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2021-Present

Skyhook Solar

Manager of Accounts & Product

Role and Responsibilities: Led account management, and co-led business development, and new product strategy.

Experience: Developed Skyhook's product portfolio, brand, and market penetration strategy. Wore many hats – sales, strategy, account management, creative design, product design, data platform management, solar modeling, and fundraising. I collaborated directly with Skyhook's electrical engineers, software developers, data analysts, network engineers, and IoT experts to bring new products to market.

Achievements: Played a key role in securing Skyhook's first commercial orders. Co-led establishment of relationships with Lyft Rideshare App, Trek Bikes, Bixi Montreal, PBSC, and Washington DC's Capital Bikeshare program. Deployed product in Detroit MI, Chicago IL, San Francisco CA, Boulder CO, Montreal QC Canada, Ukraine, and Berlin Germany. 

Taking Products from Concept to Reality

At Skyhook, I have been incredibly fortunate to work with brilliant mechanical, software, and electrical engineers to develop new products. In late 2023, I presented the team with a new concept, the DRIVERAY (above) – an off-grid, solar L2 EV charger and 100 kWh battery that maximizes per-parking-space solar power and doubles as a home backup system. I also helped design a universal, public micromobility charging dock and lock system called the PWRDOCK (below) going to market in mid-2024.

Work Experience

Current Professional Work

Education & Academic Research

2018 - 2021

University of Colorado Boulder

BS Physics | Magna Cum Laude

Research Experience: At the University of Colorado Boulder, under research Advisor Dan Dessau and the Dessau Condensed Matter Research Group, I simulated and tested the vibrational characteristics of a mechanical filter to be implemented into a new experiment: A "Nano-SQUID on-tip" is a microscope used to image quantum phenomena in the magnetic fields of novel superconductors. I brought the Dessau group's new 3D models into COMSOL Multiphysics and used FEA to evaluate performance. 

Achievements: Winner of UROP Grant Funding and REU program.

Honors Thesis: Vibration and Stability of the Hybrid Cryostat Mechanical Filter and the Nano SQUID Magnetometer. Successfully defended Spring 2021 under Dan Dessau, Jun Ye, Martin Huber, and Rebecca Dickson; Conferred Magna Cum Laude Latin honors.

Education

2012 - 2014

Baylor University | Waco, Texas

BA Film  | Mortar Board Honors

Film:  I worked with the Baylor community of talented actors, professors, and fellow students on film sets, musical scores, and post-production – all skills that led to my early career in marketing and digital media.

 

Achievements: Mortar Board National Senior Honors Society, Deans List

2014 - 2018

TBBalcom Productions
Editor, Cinematographer

I made this! :)

Former Work

Past Professional Experience

My sincere thanks

Thank you for taking the time to view my web-based resume. Please don't hesitate to connect with me on LinkedIn or reach out to me to schedule an interview.

Together with a business partner and friend, I founded a micro ad-agency that created brand campaigns for businesses and local brands in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex including The Boenker Group of Companies, Brewed Fort Worth, Green River Ordinance, Community Beer, The City of Fort Worth Zoo, Walk in the Word TV, The Law Hawk and more. I jointly handled business development and led creative production .

Work Examples

Music Production

Music

2010 - 2021

Orchestral, Electronic, Pop

Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Engineer

I began producing music on a computer as a teenager and never really quit. I am obsessed with the composition of hit songs and songwriting and the familiarity-novelty paradox. 

Listen to my work:

Photography

2014 - 2024

Landscape, Outdoor, Brand

Sony Alpha & ZCam

A great friend got me hooked on photography at Baylor University. Since then, I've carried my Sony A7 IV and Z-CAM F6 cinema camera everywhere.

Contact

Book a meeting with me.

Let's talk cameras, physics, nonfiction, big ideas, off-grid living, backpacking – and work, of course.

Please include any relevant meeting information in the invitation after selecting a day/time on my calendar. Or reach out using my email button below:

CONTACT

Thomas Balcom's
Web Resume

thomas[at]tbbalcom[dot]com  Durango, CO

About: Texas native, Colorado transplant, artist-turned-STEM major. Graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder Physics, Magna Cum Laude, and digital media expert from the Baylor University Film program. Passionate about big-picture sustainability ideas and taking startups, products, brands, and goals from concept to reality by working with and building great teams. Interested in remote and hybrid work.

Hard Skills & Skill Level: Expert in audio and video production from pre to post. Several years of experience in fundraising, pitching, presenting, business development, networking, and sales. A few years of experience in solar system design, modeling, and electronics. Know a few pieces of Mathematica, COMSOL, a hint of Python, and a whisper of the Arduino ecosystem.

Equipment: I am grateful to be the owner/operator of Z CAM E2 F6 and a tiny recording studio equipped with AA's remarkable CM87se.

 

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Premiere Pro

Davinci Resolve

Wix Web Design

Ableton Live Audio

Google Sheets (Excel)

Slides (Powerpoint)

Docs (Microsoft Word)

Vectary 3D Design

Applied Mathematics

Wolfram Mathematica 

COMSOL Multiphysics

Python Pyplot

Solar Design / Modeling

Soft Skills: Teamwork, communication, organization, documentation, deep worker, fast learner.
 

Read List: The Maniac, The Alignment Problem, Chaos, The Science of Can and Can't, Deep Work, Moonwalking with Einstein, Undaunted CourageGulag Archipelago, Endurance, Empire of the Summer Moon, Dune Series, The Three-Body Problem Series


Interests: Off-grid living, sustainability, backpacking, soccer, machine learning, cryptocurrency

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