Ron Pate

Ron Pate has extensive work experience in various industries and roles. Ron currently serves as the Global Product Line Manager for Overhead Products at G&W Electric Co., where they lead product management for the company's overhead product portfolio. Prior to this, Ron was the CEO of Perfectly Afflicted Charity, Inc. and the President of Key Business Institute, Inc. Ron also served as the CEO of Key Property Investments, LLC.

Ron has had roles at Solutionbee LLC, where they were an Executive Advisor and later the Chief Marketing Officer, overseeing marketing and innovative bee hive monitoring solutions. Ron also worked at ABB as a Global Product Manager for Instrument Transformers and later as the Head of Solutions and Product Management for Elster's Electricity Business Unit.

Earlier in their career, Ron worked at Ohio Transformer as the Director of Marketing and Sales Manager. Ron also had various roles at ABB, including Senior Account Executive and Senior Design Engineer.

Additionally, Ron has experience as a Senior Instructor at the Tarboro Martial Arts Association, where they led classes for young students in karate and received recognition for their volunteer activities.

Ron Pate completed their high school education at Tarboro High School from 1980 to 1984. Ron then pursued their bachelor's degree in Power Engineering at North Carolina State University from 1984 to 1988, earning a BSEE. In 1988, they attended the Centre d'Approches Vivantes des Langues et des Médias for a brief period, where they studied Languages and Culture. However, no degree was specified for this program.