Billy Christie, Trinasolar

Director of Engineering Center, Trinasolar

While pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering at SUNY Binghamton, Billy became interested in solar during a sustainable engineering elective. Following graduation, this interest led him to enter the solar industry at Solar City as a residential PV system designer before becoming the Residential Design Team Lead for the San Diego region. He then moved to Borrego Solar, starting as a project engineer and advancing the ranks to Regional Engineering Manager, Director of Engineering (West), and then to Director of Preconstruction Engineering. Billy now brings this deep engineering experience to the Trina team, where he is in charge of developing a US-based engineering center to support module, tracker, and future product sales.