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Meet Your Directors

Four members of the Board of Directors are elected at the PSMA Annual Meeting held every year during the APEC conference. Each Director serves a three year term and is eligible to be reelected for one additional term.

In this issue we would like to introduce you to Dustin Becker and Brian Narveson, who were both reelected to a second term at the PSMA Annual Meeting in March 2016.

Dusty Becker

 
Dustin J. Becker’s last position was Vice President of Technology, Emerson Network Power - Energy Systems, Technical Business Leader for Emerson Network Power, Degrees Received: BSEE, MSEE, MBA

Dusty has been involved in the design and development of DC Rectifiers, DC/DC Converters, and DC Power Systems for both indoor and outdoor applications since joining Emerson in 1968. Dusty has held the positions of Engineer, Design Engineer, Staff Engineer, R&D Manager, Director of Engineering, VP of Operations, VP of Systems Engineering, VP of Product Development, and currently VP of Technology.

His current focus is new technology directions in the areas of Power and Outside Plant, including high power delivery systems as well as 380Vdc distribution.

Dusty holds three patents and has two patents pending. He is the author of over 30 technical papers and magazine articles on the subject of DC power conversion and distribution.

Dusty is the Chair of INTELEC 2016. He is a past Co- Chair for the INTELEC (PELS TC 7) Technical Committee, has served as a Committee member, session chair, and is currently a member of the INTELEC IEC.

Dusty is past Chairman of the PSMA (Power Sources Manufacturing Association) Board of Directors, a current Board member, and is Co-Chair of the PSMA Energy Efficiency committee.

He also sits on the NEMA Energy Storage Technical Committee as well as the recently formed IEC TAG for IEC Smart Grid Standardization.

Dusty is a “Technical Expert” for IEC 22H – DC UPS work group. He is a member of the Green Grid technical committee – Power Sub-working Group; the E-merge alliance, Data & TelecomTechnical Standards Committee; the PELs Nominating Committee; and the APEC Technical Committee.

Provided by Dusty Becker, Emerson Network Power - Energy Systems


 

Brian Narveson

 
Brian C. Narveson received his BSEE from Iowa State University in 1972. He is currently the President of Narveson’s Innovative Consulting, which focuses on coaching Innovation in Engineering and Technical Marketing. Brian has been focused on the power industry for over 20 years. He joined Power Trends in 1992 shortly after it was founded as the Vice President of Engineering. His team developed the products which helped grow the company from less than $1M in sales in 1992 to over $60M in 1999 when it was purchased by Texas Instruments. After the acquisition he became the Marketing and Applications Manager for TI’s Power Module business. From this role he advanced to Worldwide Power Marketing Development Manager at TI (2002-2007). From 2007 until he retired from TI in 2011 he was the Midwest Analog Applications Manager for Texas Instruments. Brian has published over 30 power electronics articles and conducted 5 Webinars in the US, Asia and Europe.

Brian has been involved with PSMA since 2001 when he became the company representative for TI and has served on the PSMA Board of Directors for 3 years. He has been the co-chair of the PSMA Packaging Committee for the past 9 years. During this perion, the Packaging Committee sponsored and facilitated the PSMA “PSiP2PwrSoC” Technical Report and APEC Industry Sessions, published 2 Technical Reports on 3D Packaging and recently sponsored the first International Symposium on “3D- Power Electronics Integration and Manufacturing”. In addition, Brian also serves on the PSMA Technology Roadmap committee and facilitates the sub-committee focused on Emerging Technology and serves on the Transportation Committee and is a member of the PwrSoc workshop steering committee.

Brian has attended every APEC since 1994 except one. He was a Plenary Speaker in 2014. He has presented 3 technical sessions and co-authored or presented 6 industry sessions. At APEC 2016 he and Ernie Parker co-chaired a 7 presentation industry session on “3D Packaging for Power Electronics”.

Brian looks forward to serving another term on the Board of Directors to continue promoting PSMA as the voice of the power industry and be a key technical contributor to members and the industry in general.
 

Provided by Brian Narveson, Narveson Innovative Consulting
 
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