Group CBS
John DeGenova has an extensive work experience spanning over several decades. John currently serves as the President of Group CBS, Inc. since July 2021, and previously held the position of Chief Operation Officer from November 2020 to July 2021. Prior to this, they worked as the Regional Vice President at Anixter from March 2017 to October 2020. Before Anixter, they were the General Manager at Aetna Insulated Wire Inc from May 2014 to March 2017. John also served as the VP Energy - North America at Prysmian from March 2010 to April 2014. John started their career at Timken Company as a District Manager in 1985, and then held various positions at Thomson Industries, Kaydon Corporation, and Timken Company.
John DeGenova earned their Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Youngstown State University from 1982 to 1986. John then pursued their Master of Business Administration degree in Marketing at the University of Iowa from 1987 to 1991.
Group CBS
Headquartered in Addison, Texas, Group CBS has operations throughout the U.S. and in the U.K. which provide premier products and unparalleled capabilities and services to the industrial, utility, electrical distribution, and repair markets. If it's electrical... we have it! We're the one-stop for all your electrical apparatus sales, service and engineering requirements. ● Largest inventory of new, surplus or reconditioned low and medium voltage power equipment and replacement parts available in North America. ● Servicing of Class 1E nuclear rated switchgear and circuit breakers in compliance with 10CFR50 Appendix B. ● Modern shop facilities with skilled engineers and technicians. ● Comprehensive quality repair, rebuild, retrofit, retrofill, and life extension capabilites. ● Emergency or scheduled electrical testing, maintenance and troubleshooting at your facility. ● Power engineering services such as short circuit and coordination studies, arc flash hazard analysis, design-build services. ● Custom manufacturing: engineered, reverse engineered and remanufacturing of obsolete parts. ● Replacement electrical contacts for load tap changers, circuit breakers and other switchgear. ● Remote racking systems for automatic racking of circuit breakers from a remote location. ● Remote switch operators - actuators for automatic opening and closing circuit breakers and other control switches from a remote location. ● Replacement vacuum interrupters for contactors and circuit breakers. ● Vacuum Interrupter test equipment to determine the condition of circuit breaker and contactor vacuum interrupters. ● Indoor dry type and cast coil power transformers to 4000 kVA in stock. ● Millions of replacement parts and assemblies. ● We rent most equipment in our vast inventory.