Watch a video of Maximo Fuentes answering questions from students in the Utility Line Program at Metropolitan Community College Kansas City to win prizes from our sponsors.
Max Fuentes, who started his career with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District in 1984, has led and directed crews as a line foreman and retired five years ago as a Grid Asset Line Supervisor-Business Operations. He has also served as the president and vice president of two post-secondary vocational training schools for lineworkers.
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Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section. She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade. She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters. Amy also covers events such as the Trees & Utilities conference and the International Lineman's Rodeo. She is the past president of the ASBPE Educational Foundation and ASBPE and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University. She can be reached at [email protected].
