Staff Biographies
Administration
Ryan Tracy – Director of Education
Ryan Tracy is a licensed Master Electrician with over two decades of experience in residential, commercial, and generator electrical systems. He is the Director of Education at Maine Electrical Institute, where he manages, trains, and mentors the next generation of electricians.
Ryan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Science from the University of Maine at Augusta and an Associate’s degree in Integrated Electronics and Electrical Technology from Kennebec Valley Community College. He is trained in Kohler and Generac generator systems, propane/natural gas systems, EPA 608, and Daikin and Samsung mini split heat pump technologies. He also holds a Master’s degree in Education from Thomas College in Waterville, Maine.
His career includes experience with firms such as McFarland Electric, Kaplan Electrical Construction, and Mid Maine Generator, as well as owning and operating his own business, Tracy Electric. He started his teaching career at Kennebec Valley Community College in January of 2022 before joining the team at MEI a few years later.
Ryan has been married for 23 years and is the proud father of a 17-year-old son and a 14-year-old daughter. He lives in Augusta, Maine, and enjoys ATVing and fishing during the summer months, and snowmobiling and ice fishing during Maine’s winters.
Jeff Beach
Jeff grew up in Auburn and Orrington, ME. He attended the University of Maine at Orono briefly, then received an AAS in Electrical Power Technology from Eastern Maine Community College. He also took classes from Wentworth Institute and UNH.
He worked for Stone and Webster Engineering, United Testing Labs, and United Engineering as a Nuclear QC/QA Inspector where he received an Electrical QC Level 1 Inspector certification working at Nine Mile Point (NY), Susquehanna Nuclear plant (PA), and Seabrook Nuclear Station (NH).
He worked for Madison Paper for a short time, and then at SAPPI paper in Skowhegan, ME as an Electrical/Instrumentation Journeyman for 36 years where he was responsible for troubleshooting and repairing electrical / instrument equipment in the paper mill, boiler house, pulp mill, wood-yard and support facilities and programed and used PLC’s and Honeywell DCS to troubleshoot plant failures and support new projects.
He received his State of Maine Master electrician license in 1989 and ran a part-time electrical contracting business since then. He also had a Dish Network retail business for several years. He worked briefly for Casco Bay Electric before becoming an instructor for MEI in July of 2024.
Jeff and his wife, Peggy, built their retirement home in New Gloucester in 2022. They have a son, Alex, who lives in Saco and works in Data Analytics; and a daughter, Charlotte, who lives in Gorham and works as an Actuary. Charlotte and her husband, Cam, have 2 young daughters.
Jeff enjoys golfing, skiing, cycling , and spending time with his children and grandchildren.
He likes the challenge and diversity of teaching the electrical courses at MEI and looks forward to continuing to teach the next generation of electricians.
Keven Vachon
Keven’s background is in industrial and commercial applications; He has had a Master electrician license in New Hampshire and in the State of Maine since 1972.
His career began at the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant as an Electrical Maintenance Supervisor from 1981 to 1998. He then worked at Maine Energy Recovery Company as a supervisor from 1998 to 2001. From 2001-2005, he joined Central Maine Power Company in the position of electrical maintenance planner at Cousins Island in Yarmouth.
His electrical teaching career started in 2005 at Mid-Maine Technical Center in Waterville and continued until 2016. Later that year he accepted a position as an adjunct professor at Kennebec Valley College as an electrical instructor until 2022. He is currently an instructor at Maine Electrical Institute.