Ron Hitzel

About Ron Hitzel

Experienced international business development and technical engineer positioned to aid all power & energy owners and operators to achieve best technical and most cost effective solutions for new and optimization projects. All facets of energy, power generation, transmission, and distribution can be supported. Proven leadership and expertise on a global stage for over 30 years justifies a solid track record. Extensive cross cultural relationships built in Latin America, Korea, China, Caribbean, Europe, United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Experience

1. Senior Account Executive

   Emerson

   Jan 2014 — Present

   Cultivating new Ovation system highways on power generation plants that do not operate with any Emerson process controls and management solutions. Providing sales leadership by applying technical DCS products/services and plant optimization solutions for the power industry. Demonstrated experience in establishing relationships and alliances with end users, EPC’s and A/E’s and securing competitively held power accounts. Expert knowledge and understanding of the power market and implementation of DCS technologies, application engineering, plant optimization/simulators and utility fleet enterprise solutions to enhance operations and performance of boiler, turbine and BOP plant systems.Customer executive level relationship development, execution of sales plans and strategies. Establishing, maintaining, and enhancing customer relationships. Providing customer presentations and product solutions demonstrations. Recommending account business strategies. Negotiating and “closing” orders, and proposal scope strategies. Providing competitive differentiation and pricing strategy along with negotiation leadership.

Education

• University at Albany

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1990 — 1995

• University of Phoenix

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Global Technology

  2001 — 2006

Skills

• Boilers
• Engineering
• Renewable Energy
• Nuclear
• Industrial Control
• Energy Efficiency
• Power Distribution
• Automation
• Natural Gas
• Engineering Management
• Scada
• Power Systems
• Energy Industry
• Energy
• Power Transmission
• Commissioning
• Steam Turbines
• Gas
• Generators
• Plc
• Energy Management
• Control Systems Design
• Manufacturing
• Relays
• Steam
• Process Engineering
• Gas Turbines
• Project Engineering
• Process Automation
• Smart Grid
• Power Generation
• Power Plants
• Process Control
• Petroleum
• Allen Bradley
• Electricity
• Electric Power
• Transformer
• Modbus
• Electricians