ENTECH's History

ENTECH's patented concentrating systems produce useful energy from sunlight for both space and terrestrial applications.

With a 30 year solar energy heritage, the company is headquartered in a specially designed facility in Fort Worth, Texas. ENTECH's facility includes a laboratory, cleanroom, manufacturing warehouse and office areas. The company has established outstanding domestic and international partnerships to manufacture and deliver terrestrial and space photovoltaic hardware.

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13301 Park Vista Blvd. Suite 100
Fort Worth, Texas 76177 USA
phone: 817-379-0100
fax: 817-379-0300
email: marketing@entechsolar.com

Executive Management

Walter Hesse – CEO
Dr. Hesse has been involved in high technology research and development work for more than 60 years and was a twelve year Board Member and served as Chairman and President of the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA). He served on the Advisory Board of the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Texas at Arlington and the advisory board of the U.S. Solar Energy Research Institute, now the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He was a member of the Scientific Panel to the Congressional House Committee on Science and Astronautics, a member of the Advisory Board for Joint Task Force Two of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a member of the Texas Commission on Atomic Energy, and was Chairman of the Board of the Aerospace Education Foundation of the Air Force Association. Dr. Hesse holds a PhD (1951), MSME (1948), BSME (1944), all from Purdue University; plus courses at the U.S. Naval Academy where he was Commissioned Ensign (1944), USNR; U.S.N. Submarine Officers School; University of California, Nuclear Engineering; and Sandia National Laboratories, Nuclear Weapons.

Scott Albertson – Vice President and General Manager, ENTECH
In addition to heading up ENTECH, Mr. Albertson was instrumental in creating the manufacturing capability to produce ENTECH's products in large volume. Mr. Albertson manages the construction and strategic operation of the new ENTECH concentrator solar cell production line that is in Texas. Before joining WorldWater, Albertson was Vice President of BP Solar where he was responsible for Quality and Reliability Systems, Logistics and New Business Development. Prior to that he spent over a decade with Corning Incorporated. Mr. Albertson is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a B.S. degree in engineering, mathematics and operational analysis. He later served in the U.S. Marine Corps where he rose to the rank of Captain. He also studied at the Sloan School of Management and the Corning Manufacturing and Management Programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Robert R. Walters – Vice President of New Business Development
Prior to ENTECH’s merger with WorldWater and Solar Technologies Corporation, he served as VP Corporate Business Development and Marketing and Corporate Secretary and Member of the Board of Directors of ENTECH, Inc. Dr. Walters has been responsible for ENTECH's business development, as well as, the domestic and international marketing of ENTECH's solar collector systems. He led the ENTECH effort to finance the commercialization of ENTECH’s terrestrial solar power products. His responsibilities include market assessments and economic investment analyses, determining energy user and/or investor requirements, and pricing for manufacturing and installing systems for a variety of applications.

One of six founders of ENTECH, Dr. Walters helped structure the management buyout of E-Systems' Energy Technology Center to form ENTECH, Inc. in 1983. Dr. Walters has been 100 percent involved in solar systems engineering and marketing since 1975 and has given hundreds of seminars and presentations on the engineering, design, financing, and marketing of solar systems and authored many papers.

Prior to the formation of ENTECH, Dr. Walters was the Manager of Advanced Technology Systems at E-Systems in Dallas, Texas, where he helped form the E-Systems’ Energy Program that was later formalized as the Energy Technology Center. Earlier, he was a Research Scientist at the Advanced Technology Center, a division of the LTV Corporation in Dallas, and taught engineering in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma (OU).

Dr. Walters has served on Advisory Committees for the U.S. Department of Energy and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and as the Governor’s appointee to the Texas Energy Coordination Council to develop an energy policy for the State of Texas. He received his BS (1965) in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, along with an MS (1966), and Ph.D. (1968) in Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.

Mark J. O'Neill – Chief Technology Officer
Mr. O’Neill plans and directs research and technology development programs at ENTECH. He is one of the founders of ENTECH in 1983, and he served as President of ENTECH prior to the merger of with WorldWater in 2008. Prior to the founding of ENTECH in 1983, he served in a variety of engineering and management positions with E-Systems, Inc., Northrup, Inc., and Lockheed Missiles & Space Company. Mr. O’Neill is a graduate of Notre Dame, with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, and he performed graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, while working at Lockheed. He has directed major research and technology development programs related to solar energy systems for space and ground applications since 1972. Mr. O’Neill has authored or co-authored more than 160 technical publications related to solar energy, including a textbook chapter and 15 U.S. Patents for inventions ranging from Fresnel lens solar concentrators to collimating tubular skylights. He has also proposed, negotiated, and successfully managed many significant programs under contract with a variety of customers, including the U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Labs, the National Renewable Energy Lab, NASA, DOD, major aerospace companies, and utility companies.

A.J. McDanal III – Vice President of Research and Development
Prior to the merger with WorldWater in January 2008 Mr. McDanal served as Vice President of Engineering and Manufacturing, and served as Corporate Treasurer. He was one of the founders of ENTECH in 1983 and is now primarily responsible for managing the research and development activities for ENTECH’s terrestrial, space, and day-lighting products. From 1977-1983 he served in a variety of engineering positions including program manager for several Sandia Labs-Albuquerque design & development contracts related to Fresnel lens concentrator systems. Prior to that, he was employed by Lockheed Missiles & Space Company where he conducted research on a variety of NASA/MSFC-funded programs in the areas of cryogenics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and solar energy.

He received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Alabama in 1971 and completed graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama-Huntsville. His honors include Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Gamma Tau national engineering and aerospace honorary societies. McDanal has co-authored one U.S. patent and has authored or co-authored several dozen technical papers and reports.

WorldWater Management

Dr. Frank Smith, CEO, formerly served as COO of WorldWater.
He served as Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at EMCORE Corporation, where he identified target acquisitions, managed the due diligence process, and provided strategic direction for the company. Prior to this, he was an Operations Director at JDS Uniphase and a Program Manager at Lockheed Martin. He was also a Manager at MIT’s Lincoln Labs and has accumulated five patents under his name. Smith holds a B.S. in Engineering & Applied Science from Yale University and a Masters and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from MIT, where he also earned his MBA from the Sloan School of Management.

See www.worldwater.com for list of additional executives and board members.