co-Founder and Director of Software Development, 1993 to 1998
Washington, DC
www.iiec.org
Manager, Technical Information Project, 1991 to 1993
Stanford University, California
Graphical Interface Programmer, 1988 to 1991
www.susdesign.com
1998 to present
Freelance consulting business in the solar energy, architecture, and green buildings fields.
Cascadia Community Collegewww.cascadia.edu
2011 & 2012
Associate Faculty Member and instructor in the Environmental Technologies and Sustainable Practices program. Courses taught include Solar Energy Systems and Solar PV Design & Installation.
Sustainable Building Advisor Institutewww.sbainstitute.org
2006 to 2012
Curriculum developer and passive solar design instructor for this professional certification program.
After-School Program TeacherStevens Elementary School
2008
Teacher of Exploring Nature, a weekly after-school program for 2nd through 5th graders.
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) Seattle, Washington
www.balleseattle.org
Leadership Team Member, Seattle Chapter, October 2003 to May 2005
Nonprofit organization promoting local, sustainable economies.
Solar Cookers InternationalSacramento, California
www.solarcooking.org
Board of Directors, 1999 to 2001
Board President, 2000 to 2001
International nonprofit organization promoting solar cooking in Africa and other sun-rich, fuel-scarce regions of the world.
Northwest EcoBuilding GuildSeattle, Washington
www.ecobuilding.org
Member, 1999 to present
Puget Sound Chapter Steering Committee, 1999 to 2002
Local green building trade organization with a
focus on educating and connecting professionals with an interest in
environmentally responsible residential and small commercial design
and construction.
Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable TechnologyWashington, D.C. and San Francisco, California
www.crest.org
Co-Founder and Director of Software Development, 1993 to 1998
CREST was a non-profit educational organization
specializing in producing web sites and educational software to promote
sustainable energy. At CREST, Christopher managed a creative team
that produced 14 multimedia software titles, several of which received
national education awards, and dozens of sustainable energy web sites.
International Institute for Energy ConservationWashington, DC
www.iiec.org
Manager, Technical Information Project, 1991 to 1993
IIEC's Technical Information Project delivered
energy efficiency information to developing nations. Christopher pioneered
the use of electronic communication technologies to replace outdated,
postal-based document delivery.
Shuttle Electrodynamic Tether SystemStanford University, California
Graphical Interface Programmer, 1988 to 1991
SETS was a NASA project that measured characteristics
of the Earth's upper atmosphere. Christopher programmed the interface
of computer software used on the ground to monitor science experiments
on board the Space Shuttle.
Skills
Solar Energy & Green Buildings
Education
Solar angle & shading calculations, energy & heat flow analyses, window & shading system design, green building education & advising, PV array design & layout
Programming
Primarily PHP, HTML, Javascript, Canvas & MySQL, with prior experience in C, Perl, and many other computer languages
Multimedia
Computer and print design, original artwork, technical
illustration, logo design, audio/video production, visual brand development
Education
Solid science background, primary and secondary
school tutoring experience, producer of several award-winning educational
multimedia titles for children and adults, workshop instructor for the
National Sustanable Building Advisor Program
Project Management
Software, internet, and design projects; solid people
management and fundraising skills
B.S. 1991, Stanford University. Christopher received
his degree from the Program in Values, Technology, Science and Society, a
department of the School of Engineering, with research concentrations in renewable energy and international development.
Bicycling, cooking, French, eastern philosophy, pottery,
Go, gardening, poetry, microscopy, Chinese calligraphy, guitar, Argentine tango