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When Waiting Isn’t an Option: A Discussion with Jake Ring, President of PDM, Live from PTC 2026

Zach Peña — Chief Executive Officer

Jake Ring — President of PDM

Today, we sit down with Jake Ring, President of PDM, live from PTC 2026 in Hawaii to discuss how his company is disrupting the transformer market with unprecedented lead times, mobile substations, and innovative solutions for the AI factory era's power challenges.

 

In this recording, we’ll review:

  • How PDM went from unknown to having customers approach them at industry conferences
  • The shift from utility builders to data center developers designing their own substations – and the challenges this creates
  • Why transformers are the critical pinch point for accessing grid power and enabling self-generation
  • The mobile substation solution that could accelerate commissioning timelines by months
  • Why commissioning nightmares from 2025 decisions will haunt developers throughout 2026

And much more.

 

 

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Zach Peña

In the last decade, Zach led and built mission critical procurement programs at NTT, Microsoft, and Insight Sourcing Group. As a partner with Decennial Group and the leader of Empirix Partners, he is excited to bring world-class strategic sourcing and procurement advisory to the mission critical industry as we navigate growing demand and new headwinds. Before starting his career in supply chain, he proudly served in the Marine Corps and graduated from the University of Tennessee's top-ranked supply chain management program.
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