It is with great pleasure that we announce that Jeff Anderson joins Advanced Power Technologies as our Western Region Application Engineer effective January 21, 2008.

Jeff has a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering-Power System Protection from Washington State University, Pullman. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Washington, Colorado, and Hawaii.

After graduating from WSU, Jeff worked at Seattle City Light on various Substation upgrade projects. From there he joined Schweitzer Engineering Labs as a Protection Engineer and Project Manger. Until recently Jeff was a Project Manager in their automation area. Jeff adds strong and valued experience to our team.

Advanced Power Technologies has always valued the importance of customer support. The addition of our Western Application Engineering Office is a positive and important step in maintaining the quality of service, support, and training we strive to provide our customers. In addition to our new Western Office, we continue to maintain our Eastern Application Engineering Office in Georgia.

Jeff will be initially located in the Pullman, WA area until his office is relocated to the Portland, OR area.

Please join me in welcoming Jeff to the team.

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