Manav Patel

Manav Patel is the Vice President of Strategy & Business Transformation at Schneider Electric, responsible for strategy across the company's $6B+ Low Voltage business in North America. He brings more than 15 years spanning electrical power and digital infrastructure: he started in engineering on medium- and low-voltage switchgear and circuit breakers at Eaton, then moved into technology sourcing and product strategy for hyperscale data centers at Meta before joining Schneider Electric. His current focus is the power density surge driven by AI, including why these workloads are forcing a rethink of traditional distribution, how low-voltage DC architectures change total cost of ownership at scale, and what next-generation critical infrastructure strategy looks like in practice. He holds a master's in electrical engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.