Keynote Speaker & Trainer Mike Holt

Mike Holt is nationally recognized as one of the nation's leading experts on electrical training and is a contributing Code consultant to EC&M magazine. He is an active member of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI), National Board of Electrical Examiners, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), National Association of Licensing Boards, Florida Association of Electrical Contractors, and the Electrical Council of Florida. He attended the University of Miami's Masters in Business Administration, MBA program. 

Mike has taught more than 1,000 classes covering 40 different electrical related subjects to over 20,000 students. He presents seminars throughout the U.S. and abroad, for individuals, organizations and Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Boeing, Motorola and AT&T. 

Mike has developed nearly 50 different electrical home study training and business management programs, which have been in use since 1978 by electrical apprenticeship training programs, contractors, inspectors, electricians, engineers and plant personnel. His home study programs are approved by all states that permit home study continuing education such as: Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming and various cities and counties.

Mike has worked his way up the trade industry from apprentice electrician, journeyman electrician, master electrician, electrical inspector, electrical contractor, and electrical designer to developer of training programs for the electrical construction industry. 

Mike is committed to the electrical construction industry and is recognized as one of America's most knowledgeable and dynamic electrical educators. His motivational teaching style has given confidence to thousands of electricians who have passed their exams the first time. His development of educational products that are interesting as well as technically correct has made his name synonymous with quality education. His dedication to electrical training is the result of his own struggles as an electrician looking for a program that would help him succeed in this challenging industry.