Bret Hammonds

Bret Hammonds serves as the director of application resources for Protec Equipment Resources, LLC. He has over 30 years of experience testing power system apparatus within the electrical power industry. He is an IEEE member and was previously a voting member of the ASTM D27 committee on electrical insulating liquids and gases. In addition to having performed and/or directed field testing services in utility, commercial, and industrial applications, Bret has spent a large portion of his professional career in technical support roles, such as his position as a senior applications engineer for a manufacturer of electrical test equipment. Bret has been published in IEEE Transactions journals for his work in the area of low-voltage circuit breaker testing. He has also been recognized for his technical presentations at industry conferences such as the Transmission and Substation Design and Operation Symposium (TSDOS) and NETA’s PowerTest conference. Bret holds a BS in electrical engineering technology from Texas Tech University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.