Name: Christopher Eaton
Title: Owner
Company: Backspin Renewables
Location: Weybridge, VT
Place of birth: Middlebury, VT
Family: Wife and two children
College: Middlebury College
First job unrelated to your current field: Bus boy
First job in current field: Municipal level solar advocate
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Sell and manage installation of solar arrays (PV only). Future plans - Utility scale installation that benefit homeowners directly.
Hobbies: Skiing and kite-boarding
Favorite novel: Shogun by James Clavell
Favorite film: Real Genius
Keys to success: Providing the customer with honest information and understanding their goals.
Person you most admire (outside of family): Walter Payton
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? A professional ski instructor on a very large European mountain.