meet the venable team 

Decades of experience creating instrumentation that tests critical specifications

Donald Woodard

President

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President

Donald Woodard

Donald is president of Venable Instruments, a provider of electrical and electronic test and measurement instruments for companies across the globe. A 40-year veteran of the mechanical and electronics engineering industry, Donald has helped design, analyze and improve the products and processes of businesses in a wide variety of industries, including power electronics, defense, automotive, motion control aerospace, and utilities. Past APEC Exibits Chairman 2002-2014 and Psma Board of Directors 2011-2017.

Ford Mays

Systems and Applications Engineer

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Systems and Applications Engineer

Ford Mays

Ford earned his BSEE from Texas A&M in 1983 and has worked in several technology segments, including high reliability aerospace, networking, and embedded applications areas.

Manfred (Manny) Trent

Senior Staff Engineer

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Senior Staff Engineer

Manfred (Manny) Trent

Manfred earned his BSEE from University of Oklahoma in 1988 and has worked as an embedded software/firmware engineer for the past 30 years. His background includes Aerospace, Military and Commercial software applications.

Michael Gray

Senior Staff Engineer

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Senior Staff Engineer

Michael Gray

Michael earned his BSEE from the University of Texas in 1997 and has worked in military aviation and power conversion test instruments design, development and applications.

Said Elmoussaoui

Senior Electrical Engineer

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Senior Electrical Engineer

Said Elmoussaoui

Experienced Senior Electrical Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the power electronics and mixed signal design systems industry. Skilled in Matlab, Java,C++, Embedded Systems, Digital Signal Processing. Strong engineering professional graduated from The University of Texas at Austin.

Melony Hodges

Accouting Manager

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Accouting Manager

Melony Hodges

Experienced  Accounting Supervisor with a proven history of success navigating the power electronics and retail market place. Melony obtained her BA from Kennesaw State and worked with the public and private sector.

Jerad Craig

Operations Manager

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Operations Manager

Jerad Craig

Result focused Operations Manager with 15 yrs experience navigating the global power electronics marketplace. Focused on integrating innovative management methods, systems procedures and advanced business practices that induce enhanced earnings and the efficiency of the complete product development cycle.