Sentences with phrase «toas memo»

Dr. Haldar, according to the Toas memo, also «claimed that the [employee's] normal work did not stop or suffer while he was away; therefore, he appropriately received his normal RF salary and any work performed for SoloPower was as an [independent] contractor.»

The Toas memo synthesizes the findings of an internal SUNY RF investigation that apparently started in October 2016, after or around the time an external auditor of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute Foundation, the school's fundraising arm, observed that certain wire transfers «had no supporting documentation stating what [their] purpose was and could not conclude that [they were] within the mission» of the foundation.

While the findings of the contested Toas memo, detailed later in this story, are fairly complex and specific, the lawsuit also draws upon Dr. Haldar's own emails and other, previously unpublicized SUNY documents, placing his alleged missteps in the broader context of what he calls «SUNY Poly's fiscal institutional mismanagement.»

In one instance, the Toas memo states, a SUNY RF employee «was allowed, outside the scope of a contract and for work that was outside the purview of the Research Foundation relationship with SoloPower,» an Oregon - based solar energy company, «to work as an independent contractor for SoloPower.»

Dr. Haldar also disputes the Toas memo more extensively in

Dr. Haldar «admitted he intended on using the diverted money for discretionary purposes,» the portion of the Toas memo devoted to the Shimizu episode concludes.

The Toas memo, which Dr. Haldar only obtained in redacted form through a Freedom of Information Law request to SUNY RF, is dated Feb. 17, which incidentally appears to be the same day Dr. Haldar was recognized for «Technology in Energy / Sustainability» at the Albany Business Review's first - ever «Tech Awards» at the Hilton Albany.

, at Dr. Haldar's direction, the Toas memo states, «an invoice was sent to Shimizu Corp.,» a Japanese construction company, for related expenses.

«The reimbursement was diverted away from the Research Foundation resulting in [its] failure to reimburse NYSERDA for a portion of the event expenses,» the Toas memo states.

In addition to his permanent disqualification as a research group leader, the adoption of the Toas memo by SUNY Poly and SUNY RF led to Dr. Haldar losing his post as CNSE interim dean and as a departmental head.

Dr. Haldar «was aware of this activity and, at a minimum negligently failed to administer his duties in the best interest» of SUNY Poly, SUNY RF, «and... the sponsors for which his project [was] funded,» the Toas memo states.

Not exact matches

The lawsuit seeks to void the content of a memo drafted in February by Joshua Toas, chief compliance officer at SUNY RF, the university system's nonprofit research arm, which concluded that Dr. Haldar had shown «a reckless disregard for the rules and policies that govern our business.»