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Nathan D. Jacob
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 Nathan D. Jacob, P.Eng. (Electrical) is the current Laboratory Services Section Head of Manitoba Hydro’s High Voltage Test Facility in Winnipeg, Canada and has eight years of experience related to high-voltage testing and evaluation of electrical insulation systems at Manitoba Hydro. He received his B.Sc. in electrical engineering in 2006 and his M. Sc. in electrical engineering in 2011; both degrees were attained from the University of Manitoba. He is presently working part-time towards his doctorate in electrical engineering where his research topic is related to development of optical techniques for measurement of oil-paper insulation aging.
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Stephan Körber
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 Stephan Körber was born in Berlin, Germany in 1984. He received the M.S. (Dipl.-Ing.) in electrical engineering with specialization in high voltage engineering from the Berlin University of Technology in December 2011. During his time at the University he was employed for more than 3.5 years in a research project using dielectrical diagnostics for aging detection in medium voltage cables.
In January 2012 he joined OMICRON Energy Solutions in the development department in Berlin. Currently, he works as application engineer specialized on partial discharge and tangent (δ) measurements and leads workshops and trainings for customers worldwide.
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Dr. Behzad Kordi
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 Dr. Behzad Kordi’s expertise is in high voltage engineering techniques, applied electromagnetics and electromagnetic field sensors. He received the B.Sc. (with distinction), M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees all in electrical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, in 1992, 1995, and 2000, respectively. During 1998 and 1999, he was with the Lightning Studies Group at the University of Toronto, Canada. He joined the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of the University of Manitoba in 2005 where he is currently an Associate Professor.
Dr. Kordi has authored/co-authored over 74 scientific publications and contributed to the training of 30 graduate students/postdoctoral fellows. His high-voltage expertise is centered on remote condition monitoring and partial discharge detection and classification of high voltage apparatus and systems; lightning simulation and modeling; high voltage transmission lines; and high voltage cables. He is nationally and internationally recognized for his research work on lightning studies and has been an active member of CN Tower Lightning Studies group. Dr. Kordi has also been involved in developing new sensors and novel methodologies for the evaluation of electromagnetic field sensors.
Dr. Kordi was the chair of Commission E (electromagnetic environment and interference) of URSI (International Union of Radio Science) Canada in 2012-13. He has recently been nominated and appointed as the Canadian representative in CIGRÉ (International Council on Large Electric Systems) working groups A2/D1.51 (Improvement to partial discharge measurements for factory and site acceptance tests of power transformers), A2/C4.52 (High-frequency transformer models for non-standard waveforms), and C4.37 (Electromagnetic computation methods for lightning surge studies with emphasis on the FDTD method). Jointly with his former graduate student, Dr. Kordi was the recipient of 2012 Richard B. Schulz Best Paper Award for their paper published in IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility. Dr. Kordi is a senior member of IEEE.
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James Lambert
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 James Lambert, P.Eng. (Electrical) is currently the Commercial Services Section Head at Manitoba Hydro’s High Voltage Test Facility (HVTF) in Winnipeg, Canada and has five years experience in the field of high voltage testing and equipment insulation evaluation. He was heavily involved with the HVTF construction and associated high voltage equipment commissioning. He received his B.Sc. in electrical engineering at the University of Manitoba in 2004, and has over nine years experience in related positions at Manitoba Hydro.
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Bill McDermid
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Bill McDermid  graduated with a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba in 1961.
Joined Manitoba Hydro in 1962, initially in protective relaying, but by 1964 became involved in diagnostic testing of electrical insulation as applied to most types of electrical apparatus during a period of rapid expansion involving five hydro generating stations and two HVDC bipoles. He is currently Director of Manitoba Hydro’s High Voltage Test Facility, recently commissioned, for equipment rated up to 550 kVac and 500 kVdc.
Chaired the technical committee on CAN/CSA-C50 Insulating Oil for Transformers and Switches for the revisions in 1997 and in 2008.
Chaired the working group that developed IEEE Std 1434-2000 Guide to the Measurement of Partial Discharges in Rotating Machinery. Is currently chairing the revision of the document.
President of the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) for 2007 and 2008. Treasurer of DEIS since 2011.
Journal publications are related to partial discharge measurements and direct-voltage ramp tests on rotating machine windings and individual stator coils and bars, as well as investigation of flashovers of FRP hot sticks during live line work at 550 kVac and external insulation flashovers and failures in HVDC converter stations.
IEEE Third Millennium Medal
Elected IEEE Fellow in 2005 for contributions to the development of rotating machine insulation testing.
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Thomas Prevost
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 Thomas Prevost is a Primary Manager at OMICRON who worked for 25 years for Weidmann Electrical Technologies, as Vice-President of Technology. Earlier in his career Tom worked at Tampa Electric Company as an engineer in distribution and production. Tom received his BSEE from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and is a Senior Member of IEEE and Vice-Chair of the P2030 "Smart Grid" working group. He is also Past-Chair of the IEEE PES Transformers Committee and is a member-at-large of the IEEE PES Board of Governors. Tom is also active in ASTM committee D27 on Insulating Fluids and IEC TC10 on Insulating Fluids.
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William Yu
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 William Yu received his BEng (Hon) degree and his MSc degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2006 and in 2010 respectively. In 2006, he joined OMICRON electronics Asia in Hong Kong and was responsible for technical and application support for both primary and secondary testing in Asia-Pacific. In 2008, with sales and application support responsibilities, he conducted many training programs and performed field demonstrations in different countries.
His experiences include performing various primary tests on power transformers, instrument transformers and power cable. He is currently working in OMICRON's office in Waltham, Massachusetts as a training and application engineer.
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