V-BAR - Consultants to the Wind Industry

	Richard Simon has been working in the wind energy industry since 1977, at which time he co-authored the first formal study of wind resource potential in California. He has been Principal Investigator on wind energy research projects sponsored by the US federal government, several state governments, and electric utility companies. Mr. Simon helped site many of the California wind turbines built in the early 1980's. During the 1990's, these efforts were expanded across the United States and abroad. Mr. Simon has personally sited approximately 7000 MW of operating wind turbines around the world, and collaborated in the selection of many other turbines. He is well respected by the financial community, and has often served as a bank's meteorologist for wind resource due diligence. In addition to the pure meteorological work, Mr. Simon works closely with clients to help them define and implement business strategies. The integration of science and business is critical to successful wind resource development in today's challenging environment.
	David F. Matson (BS, Meteorology) has been part of the team since 1983. His specialties are data management, software development, instrumentation, and power performance testing of wind turbines. Mr. Matson has processed meteorological data from thousands of stations around the world. He has written a complete software library for comprehensive wind energy analyses. He also specializes in site visits and resource reports. He has installed hundreds of wind monitoring towers and has trained crews for clients to meet state-of-the-art specifications.
	Allen J. Becker (MS, Meteorology) had a college and university teaching background prior to joining the team in 1996. He is an expert in data base management and processes data from hundreds of meteorological towers monthly. Mr. Becker also specializes in internet climate research, data acquisition, site visits, turbine micrositing, power performance testing, and wind resource report preparation.