Learning Series Webinar: National Electrical Code Impact on Power Transfer

Director of Applications Engineering

Robert Debrody is the Director of Applications Engineering at ASCO Power Technologies. His primary duties include understanding and developing opportunities to meet the demands of the latest customer applications and to ensure the ASCO transfer switch product line remains at the forefront of engineering and design.

Before ASCO, Robert held roles as VP of Engineering, Director of R & D and Engineering and Program Manager at various large industrial companies.

Robert has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University and a master’s in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University. Robert is an IEEE member and has served on the NFPA Committee.

Director of Product Management

Victor Bonachea is Director of Offer Management at ASCO Power Technologies. He has 9 years of tenure with ASCO, where he began as an Applications Engineer quoting, supporting, and implementing transfer switch solutions with customers and sales teams across the world. He then shifted into a Product Management path where he has been involved with product development for new switching solutions. His experience concentrates around the applications and architectures for power system/equipment control and their monitoring systems, including work on several patents.

Victor received a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and an Masters in Engineering Management with Honors from the New Jersey Institute of Technology with specializations in controls and project management, respectively.

Victor has been involved with IEEE for 11 years where he is currently a Senior Member and was awarded the 2019 PES Outstanding Engineer Award for North Jersey. Today, he continues his IEEE affiliation with the IAS & PES Societies and most recently has begun participating in updates to the P3005.4 Emergency Power Reliability Standard (previously known as the Orange Book).