PEARL 2014 ELECTRICAL SAFETY CONFERENCE RECAP

Mersen's Mike Lang delivered a cutting-edge presentation on arc-flash cause and prevention

Technicians benefited from two days of training as part of the conference's dual-track format

PEARL conference attendees enjoyed booting through the Arizona desert in a TomCar off-road vehicle

PEARL Elects New Board, Names Stuart Jackson Member of the Year

Stuart Jackson accepts the PEARL Member of the Year award from Stephen Reames, president of PEARL's board of directors

The 2014 PEARL Electrical Safety, Reliability and Sustainability Conference & Exhibition, held May 3-5 in Phoenix, was highlighted with the election of PEARL's 2014 board of directors and the announcement of Stuart Jackson of Instel Power Products (Simpsonville, SC) as recipient of PEARL's Member of the Year 2013 award...Read more

Adam Dangelmayr, pictured with Arizona Cardinals cheerleaders

Doug Powell, National Switchgear, newly elected PEARL vice president

Conference goers enjoyed the "meet and greet" reception at Rustler's Rooste

Conference Highlights

Thank you to all who attended and supported PEARL's 17th annual conference in Phoenix. The conference had 111 total attendees, including 90 participants attending the general sessions and 21 attending the technician training. Congratulations to the award, raffle, and golf tournament winners, and a special thanks to our exhibitors and sponsors for their support. We look forward to seeing you all at the 18th Electrical Safety, Reliability and Sustainability Conference & Exhibition, which will take place April 24-27, 2015, at the Hyatt Regency Cleveland at The Arcade, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Conference Presentations

Presentation	Speaker	Company
Commanding Respect	Leanne Edwards	Leadership Management International, The Renaissance Group
Electronic Communications: Optimizing the Benefits While Avoiding the Dangers	Alan M. Mirman, Esq.	Mirman, Bubman & Nahmias LLP
Electrical Safety Codes & Standards	Howard Herndon	SouthWest Electritech, Inc.
CSA Z463 Guideline on Maintenance of Electrical Systems	Dave Shanahan	OHS
Determining Circuit Breaker Health Using Vibration Analysis	John Cadick, PE	Cadick Corporation
Strategy Policy Deployment: Vision-Driven Leadership	Norm Wolstein	Wolstein & Associates

For copies of conference presentations, contact Mark Stone at pearl@pearl1.org.

Woody Reames, longest drive winner, presented by Stephen Reames

Cash prize winners Mike Petroff, Matt Jackson, Mark Breen, Joe Grzybowski, Kiambu Richardson

Winning golf team: Ron Gamino, Winn Hardin, Adam Messner, Bob Libbey

Raffle Winners

First prize ($3,000 cash): Woody Reames of Oregon Breakers, Inc.

Second prize (GoPro Hero): Ron Gamino of RG Industries

Cash Prize Winners

Matt Jackson of Instel Power Products ($500)
Mike Petroff of National Switchgear ($400)
Kiambu Richardson of Carolina Precision Switchgear ($300)
Joe Grzybowski of The Electric Barn ($200)
Mark Breen of P&F Supply Co. ($100)

Golf Tournament

Winning team: Ron Gamino (RG Industries), Winn Hardin (PEARL), Bob Libbey (JBL Global), and Adam Messner (LiveWire Electric Supply)
Longest putt made: Mike Ramos (RG Industries)
Closest to the pin: Tom Grace (Eaton)
Longest drive: Woody Reames (Oregon Breakers, Inc.)

Special Thanks to Our 2014 Conference Exhibitors and Sponsors

AEMC Instruments	North American Switchgear, Inc.
Astro Controls, Inc.	Owner Resource Group
Breaker Hunters, Inc.	P&F Supply Co.
Circuit Breaker Sales Co., Inc.	Phenix Technologies, Inc.
The Electrical Advertiser	ROMAC
Electrical Test Instruments, Inc.	RS Electrical Supply, Inc.
etc Technologies	Shermco Industries
IAEI Southern Nevada Chapter	SMC International
Industrial Market Place	Southland Electrical Supply
Instel Power Products, Inc.	SouthWest Electritech Services
Intellirent Co.	Sunbelt Transformer
Magnetics & Controls, Inc.	Utility Relay Company
Monster Electrical	Vacuum Interrupters, Inc.
National Switchgear	Western Electrical Services

May 2014, Volume 62

IN THIS ISSUE

Stuart Jackson Named Member of the Year

Conference Highlights

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