Adrian Zvarych, PE, is a Field Services Supervisor who has spent the last four decades making electricity behave itself, usually by threatening it with protective relays, fiber optics, and the occasional strongly-worded spreadsheet. A 1982 Carnegie Mellon BSEE grad and a registered PE in the State of Florida, Adrian made his first notable industry impact in 1988 by developing Florida Power & Light’s still-in-use Dual Transmission Substation Bus design, then kept the innovation train rolling in 1999 as the guy who dreamed up the relay and fiber network for Duke Energy’s groundbreaking International Drive Distribution Automation project—the one that made other utilities go “wait, we can do THAT?”  He's also a presenter. IEEE Working Group Chair and a Senior Life Member of the IEEE.  Just means he's old... (his words)

In between, he’s worn every hat from hands-on relay geek to IT/Telecom wrangler to manager of teams up to 50 engineers, techs, and electricians while keeping a cool $14M revenue stream flowing with one of the highest department retention rates in the company. Creative, mildly rebellious, and allergic to the phrase “but we’ve always done it this way,” Adrian sees his real job as clearing the runway so smarter people than him (again, his words) can take off and look brilliant. When he’s not busy dragging the industry into the future, he’s a loving and supportive husband and father, and also keeps his musical talents flowing in various jazz combos or the Pieces of 8 Chicago Tribute Band.