Energy Webinar Series
Overhead Power Grid Solutions
Reliable & Durable Innovations for Distribution Power Networks (English)
Air Date: June 7th, 2022
Rich Elchik, Regional Sales Manager – Eastern North America Utilities
Luis Puigcerver, Head of Americas Product Management
Justin Opel, Product Manager – Connectors & Fittings
Carlos Riva, Global Product Manager – Medium Voltage, Cold Applied Cable Accessories
Keeping the power on during this exceptional period of time has become all the more critical. Join our subject matter experts as they address solutions to your power network and distribution challenges. You’ll learn about a wide range of industry-leading technologies that will help you connect and protect your overhead network so you can ensure that no matter what, the power will stay on.
- Preventing animal and weather-related outages
- Preventing wildfires before they happen
- Insulation piercing and wedge pressure connections for increased reliability
- Heat shrink and cold applied terminations to connect your networks
This 1-hour webinar includes a Q&A session to address questions specific to your situation.
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Rich Elchik
- Regional Sales Manager – Eastern North America Utilities
Rich has 27 years of experience in the Electrical Industry, specifically in the OEMs, Industrial and Utility fields. He joined TE in 2018, located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and manages a team of 6 regional account managers. Rich also has experience with product management and channel management.
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Luis Puigcerver
- Head of Americas Product Management
Luis has been with TE Connectivity over 30 years. He spent the first part of his career in Research & Development of the telecommunications division. Later, he moved to Energy and have served as global and regional product manager for the Wildlife & Asset Protection business. Currently hold 15 US Patents in the area of Wildlife Protection devices.
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Justin Opel
- Product Manager – Connectors & Fittings
Justin currently holds the position of Product Manager for the Americas region for TE’s overhead connectors portfolio. Prior to this role, he was the Connectors & Fittings product specialist for North and South America and has also held the roles of Renewable energy Sales/ Business development, and Customer care within TE Energy.
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Carlos Riva
- Global Product Manager – Medium Voltage, Cold Applied Cable Accessories
Carlos has been with TE for more than 22 years. He is an electrical engineer with extensive experience in international business, previous to his Product Management role, he was in charge of the operation in TE Peru, as a Country Manager, leading the business growth, the implementation of the first renewable energy project and one of the most important mining project that took place in the region. He then held a position of Product Management with regional responsibility in the Americas for High Voltage Accessories and the past 5 years in charge of Medium Voltage.
