ELECTRICAL - INDUSTRIAL - WHOLESALE
DISTRIBUTORS
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Moving the Needle
Coordinating Power Distribution, Wire & Cable, and Lighting for Data Center Scale
The United States is experiencing a phase shift in electrical load growth that only looks incremental if it is viewed through aggregated demand forecasts. When examined through the lens of physical infrastructure, manufacturing throughput, and construction sequencing, the current data center expansion behaves like exponential growth. The defining feature of this cycle is not simply how many facilities are being built, but how electrically intensive, spatially dense, and schedule compressed each project has become. Modern data center campuses routinely concentrate hundreds of megawatts of load behind a single point of interconnection, and increasingly those campuses appear in clusters that stress not just the grid, but the entire electrical supply chain required to build them.
This transformation reshapes the role of every major electrical product category involved in a data center, including power distribution equipment, battery energy storage systems, microgrids, wire and cable, and lighting. The mistake is to treat these as independent scopes. In reality, they form a tightly coupled system where decisions made in one domain cascade directly into material availability, constructability, commissioning timelines, and long term operational performance.
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Attending NAED Conferences in 2026?
Let’s meet!
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Eastern Region Conference
February 2-4, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Attending the Eastern Conference is Pati Kelly. If you would like to meet, contact her at
PK@egretconsulting.com
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National Meeting
May 12-14, 2026
Orlando, FL
Schedule a meeting with Egret Consulting:
Brooke Ziolo
BZ@egretconsulting.com
Pati Kelly
PK@egretconsulting.com
Rob Wieska
RW@egretconsulting.com
Egret Consulting is a proud NAED Allied Partner
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Pati Kelly will be attending the NEMRA Conference in Orlando, Florida
February 8 - 11, 2026
Contact her if you would like to set up a time to meet and discuss the industry!
pk@egretconsulting.com
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Job Moves:
Finbar Boyle - Outside Sales Representative, Evergreen Electric Supply Co.
Lindsey Naegel, Industrial Account Manager, Butler Supply Inc.
Scott Manning - Outside Sales, Wesco
Promotions:
Cristi Spahn - Director of Projects, Bell Electrical Supply
Scott Jansen - President West Region, Sonepar
Dana Mouritzen - COO, Sonepar
Kent Chadwick - President, Codale, A Sonepar Company
Micah Carlton - Chief HR Officer, Sonepar
Holly Harris - Sr. National Account Manager, Grainger
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Brooke Ziolo
President / Executive Recruiter
Brooke has been with Egret for 17 years and purchased the company 6 years ago. She focuses on lighting, lighting controls, LED’s, SSL, etc.
847.307.7127
bz@egretconsulting.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lightingrecruiter/
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Pati Kelly
Executive Recruiter / EVP
Pati has been with Egret for 13 years. She focuses on wire & cable, tools, fittings, cable harnesses, pipe, connectors, conduit, datacom, etc.
847.307.7128
pk@egretconsulting.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/electricalrecruiter/
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Rob Wieska
Executive Recruiter / EVP
Rob has been with Egret for over 10 years. He focuses on Power Distribution (switchgear, panelboards, switchboards, transformers, ATS, circuit breakers, controls, etc.), Automation Technologies (including generation products, smart grid, building automation and controls manufacturers) and Renewables (including wind, solar, battery / energy storage, EV Charging, Microgrid applications, and other emerging technologies).
847.307.7129
rw@egretconsulting.com
www.linkedin.com/in/robwieska
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Colin Wieska
Executive Recruiter
Colin focuses on Cybersecurity, Controls, Embedded Software, IoT and IIoT Technologies. In addition, Colin works in Power Distribution, Automation and Controls. His educational background had an emphasis on cybersecurity, programming, data science, data structures, and statistics. This allows Colin to have a technical understanding of providing talent acquisition solutions while understanding the applications needed for success.
847-327-0018
cw@egretconsulting.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-wieska/
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Jacque Nelson
Executive Recruiter
Jacque joined Egret in 2022. She focuses on the lighting industry working with lighting manufacturers, distributors, rep agencies, lighting design firms and MEP / AE firms. She recruits for entry level / individual contributor positions to VP & C-Suite positions in the areas of sales, marketing, operations, engineering, product management, lighting design, project management, quotations, etc.
847.327.0334
jq@egretconsulting.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquenelson1//
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