1. Ronald M. Smart
403-233-7708
rsmart31@telus.net
http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/ronald-smart/3a/a47/771/
Business Organization, Management and Technical Sales Application Specialist.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: I have been President, Vice President, Regional Sales Manager Canada, Top
performing sales professional with 10+ years experience in business & territory sales development, key
account management, project management, start up and commissioning customer training, business
organization and management, purchasing, customer service, accounting and legal. Successful in all
industries. Recognized for Power Electronic drive and motor sales in AC and DC to 6000HP at 13,800 volts.
Able to teach and train useing various multi-media. Experienced Power Point presenter to technical sales
staff, engineering firms EPC’s, customer management staff and distributors. Software: Outlook, Word, Excel
and PowerPoint.
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS AND RESULTS:
• Developed relationships with EPC consulting engineering firms with Lunch and Learn
presentations. Resulted in new business opportunities.
• Increased Canadian Sales of Eaton medium voltage inverter VFD drives from zero in 2007
to $12.6 million in 2012.
• Energy savings of (15,246,042 kWh per year, = $762,302.00 per year) and Carbon Dioxide
savings of 5,374 tons per year at B.C. mine
• Doubled production capacity on a cheese slice line. Payback in one month.
• Wrote technical specification, developed and patented a refrigeration system using
centrifugal pumps for energy savings. Installations across North America with average
energy savings of 85,000 kWh per year.
• Negotiated a North American marketing agreement for patented refrigeration system.
• Automation control of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems (HVAC) provided
energy savings, eliminated winter freeze up and reduced maintenance expenses.
• Improved product quality from a six motor food processing machine with a synchronization
and multiple speed ration controls system eliminating waste.
• Updated automation controls for a $1.2 million (slurry Pump) centrifugal pump/motor
control system for nine pumps at a mine expansion project in BC.
• Sold an engineered turnkey system to update a mining operation including the first 6000HP
4160V medium voltage Eaton VFD inverter drive ever sold.
• Developed new accounts in Mining, Forestry, Oil and Gas, Water/Waste Water from BC to
Quebec.
• First Eaton medium voltage VFD inverter drive sold to Vale Inco was at their Thompson
Manitoba facility.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
ECS Electrical Cable Supply Ltd. 2014 to 2015
Rockwell Automation: Power & Controls Area Manager 2013 to 2014
Eaton Corp.: Regional Sales Manager for M.V Drives in Canada to 6000HP. 2007 to 2013
Motion Industries Canada: Power Transmission & Electrical Specialist: 1994 to 2007
Smart Drive Systems Inc. Mississauga, Ontario: President and Partner 9 + years
L.S. Tarshis and Sons Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario: OEM and Project sales 5 + years
2. Ronald M. Smart
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EDUCATION:
Diploma: Electrical Power Transmission, Seneca College, Toronto Ontario
Diploma: Mechanical Power Transmission, Seneca College, Toronto Ontario
Diploma: Business Organization and Management, Humber College, Toronto Ontario
Westgate Collegiate, High School Commercial and Business.
Patents:
Refrigeration control system.
MEMBERSHIPS:
Building Owners and Managers Association, Toronto (BOMA)
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).
Electric Motors and Generators
Motor Control and Motor Drive Professionals
Power Transmission and Distribution
G5 Professionals
Industrial Outside Sales Network
I am willing to relocate.