PVI CM - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- General Manager
- Owner
- President
- President / General Manager - East
Bern Gallagher is the owner and president of PVI, and promotes an underlying philosophy to act as an extension of PVI customers. PVI supplies the most reliable design and build methods that make sense from both a budget and risk management perspective. PVI utilizes a wide range of experts in the field to make sure we are using all of the best practices recognized in the 7x24 mission critical industry while also crafting new ones to meet specific client needs.
Bern Gallagher has over 30 years of experience in the 7x24 mission critical industry. Bern started his career after graduating from Drexel University with a BS in Electrical Engineering. Bern began work as an electrical engineer specializing in switchgear design in 1988 at Robert E. Lamb (Design Build) where he learned the value of working ‘in the field,' at various technical construction sites (PEPCo Data Center and Control Room). In 1993 Bern was hired by one of the big firms, Philadelphia's largest A&E firm, Kling Lindquist (Architecture & Engineering) where he deepened his knowledge of design templates, pharmaceutical standards, financial industry reliability requirements and client relationships.
By 1997 Bern shifted to an owner representative role as he was hired away by one of his clients, Primestar, where he designed their Broadcast control rooms, NOCs, expanded their data centers and increased infrastructure reliability. As Senior Manager and Chief Engineer of infrastructure, Bern was responsible for Primestar's primary technical facilities (Data Centers, NOC and Uplinks) overseeing all major construction and maintenance until DirecTV purchased the company in 2000. He then moved on to QVC where Bern was QVC's lead PM building a 10,000 square foot Data Center at their technical headquarters. All electrical maintenances at QVC were also under Bern. Bern also expanded the QVC Data Centers, grew infrastructure and increased reliability at nine US sites (Call Centers, Uplink and Distribution Centers). Uptime at QVC, a chronic problem before Bern's arrival, became a strength for the organization. Bern, as Director of Broadcast Engineering for QVC, helped the company migrate from Standard Definition to an all new High Definition camera system and Broadcast supported by an all new fiber-optic Broadcast Network designed by PVI's Rob Giampietro. He also designed and built the QVC Studio Store at the Mall of America. The first of its kind broadcasting daily from the store.
In 2007 after Comcast had a major outage in Denver, Bern was recruited as a long term consultant. As the consultant for Comcast and at PVI, Bern executed major builds and the supporting infrastructure. Highlights included NBC's primary control room at Dry Creek, mirroring 30 Rock, building seven 4000A or larger switchgear power systems, multiple control rooms, technical labs and Data Centers at several Comcast National and Division sites.
Bern and his PVI team members are often asked to act as a project general contractor, performing design build turnkey solutions. Bern, leaning on his team approach learned at Primestar, QVC and Comcast, helps clients with conceptual design solutions that turn into design build projects. These designs solutions are created using Bern's experience as a detailed engineer, owner representative and technical build GC. The natural progression to maintain what PVI has designed and built, came easy to Bern due to his extensive experience as an infrastructure representative at Primestar, QVC and Comcast. When Bern is combined with the experience over 70 PVI employees, PVI's goal of succeeding as an extension of their clients, can be achieved.
Diane has been in the Program & Project Management field for over 25 years. Diane received a Bachelor of Science and a Master's degree in Electrical & Biomedical Engineering from Drexel University, and has worked in a variety of industries where she has held several roles including Engineer, Project Manager, Program Manager and Manager.
Diane came to PVI CM in 2019 to serve as the Director of Operations, overseeing all aspects of PVI's financial, HR, and key business functions to meet client needs and service targets. Diane has implemented key changes and improvements to PVI's staffing, licensing, and financial processes as part of PVI's day to day operations. In order to meet client expectations and resourcing requirements, Diane also spearheaded key training and communication activities, consolidating and updating functionality of key user technologies.
Before coming to PVI, Diane spent 15 years at QVC where she was responsible for Program & Project Management for Merchandising, Planning and Customer Service functions. This included large IT capital projects to design and implement various technology upgrades, including a suite of SAP modules (Materials Management, Quality Management, and Financial Accounting). Diane also directed key change management activities, including training, communication and readiness for these diverse client areas and technologies. Prior to QVC, Diane worked for over 10 years in a variety of Program & Project Management roles at Boeing Helicopters. This included directing the design, analysis, and test of support equipment to enhance various levels of aircraft maintenance solutions. Solutions also focused on updated processes for avionics maintenance that were designed to prevent disruptions with aircraft build and delivery schedules.
Job Titles:
- Director - D / C Power - GA
- Director - DC Power Division
- Director of DC Operations
The Director started his professional career in the Marine Corps in 1984 as a "legacy" 4th Generation Marine, where he served for 20 years. Upon transitioning from active duty to the Reserves, Jeffrey started as a Factory OEM Field Service installer for the Battery Manufacture/Service company, Yuasa / Later to be known as EnerSys. He continued his education in battery technology to receive his degree in Electro-Chemical Engineering working his way up from Field Installer to (FSS) Field service supervisor. He then made the transition and was promoted to the position as the Director of Operations Great Lakes region with Energy Products & Services (EP&S) which eventually became US Energia. Using this opportunity to expand his knowledge into the RF and engineering parts of Cellular industry. He volunteered to one of the first US Energia members to attend the "ComTrain" Tower Climbing School, eventually becoming a train the trainer for the company. As the organization changed so did, Jeffrey's roles and responsibilities taking over the role as the National Director of Operations for the entire United States managing 3 Regional Managers and 60 Project Managers with 120 Installers Nationwide.
In 2009 Jeffrey transitioned to a DC power Technical consultant, providing resources and expertise on subject matter. While continuing his education, He then transitioned to the Director of Operations/Director of Cell Tower Services/Environmental Health & Safety Manager for US Energy that later became UltraLife Energy Services. Jeffrey was involved with the setting up and daily operations for all of the DC Power and Cellular provider service contracts including the $27,000,000.00 contract for 4G/LTE installs.
Jeffrey joined the PVI team as the Director of DC Operations, providing the technical skillset to aid in the set-up, design, and problem solving, and troubleshooting of DC Power, battery, and inverter systems. Providing our customers with design, build and troubleshooting support, as well as training in the use, deployment, and capabilities of DC Equipment and battery backup systems, while providing oversight and guidance to the teams project managers. Lending his experience to services including full turnkey, design, and building of Critical Infrastructure data centers, clean room environments. Installation of DC Power Plants from 100 Amps to 10,000 Amps. Provided the technical support for a "Green and Sustainable" facility utilizing (PV) Photo Voltaic power coupled with a DC rectification back up and supported with (Li-Ion) Lithium Ion battery backup system. This state of the art facility is an innovative test site proving the viability of a solar powered and DC backed up solution to the end user. Providing DC power to the desktop. He continues to further his personal growth and education. He attended the Martial Arts Hall of Fame in Valencia, Spain in 2009 where he received the "Military Martial Arts Instructor of the Year award" He keeps his professional education up to date with Bellcore/Telcordia and red card and the latest SCTE/ISBE Performance Expectations Inside Plant (ISP) .
In his personal time enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking, camping and practicing of primitive survival skills Jeffrey competed on a national level in long range shooting and holds several certifications through the NRA. He is a member of the Marine Corps League and volunteers his time to organizations like the Young Marines of the Marine Corps League and the Marine Cadets helping to assure the next generation of Americans are ready to meet any challenges that face our great nation.
Job Titles:
- Director - AC Power Division
- Director - AC Power Division - South
Patrick began his career in 2005 installing and maintaining residential electrical systems. When the housing market collapsed in 2008 he joined the IBEW and began a 4 year apprenticeship program to become a Journeyman Wireman.
After completing the apprenticeship 2nd in his class he proceeded to work on various projects at Ft. Benning Georgia and a 40 million dollar natural gas conversion project for Georgia Power at one of their coal burning power plants. While there, Patrick was recruited by Georgia Power to work with the commissioning team to start up and test the new system due to the vital roles he played during the installation.
Patrick moved on to become a Foreman for Cleveland Electric and led multiple crews during the installation of a 120 Megawatt solar array for Southern Company and a 800,000 sq ft. Google data center. He also spent time working on the Landslide Modernization project at Hartsfield Jackson Airport until he was offered a position with PVI.
In February of 2017 he joined PVI working as a Project Manager and Electrical Foreman leading his coworkers while successfully completing numerous UPS installations, Data center expansions, Building Automation systems, HVAC and AC/DC system upgrades for the 24x7 Mission Critical Industry. He has also led the installation of multiple EV charging stations for Electrify America.
Quality and customer satisfaction has always been top priority for Patrick as he continues to strive for excellence in all aspects of the industry.
Job Titles:
- Director - Structured Cabling / Technology
- Director - Technology
Rob has been in the IT industry for over 20 years. A graduate of Drexel University, with a degree in Electrical & Computer Enginnering, he has held the role of Consultant, Architect, Manager, Senior System Administrator, Network Designer, Network Administrator, and Developer.
At PVI, Rob is responsible for technology and architecture direction. He oversees technical selection of core business technology, development, implementation, maintenance, data security and day to day operations of technologies used by both PVI corporate and our customer solutions.
Rob was a senior member of the team architecting and supporting technologies for an infrastructures of over 10K employees. He later moved to a smaller core business group to evaluate, re-design, implement and support a new technical infrastructure. Rob directed his technical team to ensure they continually adapted and reconfigured the infrastructure to support new business requirements and work-flow interoperability with the larger corporate environment.
Prior to joining PVI , Rob was involved in a multi-year initiative involving the migration of IT/technical services to a new data center. This involved new technologies in many areas. Requirements of the final design included a 3K node network, updated Microsoft domain, latest offering from Cisco networking technology, and a new end-user environment.
Job Titles:
- Critical Facilities Operations Manager / Accomplished Data Center