Last week it was announced that Patrick Ryan, IEEE PES Executive Director, and a member of our Transformer Technology community, passed away.

Earlier this year, our Editor in Chief Alan Ross met up with Patrick to discuss a new initiative within IEEE Power Energy Society that is empowering change - the Smart Village Initiative.

The interview was published in our Spring 2020 edition, and today, in memory of Patrick Ryan, we bring you this interview in full here:

https://www.powersystems.technology/download/pdf/TTissue5_Pat-Ryan-Interview.pdf