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    EW Executive Insights Podcast: ABB's Ed Schwarz on Shoreside Charging Stations for Marine Vessels

    July 7, 2023
    As more ferries, tugboats and other ships are powered by batteries, shoreside charging stations will become a new business opportunity for electrical contractors, distributors, reps and other electrical professionals.
    ABB's Ed Schwarz
    ABB's Ed Schwarz

    At the recent ABB FIA Formula E race in Portland, OR, Electrical Wholesaling chatted with Ed Schwarz, VP of Sales for Marine Systems, Process Automation for ABB, about future business opportunities for the electrical market in shoreside charging systems for electrically powered marine vessels.

    Schwarz, one of the nation’s leading proponents of electric propulsion in the maritime industry, has more than 20 years of experience in the maritime world. At ABB, he leads the development of business strategy for hybrid and electric solutions for all segments in the Americas.

    Ed also served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and received the Merchant Marine Expeditionary Medal for participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, with a bachelor’s of science degree in Marine Engineering and Shipyard Management.

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    Jim Lucy | Editor-in-Chief

    Over the past 30-plus years, hundreds of Jim’s articles have been published in Electrical Wholesaling and Electrical Marketing newsletter on topics such as the impact of amazonsupply.com and other new competitors on the electrical market’s channels of distribution, energy-efficient lighting and renewables, and local market economics. In addition to his published work, Jim regularly gives presentations on these topics to C-suite executives, industry groups and investment analysts.

    He recently launched a new subscription-based data product for Electrical Marketing that offers electrical sales potential estimates and related market data for more than 300 metropolitan areas, and in 1999 he published his first book, “The Electrical Marketer’s Survival Guide” for electrical industry executives looking for an overview of key market trends.

    While managing Electrical Wholesaling’s editorial operations, Jim and the publication’s staff won several Jesse H. Neal awards for editorial excellence, the highest honor in the business press, and numerous national and regional awards from the American Society of Business Press Editors. He has a master’s degree in Communications and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Glassboro State College, Glassboro, N.J. (now Rowan University).

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