PowerRox
Brian Zahnstecher is a Sr. Member of the IEEE, Chair (Emeritus) of the IEEE SFBAC Power Electronics Society (PELS), IEEE PELS North America Regional (R1-3) Chair, Chair PELS Sustainability “GREENS” Ad-hoc Committee, Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Board of Directors (Emeritus) and now Advisory Council, authors the quarterly Power Rocks! column for IEEE Power Electronics Magazine (PEM), is Co-founder & Chair (Emeritus) of the PSMA Reliability Committee, Co-chair of the PSMA Energy Harvesting Committee, Co-founder & Co-chair of the EnerHarv workshop, and is the Principal of PowerRox. He Co-chairs the IEEE Future Networks (formerly 5G) webinar series and is a founding Co-chair of the IEEE International Network Generations Roadmap (INGR) Energy Efficiency Working Group and has lectured on related power and sustainability topics at major industry conferences. He sits on Advisory Boards of major conferences like Sensors Converge & DesignCon. He previously held positions in power electronics, most recently with Claros (Sr. Principal Energy Efficiency Architect), as well as industry leaders Emerson Network Power (now Advanced Energy), Cisco, and Hewlett-Packard. He has been a regular contributor on power and sustainability topics to the industry as an invited keynote speaker, author/columnist, workshop participant, session host, roundtable moderator, and volunteer. He has over 20 years of industry experience and holds Master and Bachelor degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
11:35 AM - 12:00 PM CT