Paul Notari's Channel

BACKGROUND PROFILE
Paul Notari
June 4, 2008

Currently, Mr. Notari owns and manages a small firm, Scitech Communications, Inc, that specializes in publishing newsletters and technical documents devoted primarily to renewable energy. He is the editor and publisher of CRES NEWS, the monthly newsletter of the Colorado Renewable Energy Society. Amongst his many achievements, he recruited top bio professionals to prepare the material for the textbook, Fuel From Farms, which he edited and published in 1980 for the Department of Energy. The book, which was distributed to hundreds of potential biofuel entrepreneurs, is often credited with the launching of the ethanol industry in the U.S.

In 1992, Mr. Notari retired from the Solar Energy Research Institute (now the National Renewable Energy Laboratory) where he last served as manager of Technical Information Programs. He was employed there for thirteen years in various managerial capacities. He served on the Board of Directors of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) for several terms between 1991 and 2007. In 1991 and 1992 he was elected Chair of the Society and in 2000 he was honored as an ASES Fellow. In 1996 he, along with Dr. Ronal Larson, founded the Colorado Renewable Energy Society and served on its Board of Directors until 2003. He has been listed in “Who’s Who in America” since 1976.

From 1971 until 1979, Mr. Notari served as Director of Publications for the American Water Works Association (AWWA). From 1967 until 1971, he was Director of Communications for the Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (CBEMA). Prior to that Mr. Notari was employed for 14 years from 1952 until 1966 by Motorola, Inc. There he worked as an engineer and later as Manager of the Publications and Training Department of the Defense Systems Division. Also while at Motorola, he served for five years as an evening science instructor at the DeVry Institute and for three years as a guest professor at the Business School of Northwestern University.

He served in the Navy from 1944 -1946, obtained a BS degree in Physics from DePaul University in 1952 and a MS in Business Communications from Rollin’s College in 1967.