Adis Talović: Learning, Persistence, and Finding Your Own Answers

NETA World StaffInsights & Inspiration, Winter 2024 Insights & Inspiration

Adis Talović is the Lead Power Systems Engineer at RESA Power in Charlotte, North Carolina. His responsibilities include supporting the branch team with engineering studies, project management, field support, troubleshooting, and ensuring compliance and safety. A NETA Level 4 Certified Technician, Talović has participated in NETA meetings and conferences since 2015 and serves on the Membership Application Review Committee and …

Jessica Maldonado: Plan Ahead But Have a Backup

NETA World StaffFall 2024 Insights & Inspiration, Insights & Inspiration

Jessica Maldonado is an Electrical Engineer at Tony Demaria Electric (TDE), a NETA Accredited Company in Wilmington, California. In her 10-plus years at TDE, Maldonado has consistently expanded her responsibilities from performing power system studies, reviewing and updating electrical prints and drawings, and teaching safety and technical workshops to providing testing services and analysis for electrical equipment —including transformers, large …

Stephen Cialdea: Be a Lifelong Learner

NETA World StaffColumns, Insights & Inspiration, Summer 2024 Insights & Inspiration

Stephen Cialdea is the Chief Operating Officer for Sigma C Power Services LLC (SCPS), which is headquartered out of Westborough, Massachusetts, and has now expanded to several other areas. He oversees all SCPS operational staff on the field service and engineering sides of the business. “I’ve had the great opportunity to be part of the company’s beginnings and rapid growth …

Roger Grylls: Be a Meaningful Contributor to the Industry

NETA World StaffInsights & Inspiration, Spring 2024 Insights & Inspiration

Roger Grylls, CET, is a Senior Consultant with Magna IV Engineering Inc. in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In his current position, he works with the sales team to provide solutions for the electrical needs of the company’s clients. Grylls graduated from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) electrical engineering technology program in 1997 and joined the company as a new …

Stephanie McLaughlin: Promoting a Servant-Leader Culture

NETA World StaffInsights & Inspiration, Summer 2023 Insights & Inspiration

Stephanie W. McLaughlin is the Employee Development Manager for Hood Patterson & Dewar, Inc. (HP&D), where she recently led the development and implementation of HP&D’s employee development program that supports employees in offices in five states, including a large team of registered Professional Engineers (PEs), degreed engineers, and career test technicians.  McLaughlin specializes in analyzing learners’ needs and then designing …

Leif Hoegberg: Focus on Safety

NETA World StaffInsights & Inspiration, Fall 2022 Insights & Inspiration

More than 38 years into his career at Electrical Reliability Services (ERS), Level 4 NETA Certified Technician Leif Hoegberg stresses the importance of working safely so that everyone goes home to their families at the end of the day. Currently the Director of Engineering and Technical Support at ERS, Hoegberg has more than 40 years of electrical engineering, operations, and …