ABB Automation and Power World Australia23-24 Oct 2012, Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre

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Per LundmarkGlobal Product Manager – Operator EffectivenessABB in Sweden

Per acquired a Masters degree in Applied Physics and Computer Science from the Institute of Technology in Linkoping, Sweden in 1982. He has been with ABB since 1983 and has held positions within product development, product management, project management, marketing and sales. For the past eight years, Per has been focusing on his position as Global Product Manager for Operator Effectiveness. Per is based in Västerås, Sweden

Mikael Wennerberg Sales Manager Marketing and Sales, Power Systems HVDC ABB in Sweden

Mikael joined ABB in early 2009 and has since then held positions within ABB’s Power Systems HVDC business, first as a project manager for the Converter Valves and later as a Sales Manager for HVDC. Mikael is market responsible for Australia and New Zealand, but also active in other markets such as the European. Mikael is based in Sweden.

David StonebridgeSwitchgear Technology Specialist, Low Voltage Systems ABB in Australia

David has over 50 years experience in the electrical industry working for ABB. For the last 10 years David has worked throughout Australia and internationally providing technical advice and presenting seminars on switchgear technology. Topics such as Type Testing and clarifying the requirements - forms of segregation, IP rating & temperature rise etc , advantages of Intelligent switchgear, Arc Flash and RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability & Safety). David is based in Sydney, Australia

Prashant Ganoo Regional Product Marketing Manager – South Asia Distribution Automation Products

Prashant holds a Bachelor Of Electrical Engineering degree from MS University of Baroda and first joined ABB in 1986. He has held several positions in testing and commissioning, applica-tion engineering and sales and marketing areas in India, Finland and Malaysia in Protection Systems business. In August 2008, he took over the position of Regional Marketing Manager for Distribution Automation Products for South Asia region. Prashant is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

ABB Automation and Power World Australia23-24 Oct 2012, Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre

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Ian Joseph Market Manager Thomas & Betts

Ian joined Thomas & Betts in March 2011 and in January 2012, was appointed the Market Man-ager for the Commercial division. This division, which manufactures and distributes emergency and evacuation lighting systems, also distributes a range of ventilation and photoelectric prod-ucts. Ian has a background in process automation and control systems and a broad range of commercial management experience. Ian is based at Thomas & Betts’ Brisbane office.

Stefan MeierProduct Manager, Protection and Substation Automation SystemsABB in Switzerland

Stefan studied electrical science at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzer-land and holds a masters degree in business administration from Edinburgh Business School of Heriot-Watt University, UK and joined ABB in 1999. Today he works in ABB’s substation au-tomation section as a global product manager for bay control as well as process bus solutions and is responsible for the introduction of process bus technology and coordination of the first IEC 61850-9-2 process bus based projects. Stefan is based in Switzerland.

Masood Agha Regional Sales Manager QLD/NT and Busduct Product ManagerABB in Australia

Masood is an Electrical Engineer with a Masters of Engineering degree in Energy Technology and specialisation in Energy Conservation. He joined ABB in 2008 and was initially responsible for the Busduct business for ABB in Australia. Masood has worked in the Busduct industry for over 24 years and was involved in the design and development of the first metal enclosed low impedance Busduct in Australia. Masood is based in Brisbane, Australia.

ABB Automation and Power World Australia23-24 Oct 2012, Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre

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Pekka PulkkiRegional Sales DirectorLow Voltage DriveSouth Asia RegionABB in Malaysia

Pekka Pulkki is an ABB veteran. Since 1980 when he first joined ABB, Pekka has been re-searching and developing drives in one way or another. Through many years of research and development, he knows very well that installing ABB drives not only reduces energy costs but can significantly contribute to improving production capacity. Pekka has spent many hours with customers in various places around the world, helping them select drives for a variety of applications. Applications have included cement plants to aluminium smelters, underground mines, paper mills, and utilities. Pekka currently heads the low voltage drives Asia-Pacific team and is based in Malaysia.

Paul Pankiw National Sales ManagerMechanical power transmission products ABB in Australia

Paul joined ABB as part of the Baldor team in early 2011 and comes from a technical service and trade background. Paul is now National Sales Manager in Australia for mechanical power transmission products and NEMA motors. As part of this role he is also responsible for sup-porting our OEM and distribution channel customers. Paul is based in Sydney, Australia.

Samir LodhiBusiness Development ManagerVentyx, Network Control

Samir has over 10 years’ experience serving the electric power utility industry in the area of distribution network management. He has helped several leading power utilities implement DMS and SCADA control and dispatch solutions using ABB and complementary product technologies. He is currently responsible for interacting with customers in the APAC and EMEA region with a focus on the Control Center aspects. In addition, Samir has been involved in the design, development, and implementation of the most innovative and sustainable ABB Smart Grid projects in Sweden. Samir Lodhi is based in Sweden.