To ensure we meet the expectations of our principals and customers, MKI maintains a team of highly experienced and educated experts drawn from the industries we serve. MKI’s staff includes five degreed electrical engineers, three MBAs, two Professional Engineers. Our friendly team members have extensive hands-on utility, manufacturing, and testing experience to support a variety of your electrical design needs.
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Rich Matzinger
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Expanding our team with unparalleled technical talent to serve our customers, reducing our number of lines and growing our principal’s business. |
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Studied economics at the University of California at Irvine and graduated from the USC School of Business. |
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Developed teamwork skills leading sailboat racing teams on 2225 mile race from LA to Hawaii on five occasions, collegiate sailing national champion. Rich is married with two children. |
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rich@mkireps.com |
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Armando Elvira
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ABB where he was account executive, responsible for sale of entire ABB T&D product portfolio for the major electric utilities in southern California. Most recently was Regional Marketing Manager in the western US for turnkey substation projects. Prior to ABB, he was with SCE for ten years where he held positions as customer service planner, apparatus engineer, and technical specialist. |
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BSEE and MBA from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Registered Professional Engineer. |
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Enjoys hiking, backpacking, golf and raising his son and daughter with his wife. |
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armando@mkireps.com |
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Greg Rauch
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SEL, Four years as NorCal Sales rep after two years as NorCal Applications Engineer and three years corporate utility marketing. Application Engineer for Dranetz/BMI. Project Manager for EPRI, International Marketing Manager for GE. Distribution Engineering at PG&E. |
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Greg is a senior member of IEEE and a registered PE in California. Greg lives in the Bay Area with his wife. Together they have successfully raised five children. |
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greg@mkireps.com |
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Matt Daniels
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Brings over 25 years of operations, training, installation, testing and maintenance experience with both utility and industrial high voltage applications. |
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Operations background including eight years with SCE, eight with a major local municipality and nine years with electrical contractors. |
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Has an unbridled enthusiasm for our business/industry that others will find contagious. Matt is married with four boys. |
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matt@mkireps.com |
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Mike Gugerty
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22 years with SCE. Most recently Manager of Substation and Transmission Inspection. Prior roles included teaching at SCE’s school, technical support for protection and automation and test technicians. |
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Help our customers meet their objectives by applying two plus decades of hands on experience. |
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Enjoys spending time with his family and friends, fishing and the outdoors. |
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mike@mkireps.com |
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Steve Peters
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Steve has 16 years of technical sales experience including roles with Eaton/Cutler Hammer as a Sales Manager based in SoCal, Omron Electronics in Industrial Automation sales, and Cincinnati/Dynacomp as a Regional Sales Manager for industrial computers and PLC’s. |
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BSEE from the University of Arkansas and an MBA from the University of Southern California. |
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Enjoys spending time with his wife and son, as well as coaching his son’s baseball team. Bad habits include golf, watching college sports, and snow skiing. |
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steve@mkireps.com |
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George Kosmas
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Western Regional Sales Manager for Beckwith generation products and prior to that, held the same position at Basler Electric. Electrical Engineer at Utah Power and Light and Nevada Power. Has lived and worked in NorCal for nineteen years. |
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BSEE from the University of Utah. |
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Professional taste tester for his wife’s bakery business. Also enjoys wood working and raising two dogs with his baker. |
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george@mkireps.com |
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Brad Morse
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Got started as a Protection Engineer and Substation Maintenance Engineer with FirstEngery out of Akron, OH. Then spent some time as a Field Application Engineer with test equipment manufacturer Megger. Gained knowledge of electrical system protection, Substation & Transmission Design, Substation Maintenance, and Smart Grid development. Also experienced in condition assessment testing of high voltage substation apparatus. |
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BSEE from The University of Akron. |
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Brad enjoys world travel, snowboarding, mountain biking, fitness and nutrition. |
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brad@mkireps.com |
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Kelli Connell
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Inside sales Powercom where she was responsible for customer service, bidding and order processing for products used by the utility, telecom and industrial markets. |
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Make sure our customers get what they need, when they need it. No matter what! |
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Kelli, along with her husband, has a son and two daughters. Kelli is very busy with her girls’ softball teams and also an active member of her Church. |
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kelli@mkireps.com |
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Michele Newberry
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With a private jet service company that required extensive attention to detail. Roles included sales, dispatch, procurement and customer service. |
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Graduated Cum Laude from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona with a B.A. in Psychology. |
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Michele is married and enjoys cooking and wine arts. |
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michele@mkireps.com |
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Jan Rowan
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A native of England, Jan is the “voice” of MKI and has raised MKI’s personality to a new level. Most recently she was with a company where her roles included customer service, supporting estimating teams, quotations and order processing. |
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Studied in both England and the US and has an equivalent of an Associates Degree in Business Administration. |
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Very proud of her two grown daughters. Her eldest daughter lives on the other side of the pond. Loves working out at the gym and cooking. |
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jan@mkireps.com |
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Tricia Matzinger
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Corporate cash manager for Prudential Securities and Hollencrest Securities. |
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Holds an economics degree from the University of California at Irvine. |
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Raising and coaching two young children with her husband. |
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tricia@mkireps.com |
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Diana Walden
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In January, 2003, completed installation of a new order entry and order tracking computer program to facilitate prompt and accurate reporting to MKI’s customers. |
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Executive assistant to the Corporate Personnel Director at Bergner’s Department Stores; Assistant Interior Designer ASID. |
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Competed in triathlons, the LA Marathon and participated in the Avon 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk. Diana is married and has raised three children that today consist of a Chicago police officer, college student at NAU and one still growing up. |
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diana@mkireps.com |
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Debbie Gaddis
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Twenty-six years with Maydwell-Hartzell, a manufacturer’s representative in southern California serving the electric utilities and industrial markets. Debbie brings extensive experience in order entry, order follow up and customer service. |
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Politics! Don’t get her started unless you lean right or are ready to lose the debate! Debbie is very proud of her two grown children and three grandchildren |
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debbie@mkireps.com |
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Nikola Tesla
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Frequently made extreme claims about science and technology that were ahead of his time – then went on to prove them. Won AC vs. DC “War of the Currents” battle versus Thomas Edison. Illuminated the World Fair in Chicago in 1893. Father of Alternating Current, the modern electric power system, brushless alternating current induction motor, Tesla coil, modern power transformer, fundamental development of high frequency wireless communications, fluorescent lighting, and modern remote controls. 112 US patents and 34 International patents. |
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Earned degrees in physics, mathematics, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering from the Austrian Polytechnic Institute and the University of Prague. |
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Friends with legendary writer Mark Twain and a friendly white pigeon who visited Nikola in his New York apartment/laboratory. |
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tesla@mkireps.com 49 West 27th St, New York, NY 10010 |
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http://www.teslasociety.com |
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http://www.tesla-museum.org |
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http://www.pbs.org/tesla |
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If you have any questions, please call us at 949-852-1006
