Art Fornaser

Senior Application Engineer @Wesco

Phoenix, AZ, US

ABB ACS880 Authorized Startup Certified, ABB Drive Specialist Certified, ABB ACS580 Authorized Startup Certified, ABB ACX580 Service and Maintenance Certified. Siemens Certified Control Product Specialist, Siemens Factory Floor Certified, Siemens General Purpose Variable Frequency Drive Certified. Work independently, with our sales team, and with automation, drives, and controls vendors. Call on customers to discuss opportunities, new products, new and existing projects, and to develop business and close sales. Find and qualify new customer leads. Deliver presentations and equipment demonstrations. Guide customers in their selection of industrial automation and control components that will accomplish machine control, human machine interface, motion control, and networking requirements according to a sequence of operations, I/O count, tag count, high speed counter and PID needs. Provide technical support as customers integrate equipment into existing networks and platforms. Recommend Drive, Motion, Networking, PLC, and HMI software. Develop BOMs, proposals, and provide quotations. Organize training events and provide introductory training and technical support enabling customers to use ABB Drive Composer software, and Siemens TIA Portal. Have completed certified Siemens training classes for Networking, TIA Portal and Step-7 Classic for 300, 400, 1200, and 1500 family of CPUs and associated HMI panels. Member of the Western USA and Gulf Coast team accountable for margin and sales growth for Wesco’s automation, control products, and drives.

Arizona School of Real Estate & Business

Average 12+ Hours of CE per Year.

Central Catholic High School

Diploma, College prep curriculum that is guided by the educational principles of St John Baptist de La Salle.

Penn State University

ASEET, Electrical Engineering