TÜV Rheinland has named Fred Zhu Business Development Manager for the Business Field Electrical and Product Safety. He will focus on inverter, converter and other power-system related products in North America. Mr. Zhu will also be responsible for planning an inverter testing laboratory in the Pleasanton, Calif., office, where he is based.
Mr. Zhu takes on his new role after more than 17 years of experience in regulatory compliance industry, including four years of inverter and converter testing for products marketed to the USA, Canada, and Europe. He joins TÜV Rheinland after having worked for four years at Intertek, Cortland, N.Y., leading a group specializing in inverter and converter testing and certification in the US and Canada.
Mr. Zhu’s career at TÜV Rheinland dates back to 1995 when he served at the Shanghai office as a project engineer, a technical reviewer, a TÜV CERT QS auditor, and the Information Technology Equipment group manager. In 2004, Mr. Zhu served as a Senior Engineer at TUV Rheinland North America.
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“Fred’s extensive product testing and certification experience and long history with TÜV Rheinland allow him to pull together our engineering, sales and marketing resources and form a strong team to serve the inverter and converter industry,” said Sarb Shelopal, Director of Business Field, Electrical, at TUV Rheinland North America.
Prior to his career at TÜV Rheinland, Mr. Zhu spent eight years teaching Electrical Circuits and its applications in a college of Bengnbu City, Anhui province, China. He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Southeastern University, Nanjing, China.
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“During its 140-year history, TÜV Rheinland has formed a unique way of business development and operations,” said Zhu. “We have experts all over the world in the inverter and converter certification industry as well as a strong International Approvals team, which allows us to provide top-quality services answering the requirements of new national and international standards.”
For more information about TÜV Rheinland, visit www.tuv.com/us.
About TÜV Rheinland Electrical Group
TÜV Rheinland is a leading provider of international testing and certification services with expertise in product assessment as well as EMC, electrical and telecommunications safety testing. The company’s 10-, 5- and 3-meter anechoic and semi-anechoic EMC laboratories can accommodate large and small products. Additionally, TÜV Rheinland offers CE Marking and other services to give companies a competitive advantage while selling their products to global markets.
About TÜV Rheinland
Founded in 1872, TÜV Rheinland is a global leader in independent testing, inspection, and certification services, ensuring quality and safety for people, the environment and technology in nearly all aspects of life. The company maintains a presence in 500 locations spanning 61 countries, employs 16,000 people and has an annual revenue of $1.9 billion (€1.4 billion). TÜV Rheinland inspects technical equipment, products and services, oversees projects and helps to shape processes for a wide variety of companies through its worldwide network of approved labs, testing facilities and education centers. Since 2006, the company has been a member of the United Nations Global Compact to promote sustainability and combat corruption. For more information, visit www.tuv.com/us.
