Brent Richardson

Brent represents Dow’s Wire & Cable market segment to the utility industry in North America. Prior to joining Dow in May of 2007, Brent worked for nearly 25 years for Duke Energy in Charlotte, NC. His experience includes many components of the utility business including Field Engineering, Distribution Standards, Project and Product Management and Marketing. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech and is a registered Professional Engineer in NC and SC. He is also a Senior Member of the IEEE and the Insulated Conductors Committee and has made numerous presentations to the IEEE, the ICC and other industry organizations. In the ICC, Brent serves as past Chair of Discussion Group A14D –Cable Standards and Chair of Subcommittee A-Cable Construction and Design. He is also the past Chair of PDi2, an industry consortium whose aim is to collect and use data to provide an objective means to evaluate power infrastructure investments.