Ron Shapiro

Mr. Shapiro is a professional engineer licensed in New York State and has been practicing in the field of construction related electrical engineering for almost 30 years. Mr. Shapiro has a diverse background in the design and development of reliable electrical distribution, emergency power, lighting, and fire protection systems for commercial, educational, industrial and health care data center facilities. He has been responsible for conceptual and actual critical electrical system design, coordination of internal and external trades, client communication and construction administration. He has also worked on power distribution design (switchgear, switchboards, transformer, standby power generation, UPS, and associated protection schemes), fire alarm (air aspiration and addressable types) systems, raised floor grounding, security access control and CCTV, lighting design and associated manual or automatic controls, short circuit, coordination and arc flash studies, voltage drop, lightning protection, and miscellaneous power systems. His experience also includes providing analysis/evaluation of existing and new electrical distribution systems and ancillary electrical infrastructure. Mr. Shapiro plays a critical role as technical code/theory adviser and internal educator for DLB Associates. He has coauthored “NEC 645 might not be for You” and “A Comparison Of Arc-Flash Incident Energy Reduction Techniques Using Low-Voltage Power Circuit Breakers.” Mr. Shapiro has lectured regarding varied data center related electrical topics such as: “Fire Alarm Monitoring and Control Systems” for the Society of Fire Protection Engineers and the Data Center Journal “Are We Ready for DC in the Data Center”, “Arc Flash in the Data Center Environment” and “Industry Trends in Electrical Systems.”