The newly-launched Industry Advisory Committee was created to broaden engagement at ISGT North America Conferences. IEEE PES President Saifur Rahman envisioned enhanced participation beyond electric power from experts in communications, computers, cyber security, IoT applications, blockchain, etc. The Industry Advisory Committee supports his objectives to expand outreach to these communities and engage more diverse attendance. We look forward to seeing you at this year’s conference.
As you will see from the list below, the response and interest has been outstanding.
Please contact me if you have any comments or questions.
Thank you,
Barbara Tyran, Chair
Contact:
Chair, Barbara Bauman Tyran
President, Women’s Council on Energy & the Environment
Electric Power Research Institute
Committee Members
| Mihaela Albu | Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, EB129 Politehnica University of Bucharest |
| Massoud Amin | Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota |
| Muhannad Al-Shareef | Engineer, Mega Spark, and IEEE Smart Grid & IEEE Smart Sites |
| Anuradha Annaswamy | Senior Research Scientist, MIT |
| Ashvin Bapat | Product Marketing Director, General Electric |
| Robert B. Catell | Chairman of the Board of the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC), Stony Brook University |
| Mark Esguerra | Director of Integrated Grid Planning and Innovation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
| Bill Hederman | Senior Fellow, University of Pennsylvania |
| Paul Hibbard | Principal, Analysis Group, Inc. |
| Doug Houseman | Grid Modernization Visionary, Burns & McDonnell |
| Mark Johnson | Managing Director, T&D World & Utility Analytics Institute | Informa |
| Jeffrey S. Katz | Head of Grid Technology, Energy, Environment and Utilities Industry, IBM |
| Sai A R Konakalla | Technology Architect, PXiSE Energy solutions |
| Mark J. Konya, P.E. | Principal Industry Consultant, SAS Global Utilities |
| Joberto S. B. Martins | Professor, Computer Science, Salvador University – UNIFACS |
| Hugh McDermott | Senior Vice President, Energy Storage Systems, Inc |
| John McDonald | Smart Grid Business Development Leader, GE’s Grid Solutions |
| Thamir (Tom) Murad | Country Lead – Engineering, Technology & Academic Relations, Head of Siemens Canada Engineering & Technology Academy Past Chair – IEEE Toronto Section – CANADA |
| Dr. Bala Natarajan | Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University |
| Dr. Laura L. Pullum | Sr. Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Gary Rackliffe | VP Smart Grids and Grid Modernization, ABB Inc. |
| David W. Roop | Director – Electric Transmission Operations & Reliability Power Delivery Group Dominion Energy |
| Satish Saini | Sr. Project Manager, Hydro One, Toronto, Canada Chair, IEEE Smart Grid Technical Activities Committee, PES |
| Alfonso Valdes | Principal Research Scientist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Dr. Qing-Chang Zhong | McGraw Endowed Chair, Professor in Energy and Power Eng. Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology |