Richard C. Celio, PE: President is a registered professional electrical engineer in the State of California.  He is a member of IEEE, AFE and AEE and is the Vice Chairman of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the IEEE Power Engineering Society.  He has over 20 years experience in helping industrial/commercial customers solve difficult electrical systems problems.  He graduated from San Jose State University with a BSME.  He performed graduate work and taught as lecturer for one year.  With Pacific Gas & Electric he worked with large industrial/commercial customers inspecting electrical systems, evaluating control strategies and design changes to optimize efficiency.  In 1986 he was instrumental in developing PG&E's Power Quality Enhancement Service.  In September 1988 Mr. Celio became Basic Measuring Instrument's Education Manager responsible for program development and training in power quality.  In February 1992 he joined CRS Sirrine Engineers (now Jacobs Engineering), and as manager of the San Jose Office for Energy Systems Planning and Analysis, he was responsible for engineering studies, research projects, consulting work, and instruction.  In 1994, Mr. Celio started Applied Power Technologies to help utilities and industries reduce electrically related losses.  In addition, Mr. Celio is on staff at De Anza College teaching electrical power systems courses for the Energy Management Technology Program.

Andrew E Taylor, PE: VP of Operations is a registered professional electrical engineer in the State of California. He is a member of IFMA.  Mr. Taylor has over 15 years of experience in facilities, manufacturing, and utility engineering.  He has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Idaho, and a master’s degree in manufacturing systems engineering from Stanford University.  Mr. Taylor has been a registered professional electrical engineer since 1994.  Mr. Taylor comes to Applied Power Technologies from Intel Corporation, where he spent the last eight years in various positions in facilities and manufacturing.  He chaired Intel’s virtual factory joint engineering team (JET), and most recently was the strategic planning manager for Intel Mask Operations.   Prior to Intel, Mr. Taylor worked as a consulting electrical engineer for Quasar Engineering in Belmont, CA and for ABB Impell in San Ramon, CA.  Back in Boise, Idaho Mr. Taylor worked for the electric utility Idaho Power Company.  Mr. Taylor is a seasoned professional skilled in both facilities management and manufacturing systems improvement.  Mr. Taylor is a flexible and creative problem solver, and a great addition to the Applied Power Technologies team.

Mark Andresen, PE: VP of Engineering is a registered professional electrical engineer in the State of California and has over 20 years experience in the fields of AC power, grounding and power quality.  He has worked extensively with advanced instrumentation and software.  Over the past 7 years, he has engineered and integrated SCADA and power monitoring systems all over Northern California.  Prior to joining Applied Power Technologies in 1998, Mr. Andresen was founder and President of Integrated Power Analysis, a consulting firm in the power quality industry.  Mr. Andresen has worked for Basic Measuring Instruments (BMI), a leading supplier of power measurement and monitoring equipment.  During his 5 years at BMI he held positions as Education Manager, Senior Applications Engineer, and Product Manager for energy measurement products.  Before joining BMI Mr. Andresen was a power quality contract consultant, the Western Region Application Engineer for Oneac Corp., an R&D engineer for Hewlett-Packard, and a design engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Andresen has a BSEE for Virginia Tech, and is a member of IEEE and AFE.  Mr. Andresen is based out of Roseville, California.

Mike Carson, Power Meter Technician has over 35 years experience in the fields of electrical power, manufacturing, automation control, and facilities. He started with 7 years of training in US Navy Nuclear power as an Electrician/Engineering Watch Supervisor, followed by a year at the Trojan Nuclear Plant in Oregon. The next 30 years were spent as Chief Electrician or Production Mechanic/Engineer at various manufacturing plants. Mr. Carson has extensive experience designing, building, and troubleshooting electrical controls for automation and facilities management. 

Revised: 11/13/07.