May 2022 Internal Newsletter

May 2022 Internal Monthly Newsletter

We’re back on Twitter!

What is Muay Thai? ~ Bernard Leon

It’s National Electrical Safety Month!

The theme for 2022 is Energy Resilience. It examines how sustainable power sources, energy storage systems, and other emerging technology help facilities achieve energy resilience.

Contents

What’s New - We’re back on Twitter! Digital Updates ASCO Voice Amplified Customer Stories Literature Library ASCO Events Corner HR Updates Training Council Employees Corner - April Collaborator’s Note May Crossword ASCO Feature - Bernard Leon

WHAT’S NEW

We’re back on Twitter! Follow us on Twitter for ASCO Power Technologies news and updates ASCO’S BACK ALRIGHT

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DIGITAL UPDATES

TechXpert Videos

New TechXpert videos are up. The latest batch of videos details de-rating load banks, form factor selection, and more.

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Digital Binder updates are now live!

It includes 30 new links to different ASCO Power content. This update enriches our binder with educational and relevant content for backup power beginners and professionals.

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ASCO VOICE AMPLIFIED

The finance media outlet announced the ASCO Power Digital Hub display at the 2022 Colorado Association of Healthcare Engineers and Directors Trade Show in May. Yahoo! Finance shares ASCO Power’s 2022 CAHED Trade Show participation

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CUSTOMER STORIES

PPL Electric Utilities Allentown PPL Electric Utilities provides power for more than 2.5 million homes and businesses in the US. Find out how ASCO Power Technologies helped renew one of its facility’s backup power systems in the latest #CustomerTestimonial .

LITERATURE LIBRARY

Technical Brief: Accommodating Fuel Types Using Paralleling Switchgear

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Application Notes: The Power of a QR Code

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Application Notes: Four Reasons to Specify Quick Connects for Backup Power

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ANALYTICS CORNER

ASCO Web Dashboard

As of YTD April 2022, the ASCO website has reached 459K pageviews and 183K sessions. With around 1.96 average sessions per user and a bounce rate of 54% • 19% increase in Pageviews Apr 2022 vs. March 2022 • 9% increase in Sessions Apr 2022 vs. March 2022 • Web Traffic driven by Organic Search using Google, Direct Search (20%) and Referral (5%). • Tech Briefs, User Manual, Drawings, and Events generated the highest Pageviews among asset pages this month. • Campaign drivers that contributed the highest Pageviews and Sessions this month are Google/CPC Campaigns, Events, and On-Demand Webinars

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ASCO Webinar

4 webinars were launched with distinct registrations of 917 registrations for YTD April 2022. • Achieved the 45% of total registration targets for FY2022 of 2,500 registrations. • Gathered 32% Attendance rate. This is 63% of the YTD average attendance goal of 50%. View the Dashboard

ASCO EVENTS CORNER

ASCO Learning Series Webinar: Selective Coordination considerations in Power Transfer This 60-minute webinar describes selective coordination concepts and provides guidance on specifying appropriate automatic transfer switches. The conference will run from 11:00am to 12:00pm EDT on 25th May 2022. Attendees will earn 1.0 PDH/0.1 CEU Credits

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Mobile Classroom

May 12, 2022 - Juan Escobar TBD - Quakertown PA May 17-20, 2022 - Kyrellos Kaldas - TBD May 24, 2022 - Juan Escobar - TBD June 6-13, 2022 - Michael Nowoswiat - TBD

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Trade Shows

May 19, 2022 - 2022 ISHE Spring Conference June 2-3, 2022 - 59th FHEA Trade Show and Annual Educational Conference

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HR UPDATES

Stamford Participates in Biodiversity Event

Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Month Employees were encouraged to plant seeds in a pot or take seeds home to plant in their gardens. Our Stamford, United Kingdom location held their event on May 12th and had a great response! As part of their Community Impact Program, Schneider ran a biodiversity event across their UK and Ireland Sites.

Asian American & Pacific Islander Month takes place in May to celebrate the strength, tenacity, resilience, and contributions of Asian-Americans worldwide. Find out more HERE.

Get Ready To Participate in OneVoice 2022! Let’s #AchieveTogether by constantly listening and improving ourselves.

Career Week Is Here!

Don’t miss this chance to learn how to grow your career by expanding and tapping into your Schneider Electric network

SOCIAL ADVOCACY CORNER

Amplify ASCO’s voice by linking your social media account to the SE Advocacy platform, checking the latest ASCO posts, and sharing them on your profile. In case you missed the education session for the program, The Social Advocacy Training explains the following: • Employee Advocacy

• Reasons to be an Advocate • Employee Advocacy Features

If you want to participate on social media but don’t know what to share, this is your chance! Start the training here . Try the SE Advocacy tool today.

TRAINING COUNCIL

Gain a better understanding of ASCO Power solutions today. Check out this playlist of product fundamentals ranging from Automatic Transfer Switches to Load Banks

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Did you miss the ASCO LayoutFAST Training last month? LayoutFAST is customer-facing software for electrical design and building information modeling (BIM) that saves ASCO customers significant time and energy. LayoutFAST enables our customers to specify ASCO Automatic Transfer Switches and Load Banks into their BIM within minutes. A customer simply goes to layoutfast.se.com, selects and configures their equipment and, with one-click, outputs the virtual model and bill of materials of that equipment. LayoutFAST covers not only ASCO offers, but other Schneider Electric equipment including power products, power systems, and secure power. LayoutFAST also provides other time-saving, design automation features such as creating a one-line diagram of their virtual electrical model with the click of a button. A new version is coming June 8th - stay tuned for even more powerful, time-saving tools from LayoutFAST.

If you’d like a demo or a training, send a request to layoutfast.support@se.com today!

EMPLOYEES CORNER - APRIL

Now it’s time to tip our hats to individuals who went above and beyond!

ASCO Power Technologies shows gratitude to the following star employees for April 2022. Your hard work does not go unnoticed. We thank you for lifting the team with your talent and dedication.

Congratulations to the following Top Performers from each team: Top Performers Supply Chain Customer Service

Marketing

Joanna Marie San Diego

Axl Astorga

Syrell Barlam

Technical Support

Domestic Sales Support

Surge

Lawrence Bayoneto

Carlstan Soriano

Jennifer Cesar

Decx Harel Tanap

Alfredo Engay Jr.

Francis Fernandez

Shermaine Carullo

Aaron Sulapas

It’s time to bust out the confetti to celebrate the following Promotions, New Hires, Achievements and Accomplishments of our teammates! #SEGreatPeople Promotions

Inside Sales

Dave Resurreccion (April 4) Promoted to Senior Technical Support Engineer

Norene Lagañosa (April 18) Promoted to International Inside Sales Specialist

Maldova Mae Marcos (April 18) Promoted to Channel Marketing Schneider Electric Philippines

Domestic Sales Support

Marvin Natividad Inside Sales Engineer

Rizza May Sarona Junior Project Manager

Surge

Arman Suetos Promoted to Engineer 1, Inside Sales

Ralph Anthony Arguelles Taking a new role as part of WFM

New Hires

David Mikhael Roque April 20

Kurt Dela Cruz March 28

Madelene Opena February 28

Shannen Clui Anabo April 11

Mary Andrea Pagudar February 28

Achievements and Accomplishments

Marketing Automated Big Fish activity for lead generation and completion of Google Analytics transition – Syrell Barlam Tamer Mikhael received recognition for excellent work while wearing so many hats whether it’s for services, business development, sales, or key account management. He’s working as a business dev manager while assisting with Meta and Microsoft bids making sure timelines are met. He’s working around the hours and going above and beyond to make sure that ASCO momentum is maintained in the Pacific region.

Spilios Rigopoulos received gratitude from the Sales Team for helping ASCO gain a spot on the map for Pacific Region.

Mardian Junus received recognition for handling CX-level testing efforts for Microsoft even though it is outside his responsibility.

COLLABORATOR’S NOTE

Juan Escobar Field Sales Engineer

“The Digital Hub provides different tools to help our customers understand the backup power solutions offered by ASCO Power Technologies. From infographics to videos - there are different resources that we can use to present concepts and product features. You can use it online or in tabletop displays for Trade Shows.”

APRIL CROSSWORD

NATIONAL ELECTRICAL SAFETY MONTH

Fill out the puzzle with correct terms using the clues provided.

Across: 1. Electrical appliances and tools must be kept away from this substance 3. A non-profi t organization dedicated exclusively to promoting electrical safety 4. Severe ______ is one of the leading causes of electricity disturbances 6. Rolling ____ occur when electric grid operators struggle to keep up with demand. 7. One of the renewable solutions that can provide energy resilience. 9. This occurs if there is a drop in electrical voltage or a drop in the overall electrical power supply. 10. In 2020, U.S. electricity customers experienced an average of ___ hours of power interruptions.

Down: 2. The theme of this year’s National Electrical Safety Month 5. One of the U.S. states with the most power outages last year 8. Power outages in the US has ____ in the span of 20 years

APRIL GAME ANSWERS

April Winners! Mohamad Adlouni Carlstan Soriano Jenina Magararu

The first to finish the puzzle and send a screencap to rozenaysabel.esquivel@ascopower.com wins Step-Up points!

ASCO FEATURE

Bernard Leon is the Global Product Manager for Load Banks. He’s also an avid Muay Thai practitioner or a nak muay . Bernard started his martial arts journey when he was seven years old and earned a brown belt. He lost interest but he eventually reignited his love for martial arts when he was in college. In 2014, he discovered Muay Thai and has been training ever since.

What is Muay Thai? My hobby is Muay Thai which translates to “Thai Boxing”. It is the national sport of Thailand and is a martial art with roots originating from military use dating as far back as the 13th century during the Sukhothai dynasty. It is the “Art of 8 limbs” because a practitioner will use 8 points of contact namely, punches, elbows, knees and kicks. This is different from other common stand-up combat sports such as boxing (2 points - fists) and karate (4 points - fists and feet). What I like about it: Muay Thai has a lot of benefits, a few that I find myself advocating for are: • It builds confidence • Enhances mental strength • Self-defense • Strong camaraderie among fellow practitioners Challenges: • Time commitment • Physically taxing – injuries such as broken toes and ribs can happen!

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Editorial Board

Marketing Team: Roxanne Larcher Larry Grodsky

Steve Castellano Christine Rowan Jim Serrano Tom Hampson Maritess Bernardino Cristine Isorena Syrell Barlam Alyssa Veronica Mercado Gino Yambao

Rozena Ysabel Esquivel Publisher

Rolando Calderon Jr. Creative Director

Franz Raimund Ybud Shannen Clui Anabo

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