Allen Breeze Is New Keynote Speaker for NECA 2011 Energy Forum

Allen Breeze, Senior Vice President for Schneider Electric – Power Business USA, will be a keynote speaker at the first NECA Energy Forumin San Diego, Oct. 22. Breeze replaces Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), who was unable to attend due to an overseas meeting.

Breeze brings a passion for the energy solutions market to the Energy Forum. At Schneider, he has championed new initiatives, such as providing customers with solutions to help solve the energy dilemma and solutions for the changing market opportunities such as electric vehicles. He is also a strong proponent of energy audits as a way into the energy solutions market.

“An energy audit allows us to identify energy efficiency opportunities in a building and make recommendations to optimize energy use through monitoring and control. There is a tremendous opportunity for companies to save up to 30 percent off their energy bill by putting in place both passive and active energy efficiency measures,” Breeze wrote in TED magazine.

Breeze joined Schneider Electric in 1984, as a marketing engineer in the commercial product group while finishing his undergraduate degree. Upon graduation from the University of Kentucky in 1986 with his bachelor’s degree in from electrical engineering, Breeze joined the company full time as a product application engineer for low voltage circuit breakers. Since then, he has worked held several sales and marketing positions within the company.

In 2010, Breeze was named Senior Vice President for the Power Business USA. He is responsibilities include sales and marketing for the Power product and solutions, along with market and customer segments such as residential, electrical contractors, and consulting engineers.

Breeze believes that the energy solutions market is best viewed as a collaboration between industry stakeholders – manufacturers, distributors, electrical contractors, and most importantly, the customers they all serve. “For example, there is a role for distributors and contractors to work with an energy management provider throughout an energy audit process in the private and public sectors, but who they work for – either the end-user or the energy service company – is really determined on a case-by-case basis. That’s why it’s important for everyone to be aware of these new market opportunities,” he said.

Allen is a member of the NEMA Power Equipment Board, a Professional Manager Development Program Alumni, a Trophy Award Winner – Be More Customer Center (TRE Campaign) and Six Sigma Green Belt. 

Come to NECA’s 2011 Energy Forum to hear directly from industry leaders like Allen Breeze about how electrical contractors can make the energy solutions market their own!