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Leadership 

Jim Petersen
President and Chief Executive Officer
 

Jim formed PetersenDean in 1984 with less than $5,000 and three employees. Today Jim serves as President and CEO of PetersenDean overseeing all roofing and solar operations. Jim has served as president of the California Roofing Contractors Association, as well as past president of the governing board of education for the Fremont Unified School District. Current active memberships and participating roles include the Solar Energy Industries Association, The National Roofing Contractors Association, and Habitat for Humanity, The Sierra Club (life membership) The Building Industry Association and The National Association of Home Builders. 

  

 

David Van Beek
Chief Operations Officer

 Dave joined PetersenDean as co-owner and vice president of Finance in 1990 after a successful career at a Big 8 accounting firm and subsequently as the operations manager of a large, publicly held retailer. Dave now serves as PetersenDean's chief operating officer. He is active in the Western States Roofing Contractors Association, the National Association of Roofing Contractors and the Building Industry Association. He also volunteers for Catholic Charities, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Habitat for Humanity. Dave holds both general contractor’s licenses and roofing licenses in several states.

 

 

Joe Dean
Senior Vice President, Re-roof Operations

 Joe co-founded PetersenDean in 1984 and now serves as senior vice president, Joe Dean oversees all re-roofing operations. A certified journeyman and master craftsman, Joe has trained scores of roofing crews, imparting technical expertise and his values around doing roofs right. Joe participates in the Western States Roofing Contractors Association, the National Association of Roofing Contractors and the Building Industry Association.

 

Jay Petersen
Executive Vice President, National Sales and Analytics

Jay joined PetersenDean in 2009, bringing with him over 20 years of senior and executive experience. Jay's previous experience includes building and establishing successful sales and service delivery teams for large infrastructure projects in the United States, South America, Australia, Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Prior to joining PetersenDean, Jay held senior and executive positions in sales, service delivery, operations and finance with Cisco Systems, Telcordia, Hewlett-Packard and Pacific Bell. Jay holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of San Francisco and is fluent in Spanish and conversational Japanese.

 

Michael Clifton
Vice President, Solar Solutions

Mike joined PetersenDean in 2005 as the Vice President and Chief Engineer of the company's Solar Solutions Division, bringing with him over 30 years of technical and executive experience. Mike has taught and developed classes at the University level in solar engineering including PV Systems, Active Solar Energy, Passive Solar Energy, System Design and hosted lab classes. In addition, Mike has designed and installed over 5000 solar thermal and 1000 PV systems during his career in the solar industry, Mike is a NAPCEP Certified PV installer and also holds an MS and BS in Engineering from Stanford University as well as several industry licenses, including Solar Energy, Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC and General Construction.

 

Bill Scott
Senior Vice President, Solar Solutions

 Bill is the Vice President of Sales for PetersenDean's solar division. Bill earned an MS in Environmental Management from the University of San Francisco and a BS in Economics from the University of Wyoming. Bill's background includes sales, marketing, operational and executive positions during a career comprising 20 years in the renewable energy industry (solar and energy efficiency) and 10 years in information systems technology. Prior to joining PetersenDean, Bill worked for Akeena Solar, most recently as Exectutive Vice President of Sales operations, and helped grow the company's revenue from residential and commercial solar system installations from $1,000,000 in 2002 to over $40,000,000 in 2008.

 

 

Michael J. Patterson
Vice President of Solar Division Operations

 Michael joined PetersenDean in early 2009, having managed over 2 billion dollars in construction projects over his 25 years in the industry. Michael has managed the installation of over 8 Megawatts of solar projects nationally, including small, medium and large commercial and residential projects. Some of the local solar projects managed include Hurd 1, 2, 3, & 4 (500kW), Star Concrete (410kW), Traditional Medicinal (400kW) and The City of Novato Teen Center (90kW). Large scale construction projects such as Eagle Ridge golf course and residential community, Rivermark residential and commercial community, and Four Seasons Active Adult Communities all over the Southern California Region. Michael formerly sat on the board of directors for D.R. Horton’s Los Angeles Division.

 

Dieter Folk
Senior Vice President, Northern California and Reno

 Dieter joined PetersenDean in 2009 when PetersenDean aquired his company, OCR Solar & Roofing. Dieter has 30+ years in the roofing industry with the distiction of having founded the first NHBA certified roofing company in the United States. Dieter is a licensed California general building, roofing and insulation contractor and holds a Nevada contractor's roofing license. Dieter is also the current President of the Northern California Association of Roofing Contractors, a chapter of CALPASC, and has taken an active role in CALPASC to help review and set standards for subcontractors in the roofing business.

R. Michael Momboisse
Executive Vice President, Strategic Development

Mike served as President of OCR Solar & Roofing, before it was acquired by PetersenDean in 2009. Before joining OCR, Mike served as Of Counsel in the Corporate Department of Carr & Ferrell LLP where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, corporate financings and general corporate law. Prior to that time Mike served in a variety of different roles including Vice President and Co-Manager of the Shugart Venture Fund and Chief Financial Officer/Vice President Corporate Development for EMCON, a NASDAQ-listed environmental engineering, consulting and construction company where he oversaw the strategic growth and eventual sale of the company. Mike earned his BSC Degree in Accounting from Santa Clara University and his JD from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law

 

David Morgan
Senior Vice President, Las Vegas

Dave has spent more than 35 years in the roofing business. He began as a tradesman, became a supervisor and estimator, and later an owner of Red Rose, prior to its aquisition by PersenDean. Today Dave is division manager of PetersenDean's Nevada and Arizona regions overseeing all operations.

 

Gregory O'Donnell
Senior Vice President, Inland Empire Region

Greg joined PetersenDean in 2003. Today he leads the Inland Empire, Orange County and San Diego regions for PetersenDean, overseeing operations including construction specifications, estimating, project budgeting, and sales activities. A California-licensed contractor in general building, roofing, and sheet metal, Greg is involved in the Building Industry Association's San Diego and Inland Empire divisions, as well as the Western States Roofing Contractors Association.

 

David Wikel
Senior Vice President of Florida Operations

Dave has more than 20 years of experience in the commercial roofing industry. He begun his career in sales and estimating with Therma Seal Roofs in 1986, purchasing the company in 2002. When Therma Seal Roof Systems, Inc. was acquired by PetersenDean in 2008, Dave became the regional manager for Petersen Dean in charge of Florida. Dave is a past board member of the Florida Roofers and Sheet Metal Association, and is currently a director with The Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach County. Dave holds a degree in Business Administration from Duke University. 

 

Johannes Moehnle
Chief Information Officer

In his role as Chief Information Officer, Johannes oversees all aspects of PetersenDean's accounting and information systems. Johannes became a consultant in the United States in 1978, designing and establishing accounting and information systems after earning degrees in business administration, communications, and electronics. For 18 years prior to joining PetersenDean in 2003, he served as controller and IT manager for Pacific Coast Roofing.

 

Jason Brinkmann
Senior Vice President, Texas

 Jason joined PetersenDean in 2007 with the aquisition of Brinkmann Roofing Company, Inc. Jason is division manager of PetersenDean's Texas region overseeing all operations. Jason has served as general manager of Brinkmann for the eight years prior to joining the PetersenDean team in 2007. He earned his B.A. in Business Management at Texas A&M University.

 

Craig Dallas
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Southeast Division

Craig Dallas joined PetersenDean in October 2007 after an extensive career in sales and marketing within the building materials industry. Craig was with Boral Industries for more than 13 years and prior to that he worked with the Masco Corporation. After graduating from Duke University, Craig began his career at RJR-Nabisco, working at the company’s corporate office in the operations, sales, and marketing areas.