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ELECTRIC TIMES
S E R V I N G T H E E L E C T R I C A L I N D U S T R Y I N A R I Z O N A
THE
VOLUME 27, NUMBER 2 www.TheElectricTimes.com
NOVEMBER
2019
Shane Snyder promoted to Cannon & Wendt president
Alan M. Petrillo
Electric Times
Cannon & Wendt Electric Co. has promoted
Shane Snyder to the position of president
, succeeding David Fagan who moved
into the chief executive officer role and
plans on retiring at the end of the year.
Snyder has served as executive vice
president of the company since 2011, and
has held many different positions during his
more than 25 years with Cannon & Wendt.
Cannon & Wendt is a full service electrical
contractor headquartered in Phoenix that
provides electrical contracting and maintenance
, and electrical services including
design-build, integrated project delivery
(IPD), and design assist.
Snyder pointed out that the company’s
business sectors include construction, service,
preventative maintenance, building management
systems and fire alarm systems. Its project
types, he said, include mission critical,
healthcare, office, retail, institutional, government
, hospitality and recreational.
Snyder’s introduction to the electrical
industry was though his best friend’s father
Jerry Taylor in Salt Lake City, Utah, when
he did odd jobs for Taylor Electric during
the summers while in high school. Snyder
received an associate’s degree in applied
science from Dixie Junior College in Utah,
and then transferred to the University of
Utah to work on his bachelor’s degree.
“Jerry Taylor called me during the first
semester of my senior year and offered me
a job in Nevada, which I accepted,” Snyder
said, “and I never returned to the university
to finish my last semester. I did my apprenticeship
in Nevada with Taylor Electric, and
moved with my wife Stacy to Arizona in
1994.”
Snyder said that Cannon & Wendt hired
him as an intermediate journeyman wireman
because he hadn’t taken the union test
at that time, but he got his journeyman’s
ticket later in 1994. In 1998 he moved from
the field into the office to perform project
management duties, and took over that division
in 1999. He then moved up the ranks to
division head, vice president, executive vice
president, and now president.
“Working both the field and office sides
of the business has allowed me to be in tune
to what’s important at Cannon & Wendt,
Shane Snyder
which is our people,” Snyder observed.
“Our field people can make or break us on a
daily basis, so by better understanding their
challenges, we are able to help them succeed
in their work, which helps the company
succeed.”
IEC-AZ shows off new offices, training facilities at open house
Independent Electrical Contractors of
Arizona (IEC-AZ) showed off its new
7,000 square foot location at 4625 S. Ash
Ave., Suite J17, in Tempe during an open
house that took visitors through classrooms
, lab spaces and administrative areas.
Nancy Levey, IEC-AZ executive director
, said that the new space allowed the
organization to expand the size of its rooms
compared to its prior location. Suite J17 is
comprised of four large classrooms with
each having lab space, she pointed out, as
well as large administrative offices for the
executive director and training director,
two other administrative offices, a large
storage area, and larger bathrooms than
See ‘Offices’ page 8 The new IEC-AZ facility includes multiple new training rooms and hands on lab stations.
Currently Cannon & Wendt has nearly
500 full time employees, but that number
fluctuates between 300 and 500 depending
on the time of year and the economy, Snyder
noted.
“Some of the big projects that we take on
require us to put a hundred electricians on
the job,” he said.
Snyder believes that Cannon & Wendt
has the perfect balance among its various
disciplines.
“We have seen our service department
grow a lot,” he said, “and our technical division
, which is low voltage, has seen a phenomenal
growth. In our business, if we’re
not growing, we’re dying, so we continue to
invest and reinvest in our people.”
Snyder pointed out that Cannon & Wendt
is employee owned, so it’s a profit driven
company, not revenue driven.
“Our goal is to provide the best for our
employee owners and their futures,” he
said. “We are considering branching out
into other markets, such as Tucson,
Flagstaff and Prescott, but when we do, we
will want to be part of the community, like
we are here in the Phoenix metro area.”
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ELA expands member portal features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Cory Schneider completes year as NAILD president . . . . . . . . . 4
Border States attracts hundreds to Tucson Trade Show . . . . . . 6
SRP donates solar systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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