TPB Solutions’  responsible   principal,  Thomas  P.  Brown   has   over thirty  years   experience  in  facilities  and  related  systems  design, construction, and operations. Tom is a licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer holding related degrees, licenses, and   certifications. Tom has performed key administrative  and management  oversight  roles  on hundreds  of millions of dollars  of  complex  building  and  infrastructure  design, construction,  and / or  renovation  projects,  as well as  operational responsibilities for the same.

Tom developed and implemented his “PINC Management Method®” and California State University, Northridge’s award winning “Student Design Team” program, and remains an active adjunct professor for the CSUN’s College of Engineering.

Tom was a senior University Administrator during the”94″ Northridge earthquake and was responsible for much of the recovery and rebuilding  of  California State University, Northridge.

Tom has also been a leading driver of alternative and sustainable   energy   systems installations  having  installed  through  his unique in-house  design  build process   692kW’s  of  Photovoltaic power,  the  first  1.2 MW  fuel  cell  power  plant  installation at any College or University in the world, a highly efficient 2000 ton chiller plant,  and  a  most  unique and  sustainable  sub tropical rain-forest, sustained  entirely  by  fuel cell  and  chiller plant  waste byproducts. Tom was awarded the 2009 CSU Sustainability Champion for these and other such contributions.

Tom is the primary inventor of the Barometric Thermal Trap (BaTT, patented)  a  key device allowing optimal CHP efficiency of the fuel cell plant as well as enhanced CO2 recovery and management of the exhaust streams.

In addition to his many years of State University service, Tom is proud to be a Viet Nam era US Navy veteran, still ready to support       our state and country’s institutions, students, and returning and                                                        active service members.                                          (TPB Solutions, Inc. – SB & DVBE Certified #1798283)

Tom    has    most    recently    been    providing    related professional support to numerous institutions  and  public / private agencies with  their  goals  for optimal design, development, installation, and operations  of  their  facilities, programs, projects,  and  energy and  infrastructure  systems, as well as consulting and management services on otherwise complex systems and infrastructure or troubled  / difficult construction projects.

CONTACT Tom at   tbrown@tpbsolutions.com