Bill Manning

Bill Manning is Vice President of Global Business Power Solutions for APC by Schneider Electric. He is responsible for new offer design, development, and go-to-market strategies for single phase server and network Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) solutions, with annual revenues of over $1 billion, focusing on providing availability of business critical applications. Bill has been with APC and Schneider Electric for 17 years and has held various engineering management and director positions with responsibility for technical direction and offer creation of single phase UPS solutions. Prior to joining APC, he held design engineering leadership and program management positions at Texas Instruments. Bill holds 10 U.S. patents and received his Bachelor and Master Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University and Northeastern University, respectively.

How do I know when my UPS needs a battery replacement? Intelligent Battery Management and the new Smart-UPS On-Line

Bill Manning Posted March 11, 2015 & viewed 17515 times

How long do UPS batteries last? As partners, that’s one of the questions we get the most – especially when they call us once that infamous “BEEP” warning of low battery starts up. Conventional wisdom… Read more »

Watts Versus Volt-Amperes (VA) and How to Properly Size a UPS – Smart-UPS Unity Power Factor Gives Customers More Real Power

Bill Manning Posted February 17, 2015 & viewed 11532 times

How many times has a customer contacted you, believing they know what size UPS (uninterruptible power supply) they need to support their specific load, only to leave you the difficult task of explaining that watts… Read more »