Southern States Recognizes Joe Rostron for Technical Achievements

March 6, 2009 -- Joe Rostron, Sr. VP of Technology Development of Southern States LLC, was recently presented the Outstanding Inventor Award by Raj Anand, President & CEO of Southern States. Joe was awarded this plaque in recognition of his technical ...

Amy Fischbach

March 7, 2009

March 6, 2009 -- Joe Rostron, Sr. VP of Technology Development of Southern States LLC, was recently presented the Outstanding Inventor Award by Raj Anand, President & CEO of Southern States.

Joe was awarded this plaque in recognition of his technical achievements and consistent innovation in the last decade with Southern States. Since joining the company in 1998, Joe has been awarded 15 patents for inventions in the field of high-voltage systems. These inventions have led to several commercial products such as the CapSwitcher® Capacitor Switch, RLSwitcher® Reactor Switch and the CMD® Current Measurement Device.

After beginning his career in the electric power industry at Westinghouse, Joe worked for ABB and Siemens prior to joining Southern States. Pictured above is Joe (left) being congratulated by Raj with his CapSwitcher® invention in the background.

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Amy Fischbach

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Amy Fischbach is the field editor for the Electric Utility Operations section of Transmission & Distribution World. She worked for Prism Business Media (now Penton) for eight years, most recently as the managing editor of Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro magazine. She is now working as a freelance writer and editor for B2B magazines. Amy earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. She serves as the national vice president of the American Society of Business Publication Editors. She can be reached at [email protected].