Vito received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University. He was a consultant for several Louisiana rural electric cooperatives. At Power Technologies Inc. in Schenectady, New York, he performed transmission line design criteria studies for international utilities and R&D on compact and high phase order transmission lines. After five years with PG&E, he joined EPRI as a project manager and advanced the state-of-practice in foundation analysis and design, lightning performance calculations, static and dynamic conductor thermal ratings, transmission line optimization studies, and software delivery of research results.
Vito joined T&D World in 2006 as the technology editor.