Largo, Florida – December 19, 2011 – Beckwith Electric, a leading power and automation technology company, today announced that Robert McFetridge has re-joined the company as Technical Applications Solutions Architect. Hugo Monterrubio has been promoted to Senior Marketing Manager.
Robert McFetridge brings over 25 years of electrical power experience along with extensive marketing and sales experience to this new position at Beckwith Electric. His main responsibilities will include product strategy, development, and launches, as well as promoting Beckwith Electric and its operating divisions worldwide. He spent the first 7 years of his career as an application engineer with two different power companies- Virginia Power Company and Georgia Power Company- where his primary focus was in substation SCADA, distribution automation, and distribution protection. He spent the next 14 years of his career working for various vendors such as Tasnet, Siemens PTD, Schneider Electric/Modicon, and Alstom/Areva T&D. For over 5 years, he was the Regional Sales Application Engineer for the East Coast of the U.S. and Canada for Beckwith Electric. He received a BSEE from West Virginia University.
Hugo Monterrubio has been promoted to Senior Marketing Manager and will play a key role in Beckwith Electric’s ongoing success. His role includes leading marketing strategy and development, as well as collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, and sales. Since joining the company, he has held roles of increasing responsibility in sales and marketing and brings over 20 years of extensive engineering experience. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (BSECE) degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology in 1988 and a Masters of International Business Administration (MIBA) degree from St. Louis University in 1997. He is a member of the IEEE and the PSRC. Along with his new role, he will continue to hold the responsibilities of the Regional Sales Application Engineer for the Central United States until the position is filled.
Tom Beckwith, CEO of Beckwith Electric, said, “I am very excited to have Bob and Hugo on board to further strengthen the Beckwith Electric management team. Both Bob and Hugo are highly regarded and respected power industry veterans and bring with them tremendous experience. With the growth Beckwith Electric has experienced, the company will benefit from their strong management, sales and marketing, and operations experience.”
Dr. Murty Yalla, President of Beckwith Electric said, “Beckwith Electric will benefit greatly from both Bob and Hugo. Bob’s great success for the past five years in the Southeast U.S. will extend to the entire United States and Canada. Hugo will bring new direction to our strategic marketing with his great communication skills. Both Bob and Hugo will provide invaluable contributions to our Design Review Board where new products for future growth of Beckwith Electric are defined and refined.”
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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