DistribuTECH Conference 2020 | DISTRIBUTECH International | 28 January 2020 | Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 900 E Market St, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA

This event is the leading annual transmission and distribution event that addresses technologies used to move electricity from the power plant through the transmission and distribution systems to the meter and inside the home. The conference and exhibition offer information, products and services related to electricity delivery automation and control systems, energy efficiency, demand response, renewable energy integration, advanced metering, T&D system operation and reliability, communications technologies, cyber security, water utility technology and more.

Our goal isn’t to say we’re the biggest and best event in transmission and distribution today. It’s to be it—for our customers—for years to come.

2020 Speakers

Raed Abdullah
Distribution Engineer and initiator of MiGen project, Hydro Ottawa

Jason Abiecunas
Associate Vice President, Black & Veatch

Geir Abusdal
System Manager, Agder Energi

Shankar Achanta
Engineering Director, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc.

Ankush Agarwal
Director, Infrastructure Analytics, Exelon

Kerri Ahern
Customer Digital Experience Program Manager, New York Power Authority

Navid Ahmadiyeh
Engineer, Advanced Technology, Southern California Edison

Nisar Ahmed
Master of Science in Software Engineering student, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

Reza Alaghehband P.E.
Power System Principal Engineer, Austin Energy

Anntonette Alberti JD
Category Manager, Customer Energy Management NY, National Grid

Sharon S. Allan
Chief Innovation Officer, SEPA

Genesis Alvarez
Operations Engineer, Dominion Energy

Phillip Amaya
Technical Services Division Manager, Magic Valley Electric Cooperative

Gabriel Andaya
Engineer, Southern California Edison

April Anderson
Director, Adaptive Planning Software, Atonix Digital

Alexander Apostolov
Principal Engineer, OMICRON Electronics

Samer Arafa
Lead Engineer, National Grid

Jorge Araiza Jr.
Engineer, Southern California Edison

Kristen Ardani
Group Manager-Markets and Policy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Md Arifujjaman
Sr. Engineer, Southern California Edison (SCE)

Thomas Artau
Wholesale Renewable Manager, Duke Energy

Marc Asano
Director, Advance T&D Planning, Hawaiian Electric

Ed Atienza
Development Lead Engineer, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc.

Manuel Avendaño
Sr. Manager, Emerging Technologies & Valuation, Southern California Edison

Nelson Bacalao
Senior Manager, Consulting, Siemens Power Technologies International

Noah Badayos
Engineer, Southern California Edison

Henry Bailey
Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Utegration

Patrick Balducci
Chief Economist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Parker Barnes
Product Manager, Google Cloud

Rich Barone
Director - Demand Response, Hawaiian Electric

Bill Becker
Manager of Power Generation Products, Woodward, Inc.

Phil Beecher
President & CEO, Wi-SUN Alliance

Mike Beehler
Chief Operating Officer, Mike Beehler & Associates, LLC

Craig Befus
Sales Manager, Eaton

Joseph Belechak
Senior Manager, Accenture

Krista Benjamin
Director, Education and Communication, Minnesota Rural Electric Association

Charles Berndt
Manager, Grid Technology, Hydro Ottawa Ltd.

Santosh Bhadule
GIS and Utility Operational Technology Architect, Burns & McDonnell

Rolf Bienert
Managing Director, OpenADR Alliance

George Bjelovuk
Vice President - Energy Solutions, Siemens

Joseph Blackwell
Director, Commercial Energy Solutions, Leidos

Navneeta Borooah
Director, Marketing, Altran Group

Paul Bower
CTO, OBI Partner Inc.

Ryan Bradetich
V.P., Automation and Communications, Schweitzer Engineering

Christina Braga
Professional Trainee/Undergraduate, Southern California Edison

Curtis Braham
SCADA Design Engineer, AltaLink

Kimberly Britton
CEO, EPIcenter

Michael Brown
Manager, DSM Services, NV Energy

Pat Brown
Technical Executive, Electric Power Research Institute

Richard Brown
Principal, Exponent Inc.

Walter Brown
General Manager, NextEra Energy Resources

Christoph Brunner
President, it4power

Ellen Buck
Vice President, Oncor Electric Delivery

Jean Bueno
Solutions Architect, Energisa

Theresa Burch
Manager, Customer Solutions, Puget Sound Energy

Stephen Callahan
Vice President, Strategy and Solutions, IBM

Hector Camacho
Senior Engineer, Southern California Edison

Zac Canders
Co-founder, DataCapable

Daniel Carr
Head, Smart Cities, Alectra Utilities

Ricardo Carrera
Distribution Automation Engineer, Commonwealth Edison

Jerry Casarella
Enterprise Architect, PSEG Services Corp.

Marissa Castoro
Engineer, Con Edison

Brian Chabot
Manager Core Business Ops, Pepco Holdings Inc.

Beth Chacon
Director of Grid Storage & Emerging Technology, Xcel Energy

Ian Chapman
Gas Construction Engineering Supervisor, PG&E

Eric Charette P.E.
Executive Director, Business Development Utilities, Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure

David Chassin
Staff Research Scientist, Stanford National Linear Acceleration Lab (SLAC)

Ronald Chebra
Vice President, Grid Modernization, EnerNex, LLC

Yonghong Chen
Consulting Advisor, MISO

Christopher Cheng
Senior Project Manager, NYSERDA

H.G. Chissell
Founder and CEO, Advanced Energy Group

Panitarn Chongfuangprinya
Senior Research Scientist, Hitachi America Ltd.

Shadi Chuangpishit
Principal Consultant, Quanta Technology

Raj Chudgar
Chief Executive Officer, Demand Power Inc.

Renee Cinar
Engineer, Emerging Technology & Valuation|Grid Technology & Modernization |Southern California Edison

Aaron Clark
System Protection Engineer, Dominion Energy

G. Larry Clark PE, IEEE Fellow
Retired Principal Engineer - Power Delivery, Retired from Alabama Power Company, a Southern company

Brett Cockerham
Application Engineer, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc.

Dan Coleman
UG Network Engineering Supervisor, American Electric Power

Jeff Cook
Energy Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

John Cooper
Vice President, Business Development, Americas, Tritium Technologies

Kevin Cornish
Senior Managing Director, Management Consulting, Black and Veatch

Stephen Costello
Partner/Senior Director/Energy, CIMA+/Costello Utility Consultants

Dave Crudele
Program Manager, Smart Grid, New York State Energy Research Development Authority (NYSERDA)

Robert Currie
CTO, Smarter Grid Solutions

Valentina Dabic M.ENg., P.Eng., CRM
Specialist Engineer, Distribution Automation Planning, BC Hydro

Itai Dadon
Global Head, Smart Cities & IIoT, Itron Inc.

Giovanni Damato
Principal Project Manager, Energy Storage and Distributed Generation, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Michael Danziger
Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Euan Davidson
Production Engineering Director, Smarter Grid Solutions

Phil Davis
Vice President, Sterling Planet

Sahadeb De
Consultant

Tércius de Morais
Engineering Manager, Energisa

Jason De Stigter
Manager, Capital Asset Planning, Burns & McDonnell

Russell DeSalvo
Manager, Smart Grid/Technology, ComEd

Kevin Ding
Director, Advanced Digital Systems, CenterPoint Energy

Ronald Dornin
Manager, Metering Systems, Duquesne Light

Damon Dougherty
Account Manager, GE Grid Solutions

Paul Duncan
Practice Leader, MPR Associates Inc.

Nicholas Duong
Senior Engineer, Southern California Edison

Patty Durand
President and CEO, Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative

Robert Duval
Director, Operations, Itron Inc.

Joel Dykstra
Project Engineer, Black & Veatch

Nick Edney
Senior Electrical Engineer
McKinstry

Omar El Shal
Manager, Emerging Technology
Entergy Services LLC

Hunter Ellis
Strategic Research Analyst
EPB

David Elve
Chief Marketing Officer, PayGo

Babak Enayati
Manager, Technology Deployment, National Grid

Heiko Englert
Director, Product Portfolio Management, Siemens AG

Johan Enslin FIEEE, FSAIEE, PrENG
Executive Director, Energy Systems Program and Duke Energy Endowed Chair in Smart Grid Technology, Clemson University

Tim Epp
Senior Manager, Work and Asset Management, Snohomish County PUD

Steinar Rune Eriksen
Project Manager, Nodes

Denise Ernst
Vice President, Parks Associates

Mark Esguerra
Sr. Director of Electric Distribution Asset Management, Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

Anthony Eshpeter
Chief Technology Officer, SUBNET Solutions Inc.

Tom Eyford
Master Principal Solution Architect, Oracle Utilities

Alicia Farag
CEO, LocusView Solutions

Ron J. Farquharson
Principal Consultant, Mount Victoria Consulting Ltd.

Michael Faulk
CIS Manager, Memphis Light, Gas & Water

Jill Feblowitz
President, Feblowitz Energy Consulting

Ryan Fehrenbacher
Power & Utilities Digital Grid Partner, Ernst & Young

Barry Feldman
Director, Operational Technology and Metering, AES/IPL

Paul Feldman
Board Director and Industry Advisor, EnergySec Board, Indeco Board, Exacter Advisor, Claroty Advisor

Eric Fell
Specialist - EHS Safety, Con Edison

Ítalo Ferreira Martins
Engineering Coordinator, Energisa

Jose Florencio Neto
Staff Electrical Engineer, Burns & McDonnell

Kevin Fok
Director, Operations, LG Chem

David Foltz
Sales Director, Sensus, a Xylem brand

John Franklin
ADMS Lead, National Grid

Paul Fratellone
Director Software Products, TESCO

Tom Friedman
Managing Partner, AlignResults Consulting LLC

Kristofer Frojd
Head of Strategy & Business Development, Ellevio

Bennie Fussell
Smart Grid Solution Architect, Schneider Electric

Stipe Fustar
Executive Consultant, ESTA International

Andy (Joseph) Gaither
Supervisor, NV Energy

Joe Gammie
Business Development Engineer, PowerSecure, Inc.

Jana Ganion
Sustainability and Government Affairs Director, Blue Lake Rancheria

Fernando Garcia
Grid Modernization Lead, HDR

Manuel Garcia
Engineer, Southern California Edison

Sotiris Georgiopoulos
Head of Smart Grid Development, UK Power Networks

Koustuv Ghoshal
Managing Director - Energy & Utilities Practice, Ericsson Inc.

John Zachary Gibson
Manager, Distribution System Operation, Avista

Salman Gill
Manager, Global Business Development, ABB, Inc.

Paul Gioupis
CEO, ZEEM

Geoff Glave
Senior Product Manager, Clevest

David Glenwright
Principal Consultant, Black and Veatch Management Consulting LLC

Paula Gold-Williams
President & CEO, CPS Energy

Frank Gonzales
Senior Engineer, Southern California Edison

Art Gonzalez
Manager ADMS, Austin Energy

Heriberto Gonzalez
Principal Project Manager, ComEd

Joel Greene
Director, 61850 Development, Triangle Microworks Inc.

Sean Griffin
President, Disaster Intelligence, Inc.

Kyle Grossmann
Sr. Manager, Network Strategy & Planning, Xcel Energy

Renee Guillory
Energy Innovation Program Consultant, Arizona Public Service

Abhay Gupta
CEO, Bidgely

Eric Gupta
Advanced Grid Delivery Director, Xcel Energy

Sophie Hackford
Co-founder, 1715 Labs

Mark Hadley
Cybersecurity Researcher, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Julia Hamm
President & CEO, Smart Electric Power Alliance

Jason Handley
Director, Smart Grid and Emerging Technology, Duke Energy

Shawn Harrison
Senior Program Specialist, New York Power Authority

Jim Helmberger
Principal Engineer-IEM, Planning & Strategy, Omaha Public Power District

Jared Heltsley
Asset Management Engineer, AES/IPL

Ratanak Heng
Manager, Advanced Analytics, Exelon Utilities

Giovanni Herazo
Smart Grid & Innovation Lead Project Manager, Florida Power & Light

Stanislav Hes
Head of Modeling and Analysis, CEZ Distribuce

Kyra Holt
Director of Engineering, SEI Professional Services

Ken Horne
Director, Navigant Consulting Inc.

Doug Houseman
Principal Consultant, Burns & McDonnell

Kelsy Houston
Project Manager, LO3 Energy

Jamie Howard
Utilities T&D Manager, Accenture, PLC

Shawn Hu
Principal Consultant, Xtensible Solutions

Christopher Huff P.E.
Senior Engineer, Southern California Edison

Frederick Huff
Lead Engineer, Emerson

David Hulinsky
Director, Utility Telecom & Automation, Black & Veatch

Aminul Huque
Principal Project Manager, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Anthony Hurley
Managing Director, Utility Practice, Witt O'Briens, a SEACOR company

Andrew Ingram
Senior Research Engineer, Southern Company Services Inc.

Peggy Ip
Engineer Scientist, Energy Storage and Distributed Generation, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Ali Ipakchi
Executive Vice President, Smart Grid and Green Power, OATI

Michael Ippoliti
AV/CV/EV Program Manager, HDR Engineering

Wahhaj Irfan
Principal Project Manager, ComEd

Michelle Isenhouer Hanlin
Senior Project Manager, Booz Allen Hamilton

Bruno Iwamoto
Director Latin America Business, S&C

Bradley Jacobs
Technology Consulting Manager, Accenture

Sally Jacquemin
Sr. Director Distribution & Smart Grid, Open Systems International Inc.

Pedram Jahangiri
Manager, National Grid

Gil Jakubowski
Transmission Shift Manager, Exelon (BGE) – Transmission Ops and Planning

Marco C. Janssen
Digital Grid Leader Latin America, EY

Brent Jensen
Engagement Director, Bentley Systems

Michael Jensen
Principal Protection Engineer System Protection, Pacific Gas & Electric Company

Steve Jeong
Senior Gas Engineer, PG&E

Jeremi Jermakowicz
Software Product Manager, S&C Electric Company

Gary Johnson
Sales Director North Central, Utility Telecom & Automation, Black & Veatch

Mark Johnson
Executive Consultant, Excergy Corp.

Ted Johnson
Director, IT, Real-time Systems, ComEd, Exelon Business Services Company

Carol Johnston
Vice President Product and Marketing, Clevest

Fred Johnston
Manager Grid Modernization, Alliant Energy

Flynt Jones
Lead Engineer, Duke Energy

Salman Kahrobaee
Senior Engineer, Southern California Edison

Sameer Kalra
Principal Business Architect, Pacific Gas & Electric

Mital Kanabar
Chief Applications Architect, GE Grid Solutions

James Karcher
Manager, ADMS Program, Duquesne Light Company

Farid Katiraei
Senior Director, Advanced Technology Integration, Quanta Technology

Matthew Kedis
Engineer, Southern California Edison

Ben Kellison
Director, Grid Edge Research, GTM Research, a Wood MacKenzie company

Jeff Kensok
Consulting Engineer, Puget Sound Energy

Scott Kessler
Prosper Portland

Jim Ketchledge
CEO & President, Excergy Corp.

Matthew Ketschke
Senior Vice President, ConEdison

Amin Khodaei
Assistant Professor and Department Chair, University of Denver

Chris Kiergan
Senior Manager, Energy & Utilities Practice, West Monroe Partners LLC

Randy Kimura
Principal Engineer SCADA, AltaLink

Eliza C. King
Director, Customer Care, Memphis Light Gas & Water

Alison Kling
Specialist, REV Demonstration Projects, ConEdison

Dennis Kluck
AMI Ops Manager, WEC Energy Group

John Kochavatr
Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Portland General Electric

Evan Kolkos
Manager of Distributed Energy Resources, New York Power Authority (NYPA)

Michelle Kolp
Director AMI OPS & Strategy, WEC Energy Group

Clay Koplin
Chief Executive Officer, Cordova Electric Cooperative

Ben Kregel
Principal Project Manager, ComEd

David G. Kreiss
Practice Lead - Advanced T&D Analytics, Bridgewater Consulting Group

Lee Krevat
CEO, Krevat Energy Innovations

Michael Kuberski
Director, IT, UComm (Utility Communications), Exelon Business Services Company

Jan Kula
Specialist for Modeling, CEZ Distribuce

Vincent Kulchycki
Chief Operating Officer, Lakeland Holding Ltd.

Joe LaCasse
Manager, Xcel Energy

Marc Lacroix
V.P. Business Development- Energy, eMcREY

Alex Lago
PwC

Moein Lak
Senior Advisor, Southern California Edison

Winnie Lam
Global Client Lead, Energy, Google

Peter Landauer
Business Development Executive/Utilities, Ernst & Young LLP

Jeremy Laundergan
Vice President, EnerNex

Stuart Laval
Director, Technology Development, Duke Energy

Jared Leader
Manager of Industry Strategy, Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Mark Ledbetter
Manager, Enterprise Spatial & Mobility Services, Salt River Project

Patrick Lee
CEO, PXiSE Energy Solutions

Muhidin (Dino) Lelic
Director, Applied R&D, Quanta Technology

Scott Lepold
Partner Accounting Manager, EV Utility Programs, FleetCarma, a division of Geotab

Ryan Levine
Senior Manager, Ernst & Young

David Lewry
Principal Manager, T&D Asset Management, Southern California Edison

Jong Min Lim
Sr. Data Scientist, Sentient Energy

Tomas Linhart
Specialist for Modeling, CEZ Distribuce

Andrew Loan
Engineer 3, Southern California Edison

Christopher Lopez
Engineer, Southern California Edison

Roy Lum
Director, IT Elec./Gas Strategy Planning, PG&E

Ted Lyberogiannis
Sr. Manager, Distribution Asset Management, Hydro One

Kelly Lyman
Vice President, IT PECO and Exelon Utilities Real-time Systems, Exelon Business Services Company

Mark Maass
Senior Program Manager, Cyient Inc.

Arindam Maitra
Senior Technical Executive, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Ross Malme
Partner, Skipping Stone

Tim Manandhar
Lead Smart Grid Technology Engineer, UK Power Networks

Adam Manella
Senior Advisor, Southern California Edison

Kumar Mankala
Data Scientist, Southern California Edison

Todd Marks
CEO/Founder, Mindgrub Technologies

Meredith Marmande
BA - DMSOMS Business Process Development, Accenture

Otto Marquardt
Area Manager- Major Projects, Wisconsin Public Service/WE Energies

Andy Marshall Phd.
Practice Director, Utility Solutions, Landis+Gyr

Mark S. Martinez
Senior Portfolio Manager, Southern California Edison

Raymundo Martinez
Principal, Emerging Technology & Innovations, Tucson Electric Power

Ralph Masiello
Senior V.P. of Innovation, DNV KEMA

Thea Matlock
Sr. Distribution Operations Engineer, Oklahoma Gas and Electric

Lea Maurer
Automation Systems Application Director, S&C Electric Company

Vidyod Mavilavalappil
Sr. Advisor- SCE Information Technology, Information & Integration Architecture, Southern California Edison

Jim McCarthy
Senior Security Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) / National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE)

Norma McCarthy
Customer Engagement Lead, NB Power

James McDaniel
Electrical Engineer, Black & Veatch

John McDonald
Smart Grid Business Development Leader, GE Grid Solutions

Greg McGovern
Lead Wireless Engineer, Black and Veatch

Gregory McKim
Chief Technology Officer - Energy, Environment, and Utilities, IBM

Casey McNulty
Senior Manager, Ernst & Young

Bill Meehan
Director,Electric Utility Solutions, Esri

Brian Mehalic
Senior Technical Advisor, SEI Professional Services

Jessie Mehrhoff
Research Analyst, Navigant Research

Lucas Melbye
Vice President, Public Affairs, Maru/Matchbox

Doug Melnick
Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San Antonio

Shannon Messer
Project Manager, Patrick Engineering

Magdalena Michniuk
Project Specialist, Consolidated Edison

Craig Miller
Senior Program Manager, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)

Troy Miller
Sales Leader, North America, GE Renewables

Kate Monahan
Management Consultant, Accenture

Jonathan Monken
Sr. Dir., Electricity Infrastructure Policy, PJM Interconnection, LLC

Sharelynn Moore
Vice President, Global Communications & Public Affairs, Itron Inc.

Susan Mora
Director of Utility Initiatives, Exelon Corporation

Patrick Morand
Attorney, Duane Morris LLP

James Morentz Ph.D.
Executive Director, SABER

John Morris
Director, Grid Operations, The Mosaic Company Inc.

Keith Moses
Project Engineer, S&C Electric Company

Mirrasoul Mousavi
Sr. Director Advanced Analytics, Sentient Energy

Sean Murphy
CEO, PingThings, Inc.

Craig Naha
Director, Consulting Services, CGI

Deepesh Nayanar
Global Head e-Mobility, Gilbarco Veeder-Root

Garvin Neely
Project Automation Solution Engineer, S&C Electric Company

Philip Nevels
Director, innovation & Partnerships, Exelon Utilities

Joshua New
Senior R&D Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Young Ngo
Chief Technology Officer, Survalent Technology

Marcus Nichol
Director, New Reactor Deployment, Nuclear Energy Institute

Terry Nielsen
Executive Vice President, GridBright

Shawn O'Brien
President & CEO, NABCEP

Paul Ohodnicki
Materials Scientist/Associate Professor, National Energy Technology Laboratory/US DOE

Beata Okruta
General Engineer, DER Engineering, ComEd

Brenden Oldendorf
Project Manager, Entergy

Jon Olenski
Director, Electric Utility Market, Patrick Energy Services

Justin Orkney
Senior Program Manager, Tucson Electric Power Co.

Dan O'Shea
ABB Inc.

Scott Osterholt
Director, Grid Modernization, AEP Ohio

Carl Ozkaynak
Director, Smart Grid, Saint John Energy

Anil Pahwa
University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University

Parag Parikh
Utility Solution Executive, ABB

Duane Pearson
Manager, Customer Program Innovation, Salt River Project

Dale Pennington
President & CEO, Utiliworks Consulting LLC

Jouni Peppanen
Technical Leader, Electric Power Research Institute

Matt Peterson
Industry Principal Director, Accenture

Joseph Petti
Engineer II – System Protection Engineering, Dominion Energy

Manas Phadke
Industry Principal, Accenture

Bryan Pham
Sr. Manager, Southern California Edison

Anie Philip
Director of Planning, PSEG Long Island

Dan Pickel
Director of Certification, NABCEP

Neil Placer
Director of Utility Services Consulting, EnerNeX

Leslie Ponder
Technology Portfolio Director, Global Distributed Energy, Black & Veatch

Alex Portilla
Manager, Grid Integration & Innovation, Pacific Gas and Electric

Rick Potter
Principal Smart Grid Technology Consultant, Alliant Energy

Wendy Prabhu
President, Mercom Capital Group

Atanu Pradhan
Sr. Engineer System Automation, ENMAX

Michael Preston
Account Executive Electric Utilities, Trimble Inc.

David Price
CTO, Black & Veatch

Glenn Pritchard
Manager, Advanced Grid Operations & Technology, PECO Energy

Daniel Quant
Vice-President of Product Management & Strategic Marketing, Multi-Tech Systems Inc.

Gary Rackliffe
Vice President Smart Grids and Grid Modernization, ABB

John Radgowski
Vice President, Industry Solutions, Landis+Gyr

Sri Vaishnavi Ramesh
Product Developer, Customer Energy Management NY, National Grid

Faisal Rao
Supervisor, SCADA & Networks, Alectra

Ram Ravikumar
Engineer Scientist, Energy Storage and Distributed Generation, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

James Rebsamen
Operations Support Specialist, Exelon (ComEd) – Transmission Ops and Planning

Haley Reddington
Manager, Ernst & Young

Randy Rhodes
Technical Executive, EPRI

Antonio Riccardo
Lead IEC 61850 Application Engineer, National Grid

Marc Riccio
Alt. Fuels Manager- AK, Northeast & Canada Region, Blue Bird Corporation

Aurelie Richard
Chief Human Development and Strategy Officer, S&C

Michael Ridolfino
Engineer - Reliability Compliance, Central Hudson Gas & Electric

Einar Ritterbusch
Head of Control Systems at Energinet, Denmark, Energinet

Greg Robinson
Managing Director, Xtensible Solutions

Steven Robles
Engineer 3, Southern California Edison

Scott Rogers
Chief Technology Officer, Environmental Consultants

Tyler Rogers
Director, Utility Sales, EnergyHub

Alex Rojas
Director, Distributed Technologies, Ameren Services Co.

Jay Rollo
Senior Manager, Pandora Consulting

Julio Romero Aguero
Vice President and Executive Advisor, Strategy & Business Innovation, Quanta Technology

Emmett Romine
Senior Vice President, Business Development, Powerley

Jamison Roof
Managing Consultant, PA Consulting Group

Kirk Rosener
Sr. Project Manager, CPS Energy

Richard Rosenstiel
IT Director, Exelon Corp.

Michael Rowand
Director, Technology Development, Duke Energy

Scott Runner
VP, Semiconductor, Electronics & Embedded Systems Global Service Line, Altran Group

Brenden Russell
Principal Advisor - Grid Technologies, Southern California Edison

Suzanne Russo
CEO, Pecan Street Inc.

Mike Ruth
Vice President, Product, Enbala

John Ryan
Director, Exelon

Vahid Salehi
Technical Lead Eng., Southern California Edison

Jonathan Sandham
Manager, Electrification and Innovation Delivery, ESB Networks

Marco Sands
Managing Director, Pandora Consulting

Francisco Sarmento
Lead Business and Technical Consultant, Duke Energy

FNU Satyaveer
Manager, Accenture

Alan Saunders
Vice President, Sales and Business Development, Clean Power Research

Rahul Saxena
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Aidash

Brian Schell P.E.
Distribution Automation Manager, AEP Ohio

Rick Schmidt
Director of Infrastructure Modernization, Black & Veatch

Jens Schoene
Director, Research Studies, EnerNex

Matthew Seibert
Distribution Operations Engineering Lead, Consumers Energy

Eric Seilo
eMobility Program Manager, Southern California Edison

Nina Selak
Principal Project Manager, Commonwealth Edison

Andre Selva
Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group

Aalap Shah
R&D Project Manager, ULC Robotics

Falguni Shah
Vice President, Technology & Innovation, Elexicon Energy Inc.

Harshil Shah
Senior Engineer, Capacity Planning, ComEd

Nimesh Shah P.Eng.
Specialist Engineer, Operations Planning, BC Hydro

Lloyd Shanley
Manager, Power Generation, Kodiak Electric Association

Nathan Shannon
Deputy Director, Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative

Yevgen Shcheblynsky
EIT - OT Systems Engineer, AltaLink

Jack Shearman
CEO, UMS Group Inc.

Matthew Shellenberger
Staff Engineer, American Electric Power

Julio Shigeaki Omori
Superintendent, Copel

Helen Shuford
Customer Experience Manager, Georgia Power

Paul Sisson
Smart Grids- Program Director, Avangrid Service Company

Kenneth Skinner
Vice President, Integral Analytics Inc.

Forrest Small
Senior Vice President, Concentric Energy Advisors

Andre Smit
Product Manager, Siemens Digital Grid

Aaron Smith
Director of Operations, Omaha Public Power District (OPPD)

Karen Smith
V.P. of Business Development, Clearion Software LLC

Maxwell Smith
Senior Engineer, Distribution Controls & Integration, National Grid

Vonnie Smith
Vice President, Bentley Systems

Joshua Snodgrass
Project Engineer, POWER Engineers

Zubran Solaiman
Director, Energy Infrastructure Global Product Development, Bentley Systems

Corina Solis
Associate Director, Development, GI Energy

Kelly Speakes-Backman
Energy Storage Association

Andrew Spreen
Project Manager and Policy Analyst, Gridworks

Dustin Stapp
Manager, Engineering T&D, Arizona Public Service

Kay Stefferud
Director of Implementation Projects, EnerNex, A CESI Company

Scott Sternfeld
Chief Technology Officer, Agile Inclusion, Inc.

Emma Stewart
Associate Program Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Alexandr Stinskiy
Senior Application Engineer, Siemens Industry Inc.

Warren Stout
Architect, PacifiCorp

Richard Stuebi
President, Future Energy Advisors

Ed Sutton
Program Manager & Systems Architect, Black & Veatch

Jan Svec
Specialist for Modeling, CEZ Distribuce

Kristin Swenson
Senior Advisor, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

Jozsef Szabo
Senior Engineer, Asset Management, Con Edison

Jim Taylor
V.P., Energy Solutions, Siemens Digital Grid

Tim Taylor
Consultant, Utilicast

Michael Thesing
Manager of Smart Grid Engineering, Patterson & Dewar Engineers Inc.

Edward Thomas
Executive Director, Peak Load Management Alliance

Joseph Thomas
Managing Director, Duke Energy

Scott Thomsen
Communications and Public Affairs Executive, Seattle City Light

Matthew Tisdale
Director, Gridworks

James Tong
CEO, Advanced Grid Consulting

Paul Toub Jr.
Operations Specialist, PPL Electric Utility

Hahn Tram
Principal, Energy IT-OT Consulting

Victor Tran
Project Engineer, Southern California Edison

Timothy Treadwell
Testbed Program Manager, Portland General Electric (PGE)

Vicki Trees
VP Segment Marketing, Landis+Gyr

Everardo Trujillo CISSP, C|EH
Manager, Information Security Engineering & Operations, Sempra Energy Utilities

Ben Ullman
Manager, Energy Markets, Opus One Solutions

Robert (Bob) Uluski
Executive Consultant, ESTA International

Vidya Vankayala
Director, Grid Modernization, Powertech Labs Inc

Kevin Vannoy
Director, Market Design, MISO Energy

Mantas Vaskela
General Director, Laserpas

Francisco Velez
Manager of Electrical Transmission Operational Engineering Support, Dominion Energy

Khoi Vu
Consulting Director, ABB Inc.

Aleksandar Vukojevic
Manager- Technology Development, Duke Energy

Janice Wakeley
Senior Market Research Analyst, ComEd

John Walier
Sales Director, Northeast Region, Utility Telecom & Automation, Black & Veatch

John O. Wambaugh
Executive Consultant, Z2Solutions LLC

Congcong Wang
Sr. Market Design Engineer, Mid-Continent ISO

Nora Wang Ph.D.
Staff Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Scott Warner
Senior Account Manager, UDC

Kevin Wasserman
Project Specialist, AMI Implementation Outage Management & Smart City, ConEd

Christopher Watts
Director - Regulatory Affairs, S&C Electric Company

Michael Webber
Deputy Director of the Energy Institute, Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources

Josh Wepman
CTO and Vice President, Leidos

Peter Westlake
Manager, Strategic Customer Projects, Finance and Contracts, Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC)

Scott Wethy
Senior Engineer, Commonwealth Edison

Clark Wiedetz
Director, Microgrid and Renewable Integration, Siemens

Bradley R. Williams PE
Vice President, Utility Innovation Engineering, Oracle Utilities

Sheldon Willis
Product Development Engineer, Emerson

Tim Wolf
Senior S&T Communications Professional, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Gary Wong
Principal, Global Water Industry, OSIsoft LLC

Joshua Wong
CEO, Opus One Solutions Energy Corporation

S. Cat Wong P.E.
Manager, Transformation Strategy and Coordination, Entergy Services Inc.

Justin Woodard
Principal Engineer, National Grid

Eric Woychik
Director, Strategy Practice, Strategy Integration, LLC

Ben Yates
Distribution Project Support Supervisor, Indiana Michigan Power

Yanzhu Ye
Senior Research Scientist, Hitachi America Ltd.

Edward Yim
Policy Advisor, DC Dept. of Energy & Environment

Ben York
Manager, DER Strategic Projects, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Nanpeng Yu
Associate Professor, University of California, Riverside

Guohui Yuan
Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative

Joe Zerdin
Manager, Large Customer Accounts Distribution, Hydro One

Liuxi (Calvin) Zhang
Manager Smart Grid & Technology, ComEd

Yingchen Zhang
Group Manager, National Renewable Energy Lab

Jim Zoellick
Managing Research Engineer, Schatz Energy Research Center

2020 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• Itron

MOONSTINE SPONSOR:
• Accenture

AMETHYST SPONSOR:
• Black & Veatch

BLUE TOPAZ SPONSOR:
• Aclara

PETROL SPONSOR:
• Siemens

TURQUOISE SPONSOR:
• Sensus

COBALT SPONSOR:
• G&W

RUBY SPONSOR:
• Landis + Gyr

MALACHITE SPONSOR:
• S&C

EMERALD SPONSOR:
• OSI

GARNET SPONSOR:
• ABB

JADE SPONSOR:
• Clevest

SAPPHIRE SPONSOR:
• Oracle Utilities

BLACK ONYX SPONSOR:
• AWS

OPAL SPONSOR:
• EY

GOLD SPONSOR:
• OpusOne

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Scott
• OSI Soft
• Honeywell
• OWL
• Phoenix Contact
• SAP

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Motorola Solutions
• Bentley
• SEL
• Burns McDonnell
• Exceleron
• HDR

SPONSORS:
• Tessco
• FreeWave Technologies Inc
• Aidash
• ESP
• Mosaic
• Smart Electric Power Alliance
• ForeScout
• Next
• CGI
• Cleaveland Price Inc.
• Omicron
• Survalent
• Wipro
• Sagenet
• Moxa
• GridPoint
• DC Systems
• Anterix

ASSOCIATION & MEDIA PARTNERS:
• CPS Energy
• Smart Electric Power Alliance
• SEI Professional Services
• Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster
• Heatspring
• NABCEP
• Advanced Energy Group
• Protect Our Power
• Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative
• Energy Web
• PLMA
• UCA International Users Group
• Distributed Network Protocol

CLARION ENERGY MEDIA:
• PowerGrid International
• Electric Light & Power
• Power Engineering
• Power Engineering International
• Hyro Review
• Renewable Energy World
• Smart Energy International

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Utilities Tech Outlook
• ACORE