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Speakers


2012 Keynotes

Sandra Baule, Home Area Network Strategy & Integration Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric

Kristen Bowring, Senior Director, Platform Lead, Home and Energy Management, Best Buy

Jeff Crews, Director, Business Development, 4Home Connected Solutions, Motorola Mobility, Inc.

Dan Flagler, Manager – Business Development and Partner Management, Verizon

Ted M. Reguly, Director – Customer Programs and Assistance, San Diego Gas & Electric

Allan Schurr, VP Strategy and Development, Global Energy and Utilities, IBM

 

2012 Speakers

Gian Paolo Balboni, Head, Strategic Trends, Telecom Italia

Sarah Bresko, Sr. Product Manager, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Ralph Brown, CTO, CableLabs

Scott Burns, Director of Innovation, Smart Energy, Direct Energy

Andres Carvallo, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Proximetry

Aine Denari, Director of Strategy, Ingersoll Rand

Patty Durand, Executive Director, Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative

Greg Ennis, Technical Director, Wi-Fi Alliance

Denis Garman, Strategy & Marketing, Duke Energy

Vince Groff, Executive Director, Cox Communications

Scott Hinson, Labs Director, Pecan Street Project Inc.

Tim Hirou, Vice President, IPSO Alliance; Founder & CEO, Convergence Wireless

Brian Huey, Business Development - Smart Grid and Energy Management, Sprint 

Fabrice Hoerner, Marketing Manager, Qualcomm

Kevin R. Imes, CEO, Allure Energy, Inc. 

Patrick James, Director Product Development, TXU Energy

Stephen R. Johnson, Jr., Product Line Manager, Consumer Energy Management, Itron

V. Rory Jones, Co-Founder & Chief Executive, yoUtilBill

Ogi Kavazovic, VP of Strategy and Marketing, Opower

Jay Kenny, Vice President, Marketing, Alarm.com

Dennis Kyle, VP of Strategic and New Market Development, Tendril

Robert LeFort, President and CEO, Ember

Stuart Lombard, President and CEO, ecobee

Andreas Martschitsch, Head of Digital Home, Swisscom

Annette Lown Mass, Assistant Public Counsel, Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel 

Kevin Meagher, VP and GM Smart Home, Lowe's

Greg Memo, CEO, GreenWave Reality

Larry Oliva, Director, Tariff Programs & Services, Southern California Edison

Peter Porteous, CEO, Blue Line Innovations

Karl R. Rábago, VP of Distributed Energy Services, Austin Energy

Bill Scheffler, Senior Director of North American Business Development, Z-Wave Alliance/Sigma Designs

Justin Segall, Co-founder and EVP, Simple Energy

Steve Shapiro, Group Director, ADT Security Services

John Steinberg, EVP of Business Development & Co-founder, EcoFactor

Isaias Sudit, CEO, Gridglo

Jonathan "J.T." Thompson, Global Utility Sales Leader, GE Appliances - Home Energy Management

Craig Tinder, Principal, Smart Energy, Reliant

Kenneth Wacks, Member, GridWise Architecture Council, U.S. Department of Energy

Gene Wang, CEO, People Power Co.

 

2012 Workshop Speakers

Christopher Deutschen, Senior Manager, Reliant Energy

Daniel Flohr, CEO, SEQUENTRIC Energy Systems, LLC

Roy Perry, Vice President, Ecosystem Alliances, Alarm.com

Edwin Reyes, Jr., Director-Utility Sales, SouthWest Region, Comverge Inc.

Paul Wattles, Supervisor, Demand Response, ERCOT

 

Moderators / Parks Associates Analysts

Tom Kerber, Director, Research, Home Controls & Energy, Parks Associates

Pietro Macchiarella, Research Analyst, Parks Associates

Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates

 


Past Keynotes

Ron Ambrosio

Ron Ambrosio
Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Global Research Executive, Energy & Utilities Industry

Arnold

George W. Arnold, Eng.Sc.D.
National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, NIST
U.S. Department of Commerce

Carvallo

Andres Carvallo
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
Grid Net

Robert Heffron

Robert Heffron
Utility Market Manager
Verizon

2011 Speakers

John Heflin Baker, Jr., Chief Strategy Officer, Austin Energy

Utz Baldwin, CEO, CEDIA

David Bercovich, Vice President, Business Development, AlertMe

Kris Bowring, Sr. Director, Emerging Business, Best Buy

Scott Burns, Manager, Smart Energy Product Management, Reliant Energy

Colin Calder, CEO, PassivSystems

Gavin Cato, Director of Strategic Alliances, Elster Solutions

Al Choperena, President, SimpleHomeNet, Inc.

Brian Dawson, CEO, Calico Energy

Christopher Deutschen, Senior Manager, Direct Energy

Greg Ennis, Technical Director, Wi-Fi Alliance

Sheri Givens, Public Counsel, Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel

Chano Gomez, Director of Business Development, Lantiq North America, Inc. representing HomeGrid Forum

Vince Groff, Executive Director, Cox

David Hennekes, Vice President, Residential Markets, TXU Energy

Randy Kauffman, President, NextEnergy

Mark Komanecky, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Eragy

Jerry Kurtze, Senior Manager of Marketing & Business Development, Motorola Mobility

John LaCour, COO, DMN3

Stuart Lombard, President and CEO, ecobee

Andy Melder, Powerline Marketing, Broadcom

Greg Memo, CEO, GreenWave Reality

Bill Muston, Manager, Research & Development, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC

Ivan O'Neill, Strategic Alliance Manager, Southern California Edison

Roy Perry, Director, Strategic Assessment, CableLabs

Jennifer Pulliam, Director, Innovation, TXU Energy

Rob Ranck, President, HomePlug Powerline Alliance

Eric Saltzman, COO, EcoFactor, Inc.

Steve Samolinski, Director of Solution Management for Connected Home Solutions, Ingersoll Rand

Bill Scheffler, Senior Director of North American Business Development, Z-Wave Alliance

Ann Shaub, Director, Connected Home Services, Verizon

Andrew Tang, Senior Director, Integrated Demand Side Management - Products, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

JT Thompson, Utility Sales Leader, GE Appliances and Lighting

Kenneth Wacks, Member, GridWise Architecture Council, U.S. Department of Energy

David Waskevich, Market Development Engineer, STMicroelectronics, Inc.

John Weil, Global Product & Enablement Manager, Freescale Semiconductor representing IPSO Alliance

Steve Widergren, Principal Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

 

2010 Speakers

Bill Bien, Executive Director, Enterprise & Government, Telstra

Didier Boivin, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Watteco

Kris Bowring, Sr. Director, Emerging Business, Best Buy

Collin Breakstone, Director Business Development - Energy Systems, Control4

Steve Cashman, Chief Strategy Officer, Exceptional Innovation

Mike Coop, Smart Grid Strategist, HomeGrid Forum

Reid Cram, Product Manager, Vantage Controls

Joe Dada, President and CEO, SmartLabs

Aaron Deyonker, Director of Product Management, eMeter

Bill Diamond, President and CEO, Xanboo

David Dollihite, Vice President, Product and Business Development, Mass Markets Energy, Direct Energy

Greg Ennis, Technical Director, Wi-Fi Alliance

David Friedman, Senior Director, Strategic Marketing, ZeroG Wireless, recently acquired by Microchip Technology Inc.

Dan Gittleman, Chairman & CEO, OpenPeak

Vince Groff, Executive Director, Cox Communications

Barry Haaser, Executive Director, U-SNAP Alliance

Brent Hodges, Director of Smart Energy Partnerships, Reliant Energy

Scott Hublou, SVP of Products, Co-Founder, EcoFactor

Jim Johnson, President & CEO, uControl

Stephen R. Johnson, Jr., Sr Product Marketing Manager, Itron

John Juliano, Global Energy and Utilities Industry Lead, Institute for Business Value, IBM

Ogi Kavazovic, Sr. Director, Marketing & Strategy, Opower

Michael Kuhlmann, President, Residential Control Systems Inc.

Brewster McCracken, Executive Director, Pecan Street Project Inc.

Letha McLaren, Vice President of Energy Products, iControl Networks

Kevin Meagher, CEO, Intamac Systems

Larry O’Connell, Manager, Product Marketing, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Roy Perry, Director, Technology Integration, CableLabs

Thomas Pickral, Director, Business Development, HAI

Charles Porter, Chief Strategy Officer, ista - North America

Bill Scheffler, Director of North American Sales, Z-Wave

Bill Simpson, Sr. Energy Efficiency Program Manager, Progress Energy

Dr. Kenneth Wacks, Member, GridWise Architecture Council, U.S. Department of Energy

Tony Wan, Director of Marketing, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Gene Wang, CEO, People Power

Nate Williams, CMO, 4Home

Tim Woods, Founding Partner, POCO Labs

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