Rick's Professional Qualifications

Training and Development

• Development and implementation of courses in technical education

• Conduct training for clients on and off site

• Provide support and training for sales groups

• Train and support field service technicians

• Present customer-level product training

Writing and Communications

• Published and presented technical articles

• Maintained product information and updates to customers

• Produced and implemented customer engineer OJT training

• Maintained on-line technical documentation library

Technical Skills 

• Constructed telecom battery power systems training lab

• Performed power systems inspection and problem diagnosis

• Developed stationary battery service operations

Expertise: Publications and White Papers

Tressler, R. Verifying Connection Integrity on Large Stationary Batteries. Plant Engineering Magazine, May 1996

Tressler, R. Stationary Battery System Pre-Load Test Inspection Procedures and Their Importance in Standby Power Applications. Proceedings of the ninth International Power Quality Solutions/Alternative Energy Powersystems World Conference and Exhibit, Las Vegas, NV, September 1996

Tressler, R. Guidelines for Successful Installation of Large Lead-Acid Stationary Batteries. Proceedings of the second Battcon, Boca Raton, FL, April 1997

Tressler, R. Avoiding Common Installation Problems When Working with Stationary Batt ery Systems. Tutorial presentation given at Powersystems World 1997, Baltimore, MD 1997

Tressler, R. Methods for Maintaining and Tracking Connection Integrity on Large Battery Plants. Proceedings of the third Battcon, Boca Raton, FL, April 1998

Tressler, R. Interconnection Resistance Measurement and Data Analysis: Managing the Task. Proceedings of the fifth Battcon, Boca Raton, FL, April 2001

Tressler, R., and Schmitt, R. When Things Go Wrong in the Acceptance Test– A Case History. Published and presented at the seventh Battcon, Marco Island, FL, April 2003

Tressler, R. How to Guarantee a Reliable Battery System. Published and presented at World Energy Engineering Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 2003

Tressler, R. Fire in the hole 101! An entry-level guide to discharge testing lead-acid stationary batteries. Published and presented at the ninth Battcon, Miami Beach, FL, May 2005

Tressler, R. Preparation, Assembly and Integrity Verification of Interconnections for Large and Lead-Acid Stationary Batteries. Electrical Business Magazine, April 2006

Tressler, R. Commissioning and Acceptance Testing Lead-Acid Stationary Batteries. Electrical Business Magazine, May 2006

Tressler, R. Tips and Tricks for Battery Service Technicians. Published and presented at the thirteenth Battcon, Orlando, FL, April 2009

Tressler, R. The Inspection is Complete; What Are You Doing With the Data? Published and presented at the fourteenth Battcon, Hollywood, FL, May 2010

Tressler, R. Dealing with Common Battery Maintenance Problems. Published and presented at the fifteenth Battcon, Orlando, FL, May 2011

Tressler, R. Proper Commissioning Procedures for Lead-Acid Batteries. Published and presented at the eighteenth Battcon, Boca Raton, FL, May 2014

Tressler, R. Integrity of Battery Connections; Torque, Grease and Resistance. Published and presented at the nineteenth Battcon, Orlando, FL, May 2015

Tressler, R . Performance testing lead-acid stationary batteries: Myths, misunderstandings and mistakes. The twentieth Battcon, Boca Raton, FL, May 2016

Tressler, R. The stationary battery maintenance program: Who's responsible? The twenty-first Battcon, Orlando, FL, May 2017

Industry Experience 

​Senior Training Engineer -Emerson Network Power-Alber 2002 - 2016 Sunrise, FL

Sr. Technical Support Engineer and Trainer - Liebert Corporation/Liebert Global Services 1999 -2002 Columbus, OH

Training Administrator - PECO II, Inc. 1998 -1999 Galion, OH

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Technical Support Engineer and Trainer - 

Liebert Corporation/Liebert Global Services 1991-1998 Columbus, OH

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Field Battery Specialist - Liebert CS&S

1990 -1991 Exton, PA

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Field Technician and District Manager - Battery Management Services division of GTEX Financial 1987-1990

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Field Service Technician -Drewann Battery Systems; Agents for C & D Battery Baltimore, MD

1985-1987

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Awards

• Lifetime Achievement Award - Battcon Hall of Fame 2017

• Battery Person of the Year, Battcon 2007

• Liebert CS&S Service Excellence Award 1995

Professional Affiliations, Memberships, Leadership Roles

• Past Chair, IEEE PES Stationary Battery Committee 2017-2018

• Chair, IEEE PES Stationary Battery Committee 2015-2016

• Vice-Chair, IEEE PES Stationary Battery Committee 2013-2014

• Secretary, IEEE PES Stationary Battery Committee 2011-2012

• Senior Member, IEEE

• Member, IEEE Power and Energy Society

• Member, IEEE Standards Association

• Member, IEEE Stationary Battery Committee 1993 present

• Member, Battcon Technical Committee 2005-Present

• Member, Pro Energy Alliance

Education and Training

• Alber - Factory Training– all products, Pompano Beach, Florida 2002

• Astec - DC Plant Training, Raleigh, NC 1999

• Telcordia Technologies - Central Office Grounding, Chicago, IL 1999

• C & D Batteries–Factory Training–all products, Plymouth Meeting, PA 1985