Carl develops energy companies in emerging markets. He is currently implementing solar electrical generation facilities for branch offices of large corporations in West Africa.  He is an expert in financial structures for effective investment, managing complex technical projects, and in effective team communication in multi-cultural settings.  

     Past projects include a telecommunications firm to transport cell phone traffic from North America to West Africa, a NASA funded project to train emerging market scientists on satellite photo analysis, a company that offered epidemiology software for hospital accreditation and a company which helped create an airline reservation system for a major airline.

     Carl is currently managing director of Vané Consulting LLC, a solar energy company licensed in the United States and doing business in Ghana.  He is also vice president of Solar Lane LLC, a Maryland company, which has developed utility scale solar projects on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

     CarlWidell@gmail.com