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Below you'll find recent news about Ron and a few of his diverse activities.

SmartGrid Cover Story - Raleigh, NC - July 2010 NEW!

Since 2007 Ron has been working as a Sr. Product Manager helping lead the development and implementation of Elster's smartgrid flagship product family, EnergyAxis. EnergyAxis is one of the most widely deployed smartgrid systems in the world, and is a leading product suite for Elster, the worlds largest metering company with electric, water, and gas solutions deployed from North America to the Pacific Rim.

Metering International is one of the widely distributed publications in the metering and smart grid arena, worldwide. Metering International publishes only 4 copies per year. Ron is featured on the cover of the 2nd 2010 issue with an innovative, leading edge article on smartgrid solutions that are changing the face of energy delivery in the world, affecting literally hundreds of millions of lives in the process.

Ron's life mission is to affect in a positve way millions of people, and by serving as a lead product manager for the flagship product of Elster, one of the worlds leading smart grid providers, Ron is able to have a tangible impact on the development of technologies that will help enable energy use to continue improving our lives for decades to come.

In addition to his activities with Elster, Ron continues to grow his real estate holding companies and other ventures, continues to mentor several individuals, and is in the process of gradually completing numerous articles, several books, and various products on smart grid, real estate, and personal and professional success.

Rotarac Club - Raleigh, NC - November 5, 2008

Ron was honored as the first speaker at the newly formed Rotarac Club in Raleigh, NC. He spoke to a diverse group of attendees on the importance of having a passionate life vision coupled with a solid life plan in order to achive outstanding personal success.

Outage Management Article - Raleigh, NC - October 2008

In addition to his numerous ventures, Ron also acts as a Senior Product Manager for Elster, a $2B German company that is literally revolutionizing the industry responsible for supplying electricity to all of the United States and world. Ron is one of the managers responsible for charting the path of this company's development of Advanced Metering Infrastructure, the technology that will support the emerging smart grid, allowing the industry to form the foundation of the electric grid which will change the life of all those in this country and that will ensure the aging and highly strained electrical system in the United States can survive the exponential demands being placed upon it. This is to date one of the most powerful ways Ron is helping improve the lives of millions of others, even without their knowledge of his efforts. Elster recently published a powerful article written primarily by Ron in Energy T&D Magazine, to begin sharing some of the insights Ron and the Elster team offer to help the industry understand how this powerful technology can be leveraged to improve the lives of all those who depend on electricity for life. To see the article, view the archives and read the September/October 2008 edition, pages 16-19.

Leverage: A Key to Success and Wealth - 3rd Printing

Ron's book Leverage: A Key to Success and Wealth enters its 3rd printing in 3Q 2008. This book offers excellent and seldom realized insights into how people achieve extraordinary financial, professional, and personal success. Even though Ron has not yet endeavored to promote the book actively, sales continue to increase steadily. Numerous lives have been changed because of this work and many have have written to the publisher comparing this to one of the classics.