Drew Welton, Director of Sales for Beckwith Electric
Largo, Florida – July 12, 2016 – Beckwith Electric announced today that Drew Welton has joined our organization as Director of Sales to provide strategic sales leadership and to further develop and execute Beckwith’s market development, sales, and new business plans.
“I’m honored to be part of the Beckwith Electric team and playing a leadership role in such a key area as sales,” stated Drew Welton. “I look forward to working with our customers in developing solutions they need and supporting our network of sales representatives.”
Previously, Mr. Welton was the North American Regional Manager for OMICRON starting in 1997. Prior to his career with OMICRON, Drew was a Regional Sales Manager with Beckwith Electric. He also served as National Sales Director for Substation Automation with AREVA T&D.
Mr. Welton has written numerous articles on substation maintenance testing, and has conducted numerous training sessions for substation technicians and engineers at utilities and universities across North America. He is a Graduate of Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO, with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. He is a 20 year Senior Member of IEEE-PES, has been a contributor on a number of PSRC working groups, and presented at a number of industry conferences specific to power system protection and control.
“We are fortunate to have Drew as the newest member of our leadership team and look forward to leveraging his sales experience” said Wayne Hartmann, Vice President of Customer Excellence. “I’m confident that Drew will play a key role in providing and implementing high quality solutions for our customers and providing strategic leadership for our sales organization.”
About Beckwith Electric
Founded in 1967, Beckwith Electric introduced the first solid state tapchanger control in 1968, and was the first to develop the microprocessor protective relay in 1981. Today, Beckwith Electric has thousands of protection and control units in service worldwide, with a reputation for cutting-edge technology, defined by its customers and refined by Beckwith. This success starts with Beckwith Electric Employees and their commitment to quality in the products, all 100% designed and manufactured in Largo, Florida, U.S.A.
Beckwith’s field-proven smart distribution automation controls for transformers, regulators and capacitor banks incorporate unique control strategies, advanced microprocessor architecture and cyber security compliant communications. Power systems protection solutions include generator, transformer, feeder, recloser and distributed generation applications. Specialized synchronizing and motor bus transfer systems are also offered.
Beckwith Electric’s customers include power utilities, heavy industrial and large institutional markets, and their consultants.
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