Rick McClure

CEO / Board Member

Rick McClure has 35 years of experience in the electric utility industry. During the last 25 years, Rick transformed Utiliserve, Inc., a small regional utility products distributor into the largest distributor serving the electric utility industry as a division of HD Supply. During this time, the business passed twice through private equity ownership and three times through publicly traded owners. Rick has extensive experience executing buy and build strategies having participated in the acquisition of 15 different companies. Rick has significant experience identifying, qualifying and assessing manufacturers of utility products. Most importantly, Rick has extensive industry relationships in the United States with distributors, utility customers, suppliers and reps which allow Power Grid to create a differentiated utility products business.

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Keith Mayer

CFO / Board Member

Keith has over 20 years of senior leadership experience in manufacturing and distribution. For the last decade, Keith served as the Chief Financial Officer of Kele, Inc., a premier distributor of peripheral control products used in building automation systems. During this time, Keith also served other interim leadership positions in the areas of sales, marketing, and operations providing him with a unique perspective on business strategy. Keith has a proven track record in improving financial accuracy and reporting, tightening internal controls, reducing the time to report monthly financials and specializes in big data with an emphasis on data driven decisions.

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Rob Johnson

Chief Operating Officer / Board Member

Rob joined Power Grid Components in January of 2019 bringing nearly 35 years of experience serving the power equipment utility industry. Over the last 20 years, Rob has held leadership roles including Managing Director, COO, and President at Lapp Insulators. During his tenure at Lapp, he and the team developed and executed strategic plans that led Lapp Insulators to over 200% growth. With experience in all areas of the business enterprise, along with in-depth operations, product design and customer experience, Rob's leadership of PGC’s Operations is a perfect fit for our strategic growth. Prior to Lapp, Rob worked at Westinghouse and ABB in various leadership, engineering and finance roles.

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Tom MacDonald

Chief Sales Officer

Tom joined Power Grid Components in March of 2023 bringing 35 years of experience serving the electric utility industry. Over the last 6 years, Tom lead the project services group at Irby Utilities. Project Services exposed Tom to the engineering procurement and construction of solar and wind farms along with the merchant transmission to bring green power to population centers. For nearly 20 years Tom was Vice President of Sales for MacLean Power Systems. During his tenure at MPS he integrated the sales and marketing of several acquisitions to build MPS to what it is today. Tom will utilize this extensive experience to support PGC’s portfolio companies as they formalize their sales and marketing strategies.

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Brian Berner

Chief Technology Officer

Brian joined Power Grid in November 2022 bringing more than 25 years of industry
experience developing new products and new businesses to serve the needs for power
switching and protection. Brian served as COO for Southern States LLC. During his
tenure there, he founded several new businesses and led teams to develop innovative,
patented products which yielded more than 10X growth. Brian will utilize his extensive
experience to accelerate and expand development efforts within PGC’s portfolio
companies, seeking nothing less than to change the world for the better.

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Chris Faust

President

Chris Faust joined Instrument Transformer Equipment Corporation as President in October 2022.

Chris began his career as an international sales engineer and product application specialist for the high voltage test and measurement equipment manufacturer Hipotronics, eventually leading a transformation of that business as its General Manager. Over nearly 30 years he has held commercial, engineering and operational leadership roles at Hubbell, MacLean Power Systems and Columbus McKinnon.

With over 20 years of experience serving OEMs, distributors, utilities and laboratories in the global electric power industry, Chris specializes in enterprise growth via operational transformation, strategic new product development and key customer engagement.

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Rick Stanley

President

Rick Stanley, President of Newell, is widely regarded as an industry expert and thought leader across the electrical insulator industry. Mr. Stanley has been a member of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (“NEMA”) for over 10 years. As a member of NEMA, Mr. Stanley served at times as the Co-Chairman of the Insulator Section, was actively involved in IEC TAG TC36 and participated in various working groups. Additionally, Mr. Stanley has served in the past as a Representative and Co-Chair of the ANSI C-29 committee. Prior to his role at Newell, Mr. Stanley was the former President, Newell Porcelain Co. Inc.

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Greg Smith

President

Greg has been involved in Manufacturing and Distribution for the Electrical Industry since 1992, he has worked in various roles with Eger Products, Alcon Connectors and Meister International including, Director of Sales and Marketing for Eger Products, where he increased sales by 20% per year on average, President of Alcon Connector where he was responsible for streamlining production and increasing throughput resulting in a 400% increase in sales in less than 3 years. In his leadership role at Meister International he has expanded the product line and doubled sales in the 6 years he has been with Meister International. With his vast knowledge of the Electrical Industry he works with the supply chain to meet the needs of the customer quickly and efficiently.

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