About

The Right People. The Right Solutions.

Independent Wind Solutions provides high quality service solutions to the renewable energy industry with an established focus in wind turbine generation and solar generation sectors. IWS strives to provide the industry with top notch solutions pertaining to renewable energy operations, maintenance, and management.

Our Team

Caston Gillit

Chief Financial Officer

Founding Partner. Graduate of Texas Tech Wind Energy Program. Former GE Technician for IPP. Current Financial Officer coordinating Financial Business Operations.

Tyler McDermott

Chief Executive Officer

Founding Partner. Former Major Component Exchange Technician for ISP. Former Siemens Technician for IPP. Current Executive Officer overseeing Overall Operations.

Michael Montes

Chief Development Officer

Retired Air Force. Former Siemens Technician for IPP. Former Operations Manager for IWS. Current Development Officer coordinating Strategy and Growth.

Zane Duncan

Chief Operations Officer

Former GE Technician for IPP. Former Uptower Repair Technician for ISP. Former Operations Manager for IWS. Current Operations Officer overseeing Daily Operations.

Craig Guelker

Director of Operations

Wind Industry Veteran of 19 years. Former Installation Manager and Site Manager for OEM. Former Turbine Specialist with Engineering department for IPP. Former Operations Manager for IWS. Current Director of Operations coordinating Day-to-Day Operations.

Jim Albert

HSE Manager

Retired Air Force. Wind Industry Veteran of 16 Years. Former GE HSE Manager. Former IPP HSE Manager. Current HSE Manager coordinating Training and Document Control.

AJ Arthur

Operations Manager

Former generator refurbishment technician for ISP. Former generator refurbishment and up-tower repair technician for Independent Wind Solutions. Currently managing up-tower repair teams, generator refurbishment shops and site support technicians.

Nathan Edwards

Operations Manager

Former lead service technician for ISP. Former generator refurbishment technician, former lead service technician for Independent Wind Solutions. Currently managing site support services including troubleshooting, maintenance support, retrofits, etc.

Tyler Friske

Head of Heavy Lifts

10 year wind and crane industry Veteran, Former Assembly director, former construction manager for an industry leading turbine manufacturer. Current Head of Heavy Lifts for IWS coordinating all crane and MCE operations.

Brad Hendrix

VP of HV Operations

Air Force Veteran. HV Industry Veteran of 18 years. Former PM for ISP. Former BOP Manager for IPP. Former Sr. HV Technician for TDSP. Former HV startup specialist for ISP. Current VP of HV Operations coordinating day to day HV Operations.

What Clients Say

IWS has been a pleasure to work with at my facilities. The IWS Team is safe, reliable, and committed to quality; this is what I look for in a service provider.

Robert Owings

Service Director, GE

IWS has been a key part in us providing safe and reliable operations to our customers. Their standards and quality of work is best in class.

Tommy Gage

Plant Manager, Orsted