
Marty Schumacher
Owner & Electrical Training SpecialistM.S. Electrical Training LLC
Marty Schumacher was a Howard County electrical inspector and senior Electrical Plans Examiner for 29 years. He holds a Maryland master electrician license and journeyman’s license and is a member of the NFPA, IAEI, and AFAA and is an IAEI Certified Master Inspector(CEI-M), Certified Electrical Master Code Professional (CMECP®), ICC certified inspector, electrical plans examiner, and MD State Fire Marshall 3rd party inspector. Marty serves on five Underwriters Laboratories (UL) standards technical panels (489,498,2994,506,2231) and in 2013, and again in 2019, the Chesapeake Chapter of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors, voted Marty in as its next President. As a trained electrician and former electrical contractor, Marty brings his lifetime of learning and over 20 years as a code instructor into all his classes. His high energy, dynamic approach, and years of developing unique techniques and skills as an expert speaker will help you with all of your electrical code training needs. His background as a musician, Sunday School teacher, auctioneer, master of ceremonies, and many more public speaking engagements, have uniquely prepared him for teaching.
In July of 2009, Marty won the “Top Gun Instructor” award in Orlando, Florida at the Mike Holt, “Train the Trainer seminar.” Twenty-Eight instructors from all over the country chose Marty as the “Top Gun,” and Mike Holt awarded him this distinct honor.
A lifelong Marylander, Marty lives in Westminster with his wife Trish and has three children. Along with a passion for traveling the world, Marty and Trish just recently became beekeepers. Marty is active on numerous electrical boards and committees nationally as well as the state of Maryland and is committed to giving back to the industry that he loves.
Marty Schumacher’s Session(s):
11:00 am–12:00 pm | Tue, March 25, 2025
Workshop J: Essential Electrical Code Considerations in Commercial and Residential Installations
The session will cover electrical code challenges in both commercial and residential installations. Speaker Marty Schumacher will use specific case studies showing common violations and overcoming challenges and interpretations with the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ), such as load calculations, disconnect rules, UL Standards, parking lots, GFCI requirements, installation instructions, and other common installation rules. Marty will also discuss certain State EV mandates, such as California, Maryland, and other jurisdictions throughout the country.
Marty serves on UL's EV Technical Panel, UL2231, and has performed hundreds of electrical inspections for EVs for local, state, and federal installations.