{"id":31,"date":"2014-12-18T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dgnal.net\/portfolio\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2024-09-16T14:03:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T19:03:54","slug":"professional-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dgnal.net\/portfolio\/professional-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Principle Product Trainer &#8211; Medium &amp; Low-Voltage Products<br \/>\n<\/strong>2024-Current<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siemens.com\/us\/en\/products\/energy\/energy-automation-and-smart-grid\/training-programs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siemens Power Academy<\/a> &#8211; <em>Wendell, NC<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Technical lead for development and delivery of training content centered around the Siemens Medium-Voltage and Low-Voltage Distribution Equipment for the United States Power Academy (as part of a world-wide network of training facilities).<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nSenior Technical Trainer &#8211; LV Distribution &amp; Smart Power Products<br \/>\n<\/strong>2019- 2024<br \/>\n<a title=\"ABB \/ Thomas &amp; Betts\" href=\"https:\/\/new.abb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABB <\/a>&#8211; <em>Memphis, TN<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Responsible for leading the training aspects &amp; content creation for ABB&#8217;s Product offering for the United States for internal (new hire and employee updates), customers (Distributors \/ OEMs), and industry (NEMA, ANSI, Union &amp; non-Union trades)<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Product Manager &#8211; Hazardous Location Products<br \/>\n<\/strong>2013 &#8211; 2019<br \/>\n<a title=\"ABB \/ Thomas &amp; Betts\" href=\"http:\/\/tnb.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABB \/ Thomas &amp; Betts <\/a>&#8211; <em>Memphis, TN<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Work through our sales channels to increase knowledge, sales, and competitive opportunities for our collection of Explosive &amp; Hazardous location products through education, testing, and new product development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Product Manager \u2013 Power Factor &amp; Harmonic Correction<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>2010-2013<br \/>\n<\/em><a title=\"Eaton Corp - Electrical Distribution\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eaton.com\/Eaton\/ProductsServices\/Electrical\/ProductsandServices\/ElectricalDistribution\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eaton Electrical, Inc.<\/a> \u2013 <em>Dallas, TX &amp; Moon Township, PA<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Responsible for all aspects of product management: conceptual design, increased awareness and sales of Power Factor Correction (which includes the Power Quality products &#8211; Harmonic Correction and Power Conditioning Products).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increased sales 35% YOY while attaining a 41% average profit margin.<\/li>\n<li>Clarifying teaching techniques transitioning from a pedagogic system (educating children) to an andragogic (defined as \u2018the art and science of helping adults learn) system.<\/li>\n<li>Principal driver &amp; instructor for the Power Quality Tier III class for Eaton Corporation.<\/li>\n<li>Develop specialize teaching\/instruction at nation-wide events demonstrating Power Factor Correction, Series and Parallel Resonance, and Displacement vs. Distortive Power Factor to engineers, sales personnel, and designers across the US.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>International Product Manager \u2013 Value-Add Transformers<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>2006-2010<br \/>\n<\/em><a title=\"Eaton Corp - Electrical Distribution\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eaton.com\/Eaton\/ProductsServices\/Electrical\/ProductsandServices\/ElectricalDistribution\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eaton Electrical, Inc.<\/a> \u2013 <em>Dallas, TX<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Responsible for all aspects of product management: conceptual design, increased awareness and sales of \u2018Value-Add\u2019 electrical distribution transformers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increased sales 10x as product manager, an average increase of 35% over past 3 yrs.<\/li>\n<li>Achieved a 57% average profit margin.<\/li>\n<li>Introduced five new products over a four-year span.<\/li>\n<li>Consolidated training &amp; product binder that includes all literature, specifications, presentations, videos, and engineering application concurrently in print, CD-Rom, and web-based formats.<\/li>\n<li>Help to develop the Transformer testing portion of Eaton\u2019s Power Solutions Experience Center using the facility and subsequent testing\/marketing material to win numerous competitive specialty transformer projects.<\/li>\n<li>Hired, developed, and managed 13 external Sales Reps accounting for an additional $480K in sales.<\/li>\n<li>Developed industry setting white-paper clarifying a standard for NEMA.<\/li>\n<li>Developed 1-day training program for commercial contractors from point of inception.<\/li>\n<li>Trained thousands of engineers, designers, and salespeople across the US.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Senior Application &amp; Training Engineer<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>1999-2005<br \/>\n<\/em><a title=\"Powersmiths Corporation\" href=\"http:\/\/powersmiths.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Powersmiths Corporation<\/a> \u2013 <em>Charlotte, NC &#8211;\u00a0 Toronto, Canada\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Dallas, TX<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Successfully held various roles in engineering and training positions within the company to support sales of \u2018Value-Add\u2019 specialty electrical transformers in a multi-national environment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Managed all aspects of training lab that utilized live equipment to educate and influence thousands of engineers, end-user customers, design personnel through-out the US and Canada.<\/li>\n<li>Day-to-day application and engineering support.<\/li>\n<li>Hands-on electrical and Power Quality analysis of hundreds of facilities through-out the US and Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director of Engineering<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>1995-1999<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #339966;\">United Energy Associates, Inc.<\/span> \u2013 <em>Winter Park, FL<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Managed all aspects of engineering for a national Demand-Side Management company.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Managed Power Quality (PQ) division responsible for PQ analysis of hundreds of facilities (including hospital, government, and commercial) throughout the US.<\/li>\n<li>Responsible for company-wide Information Technology (IT) equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Created and maintained the company website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principle Product Trainer &#8211; Medium &amp; Low-Voltage Products 2024-Current Siemens Power Academy &#8211; Wendell, NC Technical lead for development and delivery of training content centered around the Siemens Medium-Voltage and Low-Voltage Distribution Equipment for the United States Power Academy (as part of a world-wide network of training facilities). 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