2023 Presentations
- Keeping the NEC® Relevant ‐ Is Now the Time to Modernize?
National Electrical Code® Correlating Committee - Distinguished Lecturer Program: Communication and Data Centers Back-Up Power Systems-The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Daniel Ashton – Senior Operations Engineer, Critical Infrastructure Technical Support, Lumen - BURNDY Hands-On Demonstration: Connector Theory and Installation
Kerron Williams – Business Development Manager, Telecommunication & Datacenter, BURNDY LLC - Hands-On Demonstration: Ground Resistivity and Ground Resistance Measurements
Rohit Narayan – Director, Global Telecom, nVent ERICO - Harger Hands-On Demonstration: Exothermic Welding – A Focus on Safety and Process Aspects
Jeff Regan – Strategic Account Specialist, Harger Lightning & Grounding - Security Systems for Communications Facilities
Stacey Noble – Director of Business Development, Security Enhancement Systems, LLC - Simulating Resulting Voltages on DC Power Equipment in a Lab Experiment After Applying SPD at Point on Entry
Robert Williams II – Electrical Test Engineer, nVent ERICO - Introduction to Class 4 -Fault Managed Power Cables
Anthony Tassone – Principal Engineer, UL - Generator and ATS: Bypass Isolation vs. Standard, Closed, Open and Delayed Transition, Fuel Polishing, ATS Settings
Ron Slutter – Senior Technical Support Representative, EnerSys Energy Systems - Protecting the Telecom Infrastructure through Innovations
Jeff Regan – Strategic Account Specialist, Harger Lightning & Grounding - Changes to 2023 NESC and Related Joint-Use Activities
Trevor Bowmer, Ph.D. – Principal, Bunya Telecom Consulting - National Electrical Code (NEC)
Ernie Gallo – Director, Network Infrastructure Solutions, Ericsson - Evaluating Wood Pole Structural Integrity using Ultrasound Non-Destructive Inspection Technology
Wayne Hall – President, Utility Asset Management, Inc. - How Edge Computing is Changing UPS and Battery Design Criteria
Jim Beiersdorff – Director of Engineering, Xtreme Power Conversion - 1400-1 and 2023 NEC Updates for Fault-Managed Equipment
Ken McKinney – Principal Engineer, UL - STEP Overview and Introduction of FMPS
Ernie Gallo – Director, Network Infrastructure Solutions, Ericsson - DLP Presentation 3: Smart Meters for Electricity
Senior Business Development Manager – UL - DLP Presentation 2: Safety of Security
Steve Powroznyk – Senior Cybersecurity Advisor, UL - DLP Presentation 1: Functional Safety of Electronics and Software
Jason Smith – Principal Engineer, UL - The Proliferation of Powering Over LAN Cables: The Powering of Everything (PoE)
Randy Ivans – Program/Project Manager – Wire & Cable Division, UL - Decouplers, Couplers and Back-Filters for Surge Testing a DC Supply Interface
Mick Maytum – ICT Surge Protection Expert, Consultant - What We Have Here is Failure to Communicate: Real World Examples of Failures to Follow Grounding and Bonding Standards
Daniel Ashton – Senior Engineer, Electrical Protection, CenturyLink - Grounding and Corrosion of Dissimilar Materials
Svetlana Ulemek – Product Safety and Standards Engineering Manager, BURNDY - Overview of UL Marketing Claims Verification
David Wuestmann – Program Manager, UL - Standards for ICT Surge Protectors
Al Martin – Retired , Engineer - IEC 62368-1 and Pluggable Mains Powered Equipment Surge Protection
Mick Maytum – ICT Surge Protection Expert, Consultant - Why and How the Electrical Protection Industry Should Make Educating Their Telecom Customers a Sales Tool
Dan McMenamin – President, Dan McMenamin and Associates - Outdoor Cabinet Protection Through Better Grounds and Bonding
Ron Glaser – Director of Engineering, Citel, Inc. - Ground Impedance vs. Ground Resistance Considerations in Telecom Grounding
Andrew Ritosa – Applications Engineer, nVent ERICO - Computer Networking Breakthroughs…Yes, In Electrical Protection Measures!
Russ Gundrum – Principal Consultant, Telecom Problem Solvers - Solar Farm Inverter Harmonics Which Cause Interference in Telecommunications Copper Cable Facilities
Daniel Ashton – Senior Engineer, CenturyLink - Case Study for the Electrical Protection & Grounding Recommendations
Ernest Duckworth – President, LPGI & Affiliates - Keynote Address: Next Generation Premise Networks
Andrew Jimenez – Vice President of Technology, Anixter - There’s an “R” in Varistor
Mick Maytum – ICT Surge Protection Expert, Consultant - Improvements in AC Power Protection and Isolation Technology
Daniel Ashton – Senior Engineer, Electrical Protection, CenturyLink - Earth Potential Rise in Public Spaces
Andrew Ritosa – Applications Engineer, nVent ERICO - ATIS Sustainability in Telecom: Energy and Protection (STEP) Committee Update
Ernie Gallo – Director – Network Infrastructure Solutions, Ericsson - New Form Factor Integrated GDT + MOV
Thomas Tran – SPD Engineering Manager, Bourns, Inc. - National Electric Safety Code (NESC) Update
Trevor Bowmer – Principal, Bunya Telecom Consulting - National Electric Code (NEC) Update
Ernie Gallo – Director – Network Infrastructure Solutions, Ericsson - Distinguished Lecturer Program: Surge Protection 101 – Part 2
Mick Maytum – IInternational Standards/Protection Engineering, Consultant - Ground Field Studies and Practical Examples
James Crook – P-Engineer, Hydro Quebec - An Overview of ATIS STEP Standards Work
Bon Pipkin – Area Manager, Network Equipment Physical Standards Group, AT&T - Things You May Not Have Heard About Lightning and Grounding
Al Martin – Principal Engineer, TE Connectivity - Optical Network Terminations: Lightning Damage and Standards – What’s the Latest Information?
Tim Ardley – Compliance Engineer, ADTRAN - Outside Plant Access Network Testing
Ernie Gallo – PEG 2013 Chair and Director, Ericsson - Power GPR-Related Telecom Equipment Damages—Case Studies
Larry Payne – Network Design Engineer, AT&T - Choking the Life Out of Surge: Part 3 of a Practical Approach to Coordination
Tim Ardley – Compliance Engineer, ADTRAN - Semi-Conductor Protection Devices (Generic and Specific)
Len Stencel – Applications Manager, Semiconductor Products Group,, Bourns Inc. - Measured Surge Activity at Cellular Sites
Joe Pfau – Owner, Quality Power Services, LLC - Electrical Protection Issues and AC Power in the Home
Bruce Melton – Engineering and Technical Support, Telco Sales - Surge Protection – Safety Requirements for Surge Protectors and Grounding at the Customer Premises
Randy Ivans – Principal Engineer, High Tech/Telecommunications, Product Safety, UL LLC - Noise in the Wind
Dan Ashton – Lead Technical Support Engineer, CenturyLink - To Fuse or Not to Fuse? That is the Question: Codes, Science, and Case Studies to Support the Unfused Battery Bus in 48 Volt Dc Power Plants
Dan McMenamin – President, Dan McMenamin and Associates - Ground or Not to Ground Ethernet Protection, Part 2
Nisar Chaudhry – VP and Chief Scientist, Tii Network Technologies - Case Studies of Electrical Protection Issues in the Field
Larry Payne – Network Design Engineer, AT&T - 2012 Updates to ITU-T Recommendations for Telecom Equipment and SPDs
Mick Maytum – International Standards/Protection Engineering, Consultant - Powering-Protecting-Connecting The Last Frontier: Home Automation/Integration/AV Systems
Jim Pelegris – VP, Technology and Business Development, Richard Gray’s Power Company - Fiber-to-the-Antenna: Benefits and Protection Requirements
Scott Mickievicz – Product Manager, Phoenix Contact - National Electrical Safety Code Update
Trevor Bowmer – Senior Analyst, Ericsson - National Electrical Code Update
Ernie Gallo – PEG 2013 Chair and Director, Ericsson - Distinguished Lecturer Program: Developing Safety Requirements and Designing Safe Products
Randy Ivans – Principal Engineer High Tech/Telecommunications, UL LLC - Grounding Methodologies and Connections: The Best Bang for the Buck, and Writing, and Grounding Standards and Specifications
Joe Pfau – Owner, Quality Power Services - Ground Grid Impedance of High Voltage Locations Using the Smart Ground Multimeter
Joe Boyles – Owner, Boyles Electronics - Electrical Protection Considerations for an All Internet Protocol Network
Ernie Gallo – Director, Ericsson - Lightning Parameters for Engineering Applications
Al Martin, Consultant - Update on the Grounding Section of the Guide for the Application of Surge Protective Devices for Low Voltage AC Power Circuits
William Bush, Consultant - Fiber to Antenna Surge Protection
Nisar Chaudhry – VP & Chief Scientist, Tii Network Technologies - GbE Port Protection in Exposed Environments
Len Stencel – Applications Manager Semiconductor Product Group , Bourns, Inc. - Things You May Not Have Heard About Shielding
Al Martin, Consultant - DC Surge Protection of Remote Radio Units or Remote Radio Head
Rohit Narayan – Director of Sales , ERICO - Electrical Protection of 48 and 24 V Battery Strings and DC Plant Circuits
Curtis Ashton – Senior Leader Power Tech Support Engineer, CenturyLink - Bonding and Grounding Issues at Municipal Radio Sites: How Ugly Can It Get?
Dan McMenamin – President, Dan McMenamin and Associates - A Modern Approach to Protecting Wayside Railroad Equipment from Lightning Damage
Dick March – Senior Business Development Manager, Phoenix Contact - Achieving Exceptional ECL Based Surge Protection in VDSL Applications with Minimal Impact on Performance
Andy Morrish, – CTO, Semiconductor Division, Bourns, Inc. - Challenges for Contractors Working on Tier 1 Carrier Cell Sites and Cell Site Protection Issues: How to Ensure You Stay on the Air
Joe Pfau – Owner, Quality Power Services, LLC - IEEE 1692 Section 5.2 AC Power Isolation: A New Solution to an Old Problem
Dan Ashton – Lead Technical Support Engineer, CenturyLink - Ethernet Protection: Latest Standards Work Update
Jim Wiese – Senior Compliance Engineer, ADTRAN - Requirements for Earthing Enhancing Compounds
Rohit Narayan – Director of Sales, ERICO - National Electrical Safety Code Update
Trevor Bowmer – Senior Analyst, Ericsson - National Electric Code Update
Ernie Gallo – PEG Chair and Director, Ericsson - Distinguished Lecturer: Lightning Physics, Instrumentation, and Applications
Dr. Phillip Bitzer – Assistant Professor , University of Alabama Huntsville - Remote Terminal Monitoring Protection Surge Protection for Quasi-Grounded Low Voltage DC Circuits
Mark Hendricks – Director Applications Engineering, Transtector Systems, Inc. - The Continuing Challenges for the Contractor Working on Tier 1 Carrier Cell Sites
Joe Pfau – Owner, Quality Power - Direct Lightning Strike Surge Propagation in Customer Premises Wiring
Mick Maytum – ICT Surge Protection Expert - DC Feeds to Remote Radio Heads… What Protectors Need to Deal With
Al Martin – Retired Engineer - RRH Protection Considerations
Richard Chadwick – Senior Applications Engineer, DEHN, Inc. - Telcordia Generic Requirements for Remote Radio Head Protection Used in FTTA Systems (GR-3177)
Philip Jones – Product Development, ERICO - Telcordia Generic Requirements for Remote Radio Head Protection Used in FTTA Systems (GR-3177)
Ernie Gallo – Director, Ericsson - The Effects of Transient AC Power Spikes and Lightning GPR on Remotely Powered Remote Electronic (HSI) Equipment
Daniel Ashton – Senior Engineer Electrical Protection, CenturyLink - Grounding and Surge Protection of Newer Network Elements in Telecommunication
Rohit Narayan – Director of Sales, Data & Telecom Business Worldwide, ERICO - Lightning Surge Damage to Ethernet and POTS Ports Connected to Inside Wiring
Joe Randolph – Telecom Design Consultant, Randolph Telecom - Challenges Providers Face with Grounding Electrode Systems at Remote Sites
Robert (Lurch) Farley – Senior Engineer Electrical Protection, CenturyLink - Next-Generation Control Communications for Power Stations – Architecture and Protection
John Fuller – Engineer, Infrastructure Planning and Optimization, AT&T - Research on Conductor and Connector Systems
David Brender – National Program Manager , Copper Development Association Inc. - Theft Deterrent Conductors: Equivalence to Traditional Copper Conductor
Rohit Narayan – Director of Sales, Data & Telecom Business Worldwide, ERICO - Latest ITU-T Surge Protection K Recommendations
Mick Maytum – ICT Surge Protection Expert - A Report on United States and International Standards Development on Bonding (and Grounding) Infrastructure for Telecommunications Buildings
William Bush – Independent Consultant - Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Part 2 – Protecting PoE Against Intra-Building and OSP Environments
Tim Ardley – Power Fault and Lightning Compliance Engineer, ADTRAN, Inc. - Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Part 1- What Is It, How It Is Used and Lightning Field Failure Analysis
Jim Wiese – Senior Compliance Engineer, ADTRAN, Inc. - One Spark Away From a Boom: Safety, Performance and Reliability Parameters of Batteries Serving Telecom, Data and Utility Applications
Dan McMenamin – President, Dan McMenamin and Associates - National Electric Code and National Electrical Safety Update and Related Code Concerns
Trevor Bowmer – Senior Analyst, Telcordia/Ericsson - Keynote Address
Jay Wilson – Senior President and General Manager Carrier Networks Division,, ADTRAN, Inc. - All You Wanted to Know About Lightning but Were Afraid to Ask
Dr. Phillip Bitzer – Assistant Professor , University of Alabama in Huntsville - Multipulse Burst Surge Testing
Mick Maytum – ICT Surge Protection Expert - Protecting PoE PSE and Ethernet to the Latest International OSP Standards
Tim Ardley – Power Fault and Lightning Compliance Engineer, ADTRAN, Inc. - New Type of Surge Reduction Filters for Remote Cabinets and Enclosures
Chris Barcey – Engineer, Pentair Engineered Electrical & Fastening Solutions, ERICO - Comparison of Lightning Protection Systems (LPS) in Accordance With NFPA 780 and IEC 62305-3
Richard Chadwick – Senior Applications Engineer, DEHN, Inc. - G.Fast and Deployment Challenges: Including Reverse Span Powering and Super-Vectoring
Arlynn Wilson – Senior Staff Scientis, ADTRAN, Inc. - Practical Issues in Grounding: Bentonite vs. Conductive Concrete
Jerry Schroeder – Director of Sales and Engineering, Sankosha - Enhancing Network Reliability and Sustainability at the Customer Premise
Jim Pelegris – Business Development Manager Surge Protection Systems, Bourns, Inc. - Substation Ground Grid – Copper Theft Monitoring Systems
Joe Boyles – Owner, Boyles Electronics, Inc. - NEC and NESC Code Updates
Trevor Bowmer – Senior Analyst, Telcordia/Ericsson - Bilingual Safety Language in ITU-T Recommendations
Mick Maytum – ICT Surge Protection Expert - Loop Currents Caused by Lightning-Induced Induction and GCR
Al Martin – Retired Engineer - Can Two-Wire Systems Coexist in a Three-Wire World?
Dan McMenamin – President, Dan McMenamin and Associates - Criteria to Protect Telecommunication Cabling During a Power Cross Event
Mick Maytum – ICT Surge Protection Expert - IEEE Power and Engineering Society Wire-Line Subcommittee Standards Update
John Fuller – Engineer, Infrastructure Planning and Optimization, AT&T - Circuit Protection for VDSL2 and G.fast
Tim Howell – Staff Field Applications Engineer, Communications Market Segment, Bourns, Inc. - Fuel Cells in Telecom Networks and Protection Considerations
Curtis Ashton – Senior Lead Power Tech Support Engineer, CenturyLink - Case Studies on Implementation of Theft Deterrent Grounding Systems at Telecom Facilities
Rohit Narayan – Director of Sales, ERICO - Keynote: How Important is Power and Ground
Glenn Garbelman – Vice President Video Operations and Systems Support, CenturyLink - Distinguished Lecturer – Climate: What Is Changing, and Should We Be Concerned?
Roy Spencer – Principal Research Scientist , University of Alabama Huntsville - IEEE Wire-Line Subcommittee Update
John Fuller – Principal Network Design Engineer, AT&T - Effects of Current on Human Beings and Livestock – Part 2: Special Aspects
Mick Maytum – ICT Surge Protection Expert - Estimated Effects of Nearby Lightning: Too High or Too Low?
Al Martin – Retired Engineer - Surge Protection for DC Power: Things to Consider
Vincent Crevenat – Director of Engineering, CITEL - ATIS Sustainability in Telecom: Energy and Protection Committee (STEP) Update
Ernie Gallo – Chair, ATIS STEP - Understanding Alien Crosstalk in LANs and Methods for Mitigating It
Russ Gundrum – Principal Consultant, Telecom Problem Solvers - Lightning Protection for PoE Powered Ethernet Radio Systems
Daniel Ashton – Senior Engineer Electrical Protection, CenturyLink - The Structure of Powering
Tim Ardley – Compliance Engineer, ADTRAN, Inc. - Equipment Failure Prevention with Torque Tools
Lee Herron – Director Specification Engineering, Burndy, LLC - Modern Methods of Exothermic Welding at Telecommunications Site, Standard IEEE837 2014
Jeff Regan – Telecom Market Manager, ERICO - Achieving Network Reliability with Proper Application of Bonding and SPDs
Joe Pfau – President, Quality Power - Mesh Bonded vs Isolated Bonded Grounding Network for Indoor Grounding
Rohit Narayan – ERICO Telecommunication, PENTAIR ERICO - IEEE Guide for the Protection of Communication Installations from Lightning Effects and What the Guide Doesn’t Mention
Ernest Duckworth – President, LPGI & Affiliates - DSL/G.fast Reverse Powering is Here
Jim Wiese – Senior Compliance Engineer, ADTRAN, Inc. - 5G Protection Considerations
Mick Maytum – ICT Surge Protection Expert - Gas Discharge Tube (GDT) Operation in Ethernet Protection
Tatjana Gazivoda-Nikolic – Field Application Engineer – Communications Segment Europe, ICT Standards Manager, Bourns, Inc. - Overview of UL1449, 4th Edition of the Safety Standard for Surge Protective Devices
Joseph Degregoria – Principal Engineer, UL LLC - National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) Update
Trevor Bowmer – Principal, Bunya Telecom Consulting - NEC Review of Proposals Impacting the Communications Industry and GR-1089 CORE and EMC Updates
Ernie Gallo – Director – Network Infrastructure Solutions, Ericsson - Keynote Address: Accessing Industry Innovation
Kent Darzi – Vice President of Quality, ADTRAN, Inc. - IP Transport Communications for Power Stations and Other High-Reliability Locations- Challenges and Protection
John Fuller – Principal-Network Design Engineer, AT&T - PoE and Similar Technologies: Navigating Your Way Through the Recent Changes in Articles 840 and 725 of the 2017 NEC
Jim Wiese – Senior Compliance Engineer, ADTRAN, Inc. - Ethernet Surge Protective Device (SPD) Electrical Design Considerations
Mick Maytum – ICT Surge Protection Expert - Engineering Grounds for Bonding Grounds: Techniques Solidly Grounded in Science (and Experience)
Dan McMenamin – President, Dan McMenamin and Associates - Comparing Circuit Protection Technologies for 48 V DC in High Surge Environments
Tim Howell – Staff FAE – Communications Market Segment , Bourns, Inc. - Survey of RF Surge Protection Technologies – Increasing the Reliability of Your Wireless Network
Robert Cid – Global Product Manager, Smiths Microwave - Case Study: Road Equipment Facing Surges in Rough Environment
Vincent Crevenat – Director of Engineering, CITEL - Field Study on the Efficiency of Lightning Protection Systems
TJ Gaines – Global Product Manager, Lightning Protection, PENTAIR ERICO - Effect of Multiple Lightning Surges on Clamping SPDS, with Focus on MOVs
Al Martin – Retired Engineer - National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) Update
Trevor Bowmer – Senior Analyst, Telcordia/Ericsson - Dealing With Induction
Daniel Ashton – Senior Engineer Electrical Protection, CenturyLink - Activities of the Surge Protective Devices Committee of the IEEE PES
Ron Hotchkiss – Executive Vice President , Engineering Surge Suppression Inc. - Integration of High Voltage Insulated (HVI) Down Conductors into a Turnkey Isolated Lightning Protection System Solution
Richard Chadwick – Senior Applications Engineer, DEHN, Inc. - Isolated Down-Conductors Improved Lightning Protection for Rooftop or Outdoor Telecommunications Equipment
Rohit Narayan – Director of Sales, ERICO - Polarization Activity Monitoring of an Aerial Fiber Link in a Live Network
Daniel Peterson – Technical Staff Member, Network Infrastructure Planning, Verizon - The So-Called IMAX or Surge Rating
Vincent Crevenat – Director of Engineering, CITEL - Case Studies of Electrical Protection in the Field
Larry Payne – Director, AT&T - Surge Protective Device Application
Ron Hotchkiss – Executive Vice President Engineering, Surge Suppression Inc. - New Secondary Network Protection Elements
Russ Gundrum – Principal Consultant, Telecom Problem Solvers - Voice Protection for ONTs Using ECL and Crowbar Devices
Victor Wong – Field Application Engineering Manager, Communications Segment, Bourns, Inc. - National Electrical Code (NEC) Update
Ernie Gallo – Director – Network Infrastructure Solutions, Ericsson
