Kenneth Sharpless ([email protected]), P.E., F.ASCE, F.SEI, has a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering from The University of Texas and is a Harvard Business School general management program (GMP) graduate. He is chair of ASCE 48 Design of Steel Transmission Pole Structures and past secretary of ASCE 123 Design of Pre-stressed Concrete Transmission Pole Structures. He is a member of both the ASCE Aesthetic Design of Electric Transmission Structures and Structural Engineering Institute’s Aesthetics in Design committees.