How to Reduce Electrical Hazards with Advancements in Standards and Technologies
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Speaker Bio
Marty Kronz
Manager of Business Development, OEM Infrastructure
Panduit
Marty Kronz is Manager of Business Development for the new Panduit product line – Prevention through Design (PtD). The vision for this new PtD business is to deliver solutions for control and power distribution applications that reduce electrical workplace hazards through design. In this role, he leads the PtD business team defining its strategy, identifying problems and developing innovative electrical safety solutions.
Marty joined Panduit in 1992. He has held a variety of engineering and product management roles with Panduit. As Chief Engineer – Wiring Accessories and Abrasion Protection, he drove product and manufacturing development. Marty’s professional global growth/profit and lifecycle management experience has included Product Line Management for Safety and Physical Infrastructure Accessories. He has led many successful projects to include the development of electrical product groups, manufacturing tooling, and data-communications cable management accessories.
Marty graduated from Brown University achieving a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and was an officer in the United States Army.
Ruben Corvalan
Founder
AMPSAFE, LLC.
Ruben Corvalan, PE, and founder of AMPSAFE, LLC., has more than three decades of experience in power system studies, electrical safety, and SKM Power*Tools applications training.
Christopher Herzing
Vice President
AMPSAFE
Christopher Herzing, AMPSAFE Vice-President, electrical engineer, and NFPA trained in electrical safety, has over twenty-five years of field experience.
How to Reduce Electrical Hazards with Advancements in Standards and Technologies
Join AMPSAFE and Panduit as they discuss the 2021 updates to the NFPA 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace and other relevant standards, why companies are adopting these standards, and how new technologies help avoid common "voltage testing traps".
This LIVE 30-minute discussion will also highlight:
- How are safety cultures evolving within the industrial market?
- What are some common challenges for mitigating electrical hazards and recurring voltage testing “traps”?
- What are some of the relevant updates to NFPA 70E (2021) and other related standards and how do they affect electrical safety procedures?
- What new methods or technologies are emerging for absence of voltage testing?
- What are some of the challenges of users embracing and trusting new technologies?
AMPSAFE is a consulting firm with more than three decades of experience in power system studies, electrical safety and SKM applications training. Along the years, the company has helped commercial and industrial facilities develop safer and more efficient electrical power systems, using the most accepted industry standards from NFPA, IEEE, OSHA, ANSI, NEMA, and UL.
Panduit’s Prevention through Design (PtD) Safety Business is focused on innovating groundbreaking new electrical safety technology that reduces risk, increases safety, and helps industry leaders achieve operational goals.