Elwood Gilliland has a wide and varied electrical background, having worked in the electric utility, mining, petroleum production and refining, natural gas, and electric motor industries since 1958.

He has been a speaker at electrical conventions throughout the country and has written technical articles that have appeared in Electronic Servicing, Electrical Construction and Maintenance, and Electrical Contractor magazines. Over 2000 individuals have attended his training seminars from most states and several foreign countries.

He developed special programs for the Electrical Apparatus Service Association that were conducted in major cities nationwide.

He is Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) qualified for coal mine surface, low, medium, and high voltage work, and for MSHA electrical qualification retraining. He also holds a Wyoming State Journeyman Electricians’ License.

Elwood did the electrical design on the first solid-state control for ultra-high-slip, multiple-mode-motors, and has developed a system that uses fiber optics for making phase-angle measurements on high voltage lines.

His experience as a lineman, technician, maintenance electrician, electrical supervisor and technical consultant enables him to relate to seminar attendees in a positive, straightforward manner. His presentations contain a sought-after balance of theory and practice.