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Speakers
and Panel Members
Curtis
Ashton
Sr. Staff Power Tech Support Engineer
Qwest Communications
Mr. Ashton has a BSEE Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University.
He has four years as an Engineering Technician, SRP, Coronado Generating
Station, and 14 years as a Power Engineer for USWEST/Qwest, the
youngest Sr. Staff Engineer in Qwest. He served 11 years as subcommittee
Vice-Chair and Chair for several IEEE stationary battery standards
and served a term on IEEE RevCom. NFPA member. Former BNES member
(RBOC Broadband Reliability Committee). Battcon Technical Committee
member. He has been published in Intelec (5), Telephony magazine
(3), Power Quality magazine, IEC 1997 Communications Engineering
Review, Lorain Power Conference, and Battcon (6).
J. Allen
Byrne
Engineering,
Training, and Technical Support Manager
Interstate PowerCare
Allen is a 35
year veteran of the battery-backed power industry. He has worked
in all aspects of the field, including DC (telecom) power systems,
UPS, and batteries. Allen is one of the initiators and founders
of Battcon and has acted as co-chair and moderator of the conference
for the past 11 years. He has contributed to IEEE, ATIS, BICSI and
other code and standards setting organizations. Allen has had over
fifty articles and technical papers published in trade and industry
magazines and journals and has presented numerous times at national
and international industry conferences. He has chaired the battery
portion of the Power Systems World conference for 15 years and is
the author of the Power Distribution chapter of the Telecommunications
Distribution Methods Manual published by McGraw-Hill. Allen was
elected Battcon Battery Person of the Year by his peers in 2005.
Dale
Campbell
Senior Electrical Engineer
Intel Corporation
Dale is in Intel’s Logic Facilities Technology Development
group. He is an Oregon Registered Professional Engineer and owns
all Electrical Master Design Standards for Intel’s next generation
logic fabs. Dale is a member of Intel’s Electrical Corporate
Engineering Team and is responsible for the selection of all UPS's,
batteries, and battery monitoring equipment. He has led numerous
task forces to improve UPS/CPS reliability and has over 15 years
experience with UPS and battery systems.
John
Davis
Director of Business Development
VRB Power Systems, Inc.
Mr. Davis has over 19 years executive level experience in sales
and business development heavily focused on emerging technology
solutions for the telecommunications and utilities industries. John
has been a pioneer in selling fuel cells and alternative energy
technologies into the telecoms and utilities market space, both
nationally and internationally. Currently, John is the Director
of Business Development for VRB Systems, Inc. in Vancouver, Canada.
Before VRB Power, John held the position of Director of International
Business Development for ReliOn, Inc.
Pete
DeMar
Founder
Battery Research and Testing, Inc.
Pete has over 30 years in the stationary battery industry. He is
one of the founders of Battery Research and Testing, the first independent
stationary battery service company in the U.S., as well as the company
that discovered the benefits of coupling lost water replacement
with the installation of a catalyst in VRLA cells to result in long
term capacity recovery. He presently is the longest continuously
serving member on the IEEE battery working group; he has remained
active since 1982 as the first person to join who was from a service
organization and not a manufacturer or a utility company.
John
Gagge
Director, Reserve Power Engineering and Quality Assurance
EnerSys
John has been with EnerSys for 13 years in various roles, including
motive power engineering, QA, plant engineering / quality, and currently
as head of Reserve Power Engineering and Quality Assurance. He is
based in the EnerSys global headquarters in Reading, PA and oversees
product and process development, new product introductions, applications
engineering, and quality assurance activities. He is a Senior Member
of IEEE and actively involved in many areas of the industry, including
the IEEE standards committee, BCI technical committee, and IEC TC21
working group.
Takefumi
Inoue
Manager, Engineering Dept.
GS Yuasa Technology, Ltd.
Mr. Inoue received his Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering
from Kyoto Institute of Technology in Kyoto, Japan in 1993. He began
his career at GS Yuasa. (The name was Japan Storage Battery at that
time.) Since 1994, he has been part of GS Yuasa’s large lithium-ion
team, developing deep sea and aerospace batteries. Mr. Inoue is
currently a manager on large, lithium-ion batteries for aerospace
applications at GS Yuasa.
John
Kim
Sr. Technical Account Manager
C&D Technologies, Inc.
In his position at C&D, John is responsible for utility product
sales and marketing and for the corporate wide battery training
program. For 16 years previously, he was an R&D Project Engineer,
Manufacturing Engineer, Product Manager, and Manager of Technical
Support with C&D. Mr. Kim has a BS Materials Engineering and
an MS Engineering Management from Drexel University and has co-authored
papers presented at Battcon 2004 and 2008 and EuroBat 2006.
Bob
Malley
Director, Product Development
C&D Technologies, Inc.
Bob has been involved in lead acid battery development
and manufacturing since 1984, starting with Power Battery and then
with C&D Technologies since 1999. He is currently Director of
Product Development at C&D, where he is responsible for the
development and launch of lead acid products for the standby market.
Ron
Marts
Program Manager
Telcordia Technologies
Mr. Marts is a registered architect and certified facilities manager
who specializes in building standards, building codes, and fire
protection strategies for the telecommunications industry. He is
a member of NFPA, SFPE, FDI, ICC, IEEE, NCSBCS, IAPMO, and UFCA,
as well as a principal member on the NFPA technical committees for
both telecommunications and power systems. Ron has over 27 years
of experience in the telecommunications industry, and provides several
professional services to his clients, including representation in
codes and standards development, development of building codes and
NFPA standards, and telecommunications standards writing.
Steve
McCluer
Senior Applications Engineer
APC, Critical Power and Cooling Services Division
Steve McCluer is a Senior Applications Engineer at APC, the Critical
Power and Cooling Services Division of Schneider Electric. He serves
on several code and standard technical committees and chairs the
IEEE stationary battery glossary committee. Steve has over 25 years
of experience in the battery industry. He has authored several technical
papers, white papers, and articles and is a frequent speaker at
industry conferences. He holds a Master's degree in International
Management.
Jim
McDowall
Business Development Manager
Saft America, Inc.
Jim McDowall has worked in the battery industry since 1977 and is
currently with Saft in the position of Business Development Manager.
He is very active in standards work and is currently the Standards
Coordinator of the IEEE Stationary Battery Committee and chair of
three of its working groups, as well as being a former chair of
the parent committee. Jim is also a current member and former chairman
of the board of directors of the Electricity Storage Association.
He is a member of the Battcon conference technical committee and
has written or co-written numerous technical papers.
Dan
McMenamin
President and CEO
Dan McMenamin and Associates, Inc.
Dan McMenamin consults, following 36 years with Verizon Communications.
He is a member of the Lightning Protection Institute, United Lightning
Protection Association, Power Sources Manufacturer's Association,
National Fire Protection Association, and the Institute for Electrical
and Electronic Engineers. Author of numerous technical papers and
articles, Dan served on the Technical Program Committees of nine
International Telecommunications Energy Conferences (INTELEC) and
as General Chair for INTELEC 2006.
Zbigniew
Noworolski
Polytronics Engineering, Ltd.
Dr. Zbigniev Novorolski was born and educated in Poland.
He received his Masters degree in 1966 and earned his PhD in 1970,
both in the field of electronics control and measurements. After
a brief academic career, he emigrated to Canada, where he led the
Canadian R&D division of a major UPS manufacturer. In 1979,
Zbig opened Polytronics Engineering, which was the first company
to use fiber optics and a new float current technique for battery
monitoring. Zbig publishes frequently, holds a few patents, and
is active in the engineering community. He is a member of OPE, a
senior member of IEEE, vice chair of the IEEE PES Battery Monitoring
Guide, a Member of the Intelec Program Committee, and Chair of Infobatt,
a Canadian version of Battcon.
E. Carey
O'Donnell Jr.
Vice-President, Business Development
Mesa Technical Associates, Inc.
Carey has been in the DC power systems and battery industry for
27 years. He has held a number of sales and senior management positions
with industry leaders like Emerson, Liebert Corp., and C&D Technologies,
and was a co-founder of The Cactus Integration Group. Today, Carey
is a co-owner of Mesa, a DC power product, engineering, and deployment
services integrator based in Cobleskill, NY. Carey is a 1978 graduate
of Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. He is also an IT Fellow at
Temple University, Phila. PA., and is an adjunct, teaching technology
courses at both the undergraduate and graduate schools. He resides
in Haddonfield, NJ, and his primary hobbies are aviation and motorcycles.
Thomas
D. O'Sullivan
Power
Systems Specialist, Senior Consultant
Power Battery Co.
Tom
O'Sullivan has a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Fordham University
and a B.S. in Chemistry from Manhattan College. He is responsible
for the large, embedded base of flooded lead-acid batteries used
in telephone central offices. Tom contributed to the development
of the flooded and valve regulated lead acid, nickel-cadmium, and
secondary lithium battery technologies. He has prepared many of
the generic requirements documents for batteries that are the basis
for improvement of these battery technologies (TR-766 and TR-1200
and GR-3020).
George
Pedersen
Business Development Manager
BTECH, Inc.
George has had a long career in the design, installation, and operation
of both communications and secure power systems. Since moving to
the USA in 1987, except for a period in 1998 when he returned to
England for two years to be the Director of Engineering at Advance
Power, he has worked exclusively in the world of batteries, secure
power systems, and services. George is currently the Business Development
Manager at BTECH, Inc.
Roger
N. Pocock
National Sales Manager
Alcad Standby Batteries
Roger Pocock received his chemistry degree at Nottingham University,
UK and has over 30 years experience with Texas Instruments, Weston
Instruments, and Alcad. He has worked in the engineering, sales,
and marketing of semiconductors, instruments, control products,
and batteries. He has been with Saft America for 14 years and recently
was appointed National Sales Manager for Alcad. Roger is a member
of IEEE and EGSA, and is a past board member of the Electrical Generating
Systems Association, where he rewrote Chapter 27, Batteries and
Chargers, for their handbook, On-Site Power: A Reference Book. He
presented a paper titled, "Batteries: Always expected to perform,
but why don't they?" to the 2006 IEEE-PCIC conference in Philadelphia.
David
Putnam
Applications Engineer
Northstar Battery
David has worked in the sales department as an applications engineer
with Northstar Battery since October of 2000. He was originally
hired as a control engineer for manufacturing to help integrate
production equipment. He moved to the sales department to develop
a battery rack program. Mr. Putnam has also worked at Northstar's
international facility to implement plant process and operations.
Ed Rafter
Principal
Tier IV Consulting Group
Mr. Rafter is a Principal Engineer with Tier IV Consulting Group,
a provider of data center consulting services. Ed is a Licensed
Professional Engineer, a Senior Member of the IEEE, and a Certified
Commissioning Process Authority Professional. He has over 25 years
experience in critical power systems, including design, installation,
commissioning, and maintenance and testing. His expertise includes
data center and other 24x7, high reliability, and mission critical
business applications from 5,000 to 80,000 square feet.
Jan
Reber
Director of Engineering, RP Flooded Products
EnerSys
Chris
Sedor
Vice President, Strategic Sourcing
C&D Technologies, Inc.
Chris has been with C&D for fours years and is presently
the Vice President of Strategic Sourcing. Prior to that, he worked
18 years in Operations and Program Management in the aerospace industry.
Mr. Sedor has a BS Industrial Engineering and a BS Operations Management
from Penn State and an MBA from Villanova. He is a member of ISM,
and spent considerable time investigating hedging strategies with
banks, brokers, and industry contacts, including a course at the
London Metals exchange.
Matthew
Theriault
Designer
HindlePower Inc.
Matt Theriault (pron: Terrio) has created a stellar career providing
unique ideas within the DC power industry. Beginning in 1979, Matt
joined the Hindle family enterprise as a member of the product design
team. His original design capability, coupled with a unique talent
for problem solving, has earned Matt extensive notoriety as a DC
power systems expert. Matt continues to foster his forward looking
concepts and ideas at the HindlePower manufacturing plant in Easton,
PA.
Pierre
Turpin
E&A Project Manager
LEM Geneva
Pierre Turpin was born in France in 1958. He received the Dipl.
Eng. degree in electricity from the French engineering university
(INSA de LYON) in 1982. After 18 years as electronic R&D manager
of a small company providing, among other things, specific battery
chargers and UPS equipment, he joined LEM in 2003 as Macrocomponents
Project Manager, which, in 2005, became the Energy and Automation
segment. Battery monitoring systems are now part of this new E&A
segment.
Steve
Vechy
Marketing Director, UPS and Utility
EnerSys
Steve has been in the battery business for 20 years and has held
various positions of responsibility, from Application Engineering
through his current responsibilities as Marketing Director. Steve
is an IEEE member and has been active in the IEEE Stationary Battery
Committee and SCC-21 (fuel cells, photovoltaics, dispersed generation,
and energy storage) and has participated in the development of several
standards. He has published several technical papers at conferences,
including Battcon and Intelec. Steve is the Chairman of the Battery
Council International Industrial Battery and Charger Committee and
a member of the Intelec Management Committee. He received his BS
in Electrical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and
his MBA in Management from Lewis University.
Battcon
Technical Committee
Glenn
Albér
Founder
Albércorp
Glenn Albér, the founder of Albércorp, is a graduate
electrical engineer from North Carolina State. Glenn pioneered much
of the battery test and monitoring equipment in use today and holds
several patents. For over 20 years, he has been a member of the
Albércorp Battery Seminar team, which has taught battery
basics to thousands of users. In 1997, Glenn conceived of the idea
of the first Battcon conference and was instrumental in its realization.
He has published numerous technical papers and is a member of IEEE
SCC29 on batteries.
Curtis
Ashton
Sr. Staff Power Tech Support Engineer
Qwest Communications
Mr. Ashton has a BSEE Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University.
He has four years as an Engineering Technician, SRP, Coronado Generating
Station, and 14 years as a Power Engineer for USWEST/Qwest, the
youngest Sr. Staff Engineer in Qwest. He served 11 years as subcommittee
Vice-Chair and Chair for several IEEE stationary battery standards
and served a term on IEEE RevCom. NFPA member. Former BNES member
(RBOC Broadband Reliability Committee). Battcon Technical Committee
member. He has been published in Intelec (5), Telephony magazine
(3), Power Quality magazine, IEC 1997 Communications Engineering
Review, Lorain Power Conference, and Battcon (6).
J.
Allen Byrne
Engineering, Training, and Technical Support Manager
Interstate PowerCare
Allen
is a 35 year veteran of the battery-backed power industry. He has
worked in all aspects of the field, including DC (telecom) power
systems, UPS, and batteries. Allen is one of the initiators and
founders of Battcon and has acted as co-chair and moderator of the
conference for the past 11 years. He has contributed to IEEE, ATIS,
BICSI and other code and standards setting organizations. Allen
has had over fifty articles and technical papers published in trade
and industry magazines and journals and has presented numerous times
at national and international industry conferences. He has chaired
the battery portion of the Power Systems World conference for 15
years and is the author of the Power Distribution chapter of the
Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manual published by McGraw-Hill.
Allen was elected Battcon Battery Person of the Year by his peers
in 2005.
Garth
P. Corey
Principal Member of Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratories
Garth P. Corey, recently retired as a Principal Member of the Technical
Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, had project management responsibilities
with the Energy Infrastructure and Distributed Energy Resources
Dept. Throughout his Sandia career, he was involved in high technology
energy storage R&D projects. He is a member of the IEEE Power
Engineering Society and active with the PES Stationary Battery Committee.
In addition to continuing his association with Sandia as a consultant
with responsibilities related to electric energy storage systems,
he is active in the evaluation of energy storage components for
distributed energy and storage resources on the national grid. He
is assigned consulting responsibilities as Technical Project Manager
for the California Energy Commission / U.S. Dept. of Energy Electric
Energy Storage Initiative, a three-year demonstration program underway
in California.
Jim
McDowall
Business Development Manager
Saft America, Inc.
Jim McDowall has worked in the battery industry since 1977 and is
currently with Saft in the position of Business Development Manager.
He is very active in standards work and is currently the Standards
Coordinator of the IEEE Stationary Battery Committee and chair of
three of its working groups, as well as being a former chair of
the parent committee. Jim is also a current member and former chairman
of the board of directors of the Electricity Storage Association.
He is a member of the Battcon conference technical committee and
has written or co-written numerous technical papers.
Michael
Nispel
Principal
Atlantic DC Power Distribution, Inc.
Mike Nispel has been in the industrial battery market for over 20
years, directly working for various manufacturers and providing
technical consulting services to the industry. In his tenures at
Honeywell, Yuasa/EnerSys, C&D Technologies and International
Battery, he has worked on lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, and various
lithium chemistries (ion, metal and polymer). He has domestic and
international experience in many aspects of the battery industry,
including engineering, quality, product management, nuclear applications
and sales. He is active in several industry committees, including
IEEE/PES, IEEE/SCC21, Telcordia GR3150, and Battcon. Mike holds
both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Chemical
Engineering.
Rick
Tressler
Training and Education Manager
Albércorp
Rick has been working with stationary batteries for over 20 years.
His experience includes installation, testing, and maintenance of
batteries in a variety of applications. He provides the company's
clients with his experience, knowledge, and training programs in
many locations, ranging from oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico
to remote operations in Northern Alaska. Rick has authored several
Battcon papers that address the nuts and bolts of battery operation
and has contributed numerous magazine articles for industry and
trade publications throughout his career.
Kurt
Uhlir
Director of Technical Services
Standby Power System Consultants, Inc.
Kurt Uhlir, founder and principal owner of Standby Power System
Consultants, Inc., received a BS in Electrical Engineering and Technology
from Southern Illinois University in 1981. He has specialized in
stationary battery, DC power system and energy storage design, installation,
maintenance and testing for electric utility, communications, industrial,
UPS and renewable energy applications. At Commonwealth Edison Co.,
Chicago, 1981 to 2001, Kurt was Stationary Battery and DC System
Technical Expert for the Nuclear Generation Group and Transmission
and Distribution Dept. He has been an active member of the IEEE
PES Stationary Battery Committee for 19 years. He was an advisor
to the Illinois Institute of Technology Chemical and Environmental
Engineering Dept. IPRO Program and on the Board of Directors for
the Illinois Renewable Resource Group. He is a member of the Battcon
Technical Committee.
Seminar
Instructors
M.S.
(Steve) Clark
Battery and DC System Engineer
South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company
Steve has over 30 years of experience in the operation, start-up,
design, and maintenance of nuclear power plants. He is a member
of the IEEE Stationary Battery Committee and Chair of the IEEE 450
(IEEE Recommended Practice for Maintenance, Testing and Replacement
of Vented Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications) working
group. Steve is also Chair of the joint IEEE/ASHRAE P1635 (IEEE/ASHRAE
Guide for the Ventilation and Thermal Management of Stationary Battery
Installations) working group. He is also a course co-developer and
instructor at the Battcon Beyond the Fundamentals preconference
seminar.
Garth
P. Corey
Principal Member of Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratories
Garth P. Corey, recently retired as a Principal Member of the Technical
Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, had project management responsibilities
with the Energy Infrastructure and Distributed Energy Resources
Dept. Throughout his Sandia career, he was involved in high technology
energy storage R&D projects. He is a member of the IEEE Power
Engineering Society and active with the PES Stationary Battery Committee.
In addition to continuing his association with Sandia as a consultant
with responsibilities related to electric energy storage systems,
he is active in the evaluation of energy storage components for
distributed energy and storage resources on the national grid. He
is assigned consulting responsibilities as Technical Project Manager
for the California Energy Commission / U.S. Dept. of Energy Electric
Energy Storage Initiative, a three-year demonstration program underway
in California.
Jim
McDowall
Business Development Manager
Saft America, Inc.
Jim McDowall has worked in the battery industry since 1977 and is
currently with Saft in the position of Business Development Manager.
He is very active in standards work and is currently the Standards
Coordinator of the IEEE Stationary Battery Committee and chair of
three of its working groups, as well as being a former chair of
the parent committee. Jim is also a current member and former chairman
of the board of directors of the Electricity Storage Association.
He is a member of the Battcon conference technical committee and
has written or co-written numerous technical papers.
Michael
Nispel
Principal
Atlantic DC Power Distribution, Inc.
Mike Nispel has been in the industrial battery market for over 20
years, directly working for various manufacturers and providing
technical consulting services to the industry. In his tenures at
Honeywell, Yuasa/EnerSys, C&D Technologies and International
Battery, he has worked on lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, and various
lithium chemistries (ion, metal and polymer). He has domestic and
international experience in many aspects of the battery industry,
including engineering, quality, product management, nuclear applications
and sales. He is active in several industry committees, including
IEEE/PES, IEEE/SCC21, Telcordia GR3150, and Battcon. Mike holds
both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Chemical
Engineering.
Jan
Reber
Director of Engineering, RP Flooded Products
EnerSys
Rick
Tressler
Training and Education Manager
Albércorp
Rick has been working with stationary batteries for over 20 years.
His experience includes installation, testing, and maintenance of
batteries in a variety of applications. He provides the company's
clients with his experience, knowledge, and training programs in
many locations, ranging from oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico
to remote operations in Northern Alaska. Rick has authored several
Battcon papers that address the nuts and bolts of battery operation
and has contributed numerous magazine articles for industry and
trade publications throughout his career.
Battcon
Conference Coordinator
Jennifer
Stryker
Business Development Manager
Albércorp
Jennifer graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2000 with
a Bachelors of Finance and Management. She joined Albércorp
in 2000 and, in 2006, was promoted to Business Development Manager.
Jennifer has certification in event planning and is a member of
Meeting Planners International (MPI). She has been the Battcon Conference
Coordinator since 2004, working with the hotels, attendees, and
trade show participants.
Battcon
Publications
Jack
Mack
President
Jack Mack Technical Writing, Inc.
Jack has worked in technical, production and quality management
in the electronics industry for over 35 years, in areas as diverse
as phototypesetter development, nuclear instrumentation, and battery
monitoring. He became an independent technical communicator in 1998.
In 2004, he founded Jack Mack Technical Writing, Inc., which specializes
in creating and editing technical and quality documentation, marketing
material, and Web sites. Jack is a senior member of the Society
for Technical Communication (STC). He publishes literature for Battcon,
maintains the Battcon Web site, and is the Battcon publications
liaison. He was the conference coordinator for four years.
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