Interview with Mr David Zabetakis, President of Doble Engineering
Transformers Magazine speaks to Mr David Zabetakis, President of Doble Engineering Company with over 25 years of executive leadership experience in the utility industry, including...
byTransformers Magazine
Transformers Magazine speaks to Mr David Zabetakis, President of Doble Engineering Company with over 25 years of executive leadership experience in the utility industry, including Aclara Software, CURRENT group and Pepco Energy Services.
TM: Mr Zabetakis, thank you for accepting our request for the interview. We are very pleased to have you here and we hope to hear a bit more about you and the transformer asset management business, markets, people, and finally, about transformer diagnostics products and services.
DZ: Thank you very much for the opportunity to share a little about Doble, what we do, and where the company is headed.
TM: Thank you Mr Zabetakis. Many people are familiar with you as the President – Doble Engineering, but we would like to find out a bit more about you in your own words.
DZ: Following six years in the Tactical Air Command of the US Air Force, I began a career in one of the world’s most critical industries: Energy. Now, as President of Doble Engineering Company, a subsidiary of ESCO Technologies (NYSE: ESE), I am responsible for making sure the company’s customers – including nearly 90 percent of the utilities in North America — are able to deliver safe, reliable, electric power. A leader in the energy industry for more than 25 years, I have held
leadership positions at Aclara Technologies’ Software Group (another ESCO company), North American Power Partners, Pepco Energy Services, Inc., Unitil Corporation and Washington Gas. I also served on the first Pier Review Board for President George W. Bush for DOE/FEMP, among other engagements throughout the energy industry.
TM: What is your education?
DZ: I obtained a BS at Wichita State University, followed by an MBA at Loyola College in Maryland.
TM: Doble Engineering Company has been producing diagnostic solutions for electric power apparatus since 1920 and is now present in 110 countries. Tell us what does Doble’s business proposition combine?
DZ: In one word? Community. Doble is one of a kind; we are optimally positioned to provide products, services and knowledge to the electric power industry, as a neutral agnostic expert advisor. Doble is differentiated in its market by a portfolio delivered through products, consulting services, insulating materials laboratories and educational conferences. We partner with electric power industry clients to minimise risk, improve operations, optimise system performance and importantly reduce costs. Doble provides enterprise management systems, engineering consulting and expertise, on-line and off-line diagnostic instruments, and the industry’s premier conferences that have become the de-facto industry trade association.
TM: Tell us about Doble’s annually generated revenue and the size of its workforce.
DZ: Doble is a subsidiary of ESCO Technology and is part of ESCO’s Utility Services Group. Worldwide, Doble has 351 employees. Doble currently has 163 employees in the Watertown headquarters location, and 200 in total in Massachusetts. In addition to locations throughout North America, Doble maintains 9 international offices and Centers of Innovation in São Paulo, Brazil, Surrey and Glasgow United Kingdom, Dubai United Arab Emirates, Trondheim Norway, Beijing, China, Singapore, Gujarat India and Durban South Africa.
TM: Doble plays on the global market. In which market would you say Doble is the strongest?
DZ: Our largest market is the USA, followed by EMEA and APAC. Right now, we’re seeing major demand growth in the Middle East and South Africa, and some regions in the southern U.S., specifically the Houston, Texas area, so naturally those are all exciting markets for us as power companies expand to meet new demand needs.
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