Instructors

Paul Abernathy has been serving the electrical industry since 1986. As a graduate of Charlottesville-Albemarle Technical Education Center (CATEC) in 1988 as the valedictorian of the schools electrical program. In 1989, He was the youngest licensed electrician in Virginia at the ripe age of 19. Mr. Abernathy subsequently went on to become a Master Electrician and in 1989 co-founded Double-A Electric, Inc. with his brother in Virginia; a company which Paul’s brother still owns and operates today. Ultimately, Mr. Abernathy went on to forming a separate electrical contracting business and electrical design and code consulting firm.

After selling his electrical contracting/consulting firm in 2007; Mr. Abernathy took over the role as Electrical Engineer II & Electrical Code Supervisor for the City of Richmond, VA and later changes his role and assumed the position of Code Supervisor for the City of Alexandria, VA.

In 2012, Mr. Abernathy accepted a position with the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and serving as the National Electrical Code Expert for the Southern US Region. In 2014, Mr. Abernathy accepted a position with a major wire and cable manufacturer and moved Electrical Code Academy, Inc. to McKinney, Texas. Mr. Abernathy also stays active in the electrical contracting world as the President of Abernathy Electrical Services also located in McKinney, Texas.

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