Sandra is a manager at San Diego Gas & Electric responsible for leading the engagement, marketing and outreach efforts of the Customer Programs and Assistance department, which includes energy efficiency, demand response and assistance offerings. Sandra is also involved in ensuring alignment of customer offerings enabled by the smart meter, which includes online presentment, technology pilots and the customer education and experience.

Sandra has been with SDG&E since 2001 and has held various positions in communications, program management, market planning and analysis for both energy efficiency and demand response. More recently she has spent three years on the Smart Meter program working first on stakeholder education where she lead the development of the residential marketing strategy and then on home area network business planning and implementation. Prior to joining SDG&E Sandra worked in advertising and marketing in Chicago.

Kris Bowring is senior director and platform lead for the home and energy management business at Best Buy Co., Inc. In this position, Bowring works with internal and external partners accelerating new growth opportunities and leading the comprehensive planning of activities, pilots and experiments related to home energy management. Bowring is responsible for developing all ventures, strategies and investments in this category and has a strategic focus on leveraging ways to help consumers be energy efficient throughout their unique lifestyles.

Bowring serves on the Board of Directors for the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA), a non-profit organization focusing on the development and understanding of home and building automation. Kris also serves on the Industry Board of Advisors for the Pecan Street Project smart grid ecosystem experiment. Bowring has received the Best Buy Chairman’s Innovation Award Honorable Mention for his innovation acceleration work. In addition, Bowring is engaged in his local community as a school and church volunteer, and in his spare time is an active musician and motorcycle enthusiast. Bowring received his degree in Business Administration from Cardinal Stritch University.

Jeff Crews is the Director of Business Development for the 4Home Connected Solutions division of Motorola Mobility, Inc. He is responsible for leading Motorola’s efforts rolling out connected home products to service providers worldwide. The 4Home Connected Solutions division was formed from Motorola Mobility’s acquisition of 4Home, Inc. in 2010.

He was formerly the Vice President and General Manager at Bell Home Monitoring Services, a wholly-owned division of Bell Canada, where he was charged with leading the development and launch of North America’s first next-generation wireless home monitoring, security and home health service.

Jeff also brings over 15 years experience in the telecommunications industry. He has held executive-level positions in marketing, sales and corporate development capacities at MTS/Allstream and AT&T Canada. Prior to joining Bell Home Monitoring Services, Jeff was Vice President of Infrastructure Management at MTS/Allstream where he managed the portfolio of emerging telecommunications services. Jeff has extensive experience marketing services across the spectrum of channels for both consumer and business segments.

Jeff holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a BA in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.

Dan Flagler is responsible for the development and management of commercial relationships for Connected Home programs within the Verizon Telecom - Consumer and SOHO Product Management Organization.

Dan has been with Verizon for 22 years, holding a wide range of positions. Initially working in Enterprise Sales, he developed and marketed communications solutions to large commercial customers. In 1995-1996, Dan established an area of expertise in internet access technologies, working with several of the largest ISPs in the US. He managed a National Sales effort in the internet access business until 2003. Subsequent to that assignment, Dan developed and managed content provider relationships for Verizon Online. Moving to Corporate Marketing in 2006, he managed Mobile Marketing providers for 3 years, focused on the growing wireless application market, including mobile giving. In 2009, Dan took an assignment on the Verizon Product Management team as the Product Manager for Consumer Cloud Services, developing and managing partners for storage and other cloud based applications. Since August of 2010 he has focused on the development and launch of Verizon’s Home Monitoring and Control service, which became a public offering in October of 2011.

Dan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University and resides near Annapolis MD.

Ted M. Reguly is the Director of Customer Programs and Assistance at San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E). He is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation and integration of comprehensive customer product and service Energy Efficiency, Demand Response and Assistance offerings. Reguly has been with SDG&E since 1981, holding various positions throughout Electric Generation, Electric and Gas Distribution, Supply Management, and Gas and Electric Customer Service supervision. He is a registered California Mechanical Engineer and received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Long Beach, and an MBA from San Diego State University. He is a CEE, Utilimetrics, and UCLA Smart Grid Leadership Council Board Member, an active member of UtilityAMI, OpenAMI, Global Intelligent Utility Network Coalition (GIUNC), and the ZigBee Alliance.

Allan Schurr is responsible for IBM’s market strategy, regulatory policy, and partner management for the global electric, gas, and water industries. IBM’s solutions in these markets include offerings in customer management, grid operations, work & asset management, and power generation that integrate IBM’s hardware, software, and service offerings.

In addition, Schurr leads IBM’s utility initiatives for emerging solutions targeting the role of energy in a Smarter Planet, supported by a broad ecosystem. In this role, Schurr is working with utility companies to accelerate the development of smart grid and the integration of renewable energy sources and distributed energy assets like plug-in vehicles.

Schurr has authored several papers on new utility customer engagement models and the emerging participatory network. He is a frequent speaker and has testified before the US Congress regarding the benefits of smart grid technology and impediments to its development. He holds two patents for residential demand response and plug-in hybrid vehicle grid integration.

Schurr formerly held management and executive positions at Pacific Gas and Electric, PG&E Energy Services, Silicon Energy, and Itron. He received a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California Davis and a master degree in business administration from St. Mary’s College in California. He is a registered engineer in the State of California.

Gian Paolo Balboni was born in Vercelli (Italy) in 1957, and received its degree in Physics (summa cum laude) in 1981 from University of Torino.
He has spent 30+ years working in Telecom Italia, mostly focussing on R&D projects.

From 1995 on he has been leading a number of Research Groups, with focus on various technical areas: digital switching systems, multiprocessor architectures, parallel computing, VLSI for telecommunications, packet switching networks, ATM switching systems, broadband networks, multimedia technologies and services, digital media.

For ten years he has also served as Professor at “Politecnico di Torino”, teaching Telecommunications courses.From 2002 to 2006 he has been working as Senior Program Manager for the deployment of new Digital Media services, including DTT, IPTV and DVB-H. He is currently Head of Innovation Trends within the Strategy Direction of Telecom Italia; he evaluates techno-economic trends and cross-industry convergent phenomena.

Dr. Balboni has published tens of technical papers in the area of parallel computing, VLSI for telecommunications, broadband switching systems, multimedia technologies, digital media. He co-authored two books (in Italian): "ATM technology for high-speeds networks" (1992) , “DTT and interactive services” (2005).
 

Sarah Bresko is a Sr. Product Manager with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). Her focus is on developing incentives for products and services to help residential customers address growing plug loads through energy management systems. In her earlier roles at PG&E, Sarah managed PG&E's Business and Consumer Electronics Program. Sarah received a B.A. degree in Environmental Studies from University of California, Santa Barbara and is currently pursuing an MBA at Presidio Graduate School.

Ralph Brown is responsible for leading CableLabs’ technical staff in delivering innovative solutions to the cable industry. In this role he leads development in seven areas of technical excellence: Systems Architecture, Network Design, BSS/OSS, Client Software, Security, Strategic Assessment, and Test/Prototype Development. He also is responsible for identifying and leading in areas of convergence and synergy across CableLabs programs. In his previous position as Senior Vice President of the CableLabs Broadband Access Department, he was responsible for leading the DOCSIS® (www.cablemodem.com) and CableHome™ (www.cablelabs.com/projects/cablehome) research and development projects. These efforts include development of cable modem and residential gateway specifications, as well as the interoperability testing and certification of products built to these specifications. Prior to CableLabs, Mr. Brown worked for Excite@Home as Chief Architect, Set-top Systems where he worked on broadband applications for set-top terminals and entertainment devices. Before joining Excite@Home, he worked for Time Warner Cable as Chief Software Architect in their Advanced Engineering Department where he worked on the Orlando Full Service Network and was a key contributor the Time Warner Cable Pegasus Program. While at Time Warner Cable and Excite@Home, Mr. Brown was also an active participant in the CableLabs OpenCable™ project. Mr. Brown earned a Master\'s degree in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His Master’s thesis was in the field of Speech Recognition. He received his Bachelor\'s degree in Electrical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, from North Carolina State University.

Scott Burns is currently Director of Innovation, Smart Energy at Direct Energy, a position he has held since August of 2011. In this role, he is responsible for creating the strategy for Smart Energy products and services for the largest competitive retail electricity provider in North America. Prior to that he was Manager, Smart Energy Product Management at Reliant Energy where he helped launch multiple products including energy emails, web portals, mobile applications, time-of-use pricing, and prepay electricity. He was also a key contributor on the application that led to Reliant's selection as a Department of Energy (DOE) Smart Grid Stimulus Grant recipient.

Mr. Burns previously spent eight years in a variety of marketing and product line manager roles at Corning, a leader in fiber optics and telecommunications equipment. He led development of a number of key products used in the country's first large Fiber-to-the-Home deployments.

Prior to his time at Corning, Mr. Burns spent over nine years as a military officer and pilot in the U.S. Air Force. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy and has his MBA.

Andres is the EVP and Chief Strategy Officer at Proximetry, a leading global virtual network management software provider. Prior to Proximetry, Andres was for seven plus years the CIO at Austin Energy, were he defined the term “smart grid” on March 5, 2004, and architected and built the first smart grid fully deployed in the U.S. Andres has over 25 years of experience at 5 other start-ups, Philips Electronics, DEC, Borland, SCO and Microsoft. Andres is co-author of “The Advanced Smart Grid”, a board member of the UTC’s Smart Networks Council, and an advisor to UT, KU, UCLA and several start-ups. Andres received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from KU with a concentration in robotics and control systems. Andres has also completed executive programs at Idaho, Stanford, and The Wharton School at Penn.

Áine is a director of strategy with Ingersoll Rand’s Residential Solutions sector, which includes the Trane and American Standard HVAC, Schlage security, and Nexia Home Intelligence home automation business. In this role, Áine directs the strategy of IR’s HVAC, security and home automation business, managing strategic alliances and partnerships, and understanding competitive and market dynamics.

Prior to joining Ingersoll Rand, Áine worked in strategy consulting in the US and Europe, with consulting firms McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company. In these roles she managed teams to diagnose strategic and operational problems for leading international companies, as well as developing and implementing practical, creative solutions. Prior to consulting, Aine worked as a mechanical engineer with Ford Motor Company.

Áine holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University); and advanced engineering degrees from Purdue University and University of Detroit Mercy. Áine completed her undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at University College Dublin in Ireland.

As Senior Manager of Value Added Products and Services, Chris Deutschen is responsible for developing and executing against the strategy to deliver innovative non-commodity products and services to Reliant’s customers. This includes a specific focus on identifying new business models and developing key partnerships. Chris has more than 10 years of experience in the areas of retail power and deregulated energy markets, including previous positions in Smart Energy, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, operational improvement, and strategic sourcing.

Before joining Reliant, Chris was responsible for developing a HEM strategy for Direct Energy. This included a broad pilot partnership between Direct, Best Buy, Lennox, and Whirlpool which was announced at CES 2010, and the launch of Direct’s HomeConnect product in 2011.

Chris has also spent time in the consulting world with Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting as Manager of Strategy and Corporate Solutions, where he worked with executives and senior staff of Fortune 500 companies to develop and execute strategies that identify market opportunities and process improvements designed to increase revenue and reduce costs. Prior to that, he was at Reliant Energy for five years as an MBA associate, and later as Manager of Strategy and Sourcing.

Chris holds an MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University and a BSBA in Management and Marketing from Georgetown University.

Patty Durand has served since January 2011 as the Executive Director of Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC), a nonprofit specializing in research and education on smart grid consumer engagement. Patty came to SGCC from the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Smart Grid Research Institute, where she was responsible for identification and management of R&D funding, acquisition, and policy actions to advance smart grid research projects. Prior, she was Executive Director of the Georgia chapter of the Sierra Club.

Greg Ennis has been active in the Wireless LAN industry since 1992. He was one of the original developers of the MAC protocol proposal that IEEE 802.11 adopted in 1993 as the foundation for the standard, and subsequently served as Technical Editor for the initial 802.11 specification. He has served as Technical Director of the Wi-Fi Alliance since the founding of the organization in 1999. Previously he served as chair of the IEEE 802.3 Broadband CSMA/CD Task Group, and has held development and engineering management positions at various companies in the communications industry. He has a Masters in Computer Engineering from Stanford University, and a Masters in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin.

With over 30 years as an entrepreneur and executive in electronics development and manufacturing, Daniel Flohr has been involved in a number of industries including consumer telecommunication electronics, fiber optic broadband networking, and software development. Mr. Flohr founded Sequentric Energy Systems in 2004 and has been focused on deploying real-time, networked-based smart grid systems for various electric utility demand management initiatives. These utilities include Duke Energy, Canadian PowerShift Atlantic partners, Nova Scotia Power, New Brunswick Power and Maritime Electric, as well as many municipal and co-op utilities. His work at Sequentric involves developing and deploying software and hardware technologies to automate the control of large numbers of loads for: grid supply/demand management, minimizing peak loads which set utility demand charges, managing energy storage and neutralizing the intermittency associated with renewable generation. Mr. Flohr holds a number of patents in these areas with several additional US and International patents now pending.

Vince Groff has responsibility for leading corporate development initiatives in support of all Cox products and services. Key activities include establishing partnerships to meet business objectives, assessing new business opportunities outside Cox’s core product lines, and managing Cox’s investment portfolio. Vince also spends time understanding the business impact of emerging technologies and business models, and works closely with the Venture Capital and start-up communities. He is also a member of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel.

Prior to his current role, Vince launched and led Cox’s interactive television product development efforts and has been active in several CableLabs projects including OpenCable and the Security, Monitoring, and Automation project, of which residential energy management is a key component.
Vince holds Bachelors & Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Duke University.

Scott leads the development of the Pecan Street Home Research Lab. He worked at a thin film CIGS solar module manufacturer where he led module packaging, performance, certification and reliability efforts. Prior efforts include work in the military, medical, consumer and oil industries developing power supplies, precision measurement equipment and inductive heating technologies. Scott received his B.S.E.E. from The University of Texas at Austin with undergraduate specializations in both communications systems and power distribution.

Timothy L. Hirou has more than 25 years of experience developing and commercializing innovative technologies in the automation and control Industry. He founded Convergence Wireless in 2006, ahead of the Smart Grid's popularity, to bring his extensive knowledge of control and sensing technology to Green Building energy efficiency.

Fabrice Hoerner is part of Qualcomm’s Technical Marketing team where he focuses on the Internet of Everything: advanced communication technologies, middleware and applications that enable enriched, real-time interactions between people and their environment (for example homes, cars or retail stores). Prior to joining Qualcomm, Fabrice worked for Orange Business Services, leading major sales initiatives on a key energy account: Suez (now GDF Suez, the world’s largest utility). Prior to that Fabrice supervised business intelligence projects for France Telecom. Fabrice received an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, with a concentration in Strategic Management and Economics and holds a Master’s Degree from Ecole Superieure d’Electricite (Supelec) with a concentration in Information Systems and Networks.

Brian manages partnerships and ecosystem development Smart Grid and electric utilities. He has built successful and innovative partnerships to enable the Smart Grid. He’s a recognized speaker in the wireless enablement of Smart Grid and Energy Management, the industry implications and growth opportunities. His partnerships deliver wireless enablement of AMI, Demand Response, Distribution Automation, energy management applications, micro grid generation and EV Charging. He continues to advance grid intelligence by building connectivity into substation components, in-premise energy controls and is planning for the impact of EV charging on the grid. Brian brings a unique perspective of applying, pulling knowledge from the telecom industry and to discern the opportunities and challenges in Smart Grid. An experienced thought leader with 16 years of experience in telecommunications spanning wireless and wireline services, Brian has held various roles encompassing strategic planning, product development, ecommerce, sales and engineering. He is recognized as an individual who can bridge complex topics and challenges with real-world business models. Brian understands the intricate carrier business model and industry economics while having technical knowledge of the power generation and distribution. He holds an accredited Executive MBA from the University of Missouri – Kansas City and a BSEE from the University of Nevada - Las Vegas. 

Kevin Imes founded Allure Energy, Inc. in 2008 and has served as the President and CEO over the last four years. He is responsible for shaping Allure Energy’s technology road map, product development, and strategic positioning of Allure Energy within the smart energy industry. As a prolific inventor and technologist Kevin has over 40 pending and issued patents.

Prior to starting Allure Energy, Kevin started and sold two other technology firms. In addition to being an entrepreneur, he is licensed to practice patent law and worked for Motorola Semiconductor (now Freescale) as a Device Engineer. He served 10 years in the Armed Forces prior to beginning his professional career, and has a technical background that spans over 25 years.

Kevin holds an MBA from the McCombs School of Business and a B.S.E.E. with a core emphasis on Integrated Electronics from the University of Texas at Austin.

Patrick James has nearly 25 years of electric utility experience and has been working in the Texas deregulated market since 2001 before the competitive market opening. Currently Patrick is the Director of Product Development for TXU Energy and is responsible for the evaluation and launch of Smart Grid enable technologies and innovation services at TXU Energy. During his 11 years with TXU Energy, Patrick has served in a variety of leadership roles including Marketing, Sales, P&L, Demand Side Management and Product Development. Prior to joining TXU Energy, Patrick spent 12 years with Florida Power and Light Company primarily working on Demand Side Management programs and services. Patrick has a B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University.

Stephen Johnson is a Product Line Manager for Itron, focusing on consumer energy management applications in smart grid systems, including demand response, dynamic pricing, PEVs, and customer engagement. Stephen currently serves as the ZigBee Alliance Marketing Chair for Smart Energy. Stephen has been with Itron since 2002, and currently resides in Spokane, WA. Throughout his tenure at Itron, Stephen has focused on advanced electricity metering applications and data collection systems. Prior to joining Itron, Stephen spent seven years working in precision agriculture, designing and marketing solutions that leverage site-specific data to provide operational efficiency and increased quality to agriculture cooperatives and crop consultants. Stephen obtained a B.S. and M.S. from Oklahoma State University.

Rory cofounded yoUtilBill after two decades leading business services organizations. This includes leading Business Value Associates, a premier value-growth strategy consulting firm in the tech sector, serving as SVP, Business Development with Nextera, a publically traded technology services provider, and leading the US Shareholder Value consulting practice as a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Previously, Rory held senior positions in operations at Thomson Electronics in Europe. Rory earned an MBA from the University of Chicago, a BSc in Engineering from London's City University, and is a recognized thought leader in technology, markets and finance; his book, Boosting Cash Flow & Shareholder Value, is published by John Wiley & Sons.

Ogi Kavazovic is the Vice President of Marketing and Strategy for OPOWER, an industry leading Smart Grid and Energy Efficiency software company that partners with utilities to engage their customers to drive large-scale, measurable and verifiable reductions in energy usage through a combination of behavioral science, data analytics and software expertise.

Ogi is responsible for developing and coordinating the company's overall marketing approach. He works closely with the sales and product teams to help refine the company's strategic positioning.

Prior to joining OPOWER, Ogi was a senior management consultant at Katzenbach Partners, where he had extensive experience in corporate strategy development for clients in the utility sector, including working with one of the nation’s leading competitive utilities to develop a Smart Energy business plan.

Ogi started his career as a software engineer, developing risk and asset management systems for major financial institutions like Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. Ogi was also one of the lead architects of a "smart field" data management platform for Schlumberger Information Systems, the foundation of which are incorporated into Smart Grid data management systems today.

Ogi received his B.A. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Harvard University.

As the Vice President of Marketing for Alarm.com, Jay Kenny is responsible for the marketing strategy and corporate communication for Alarm.com. Jay has a broad experience across marketing disciplines including managing teams and program in B to B, Channel and Consumer marketing. Prior to joining Alarm.com, Jay worked for Microsoft where he managed product marketing, consumer marketing and advertising initiatives for Windows, Bing and the Corporate Marketing Group. Jay started his career working in entrepreneurial startup companies in Austin, TX and San Francisco including Trilogy and Openshelf.com working across customer management, business development and marketing to help grow successful businesses. Jay has his undergraduate degree in Philosophy from Georgetown and an MBA from Emory University.  

Dennis Kyle serves as Vice President of Strategic and New Market Development for Tendril where he’s been since early 2009. Dennis has over 20 years of leadership experience in Technology and Communications related industries. As one of the early employees at McCaw Communications (which later became AT&T Wireless) he has been involved in the very beginnings of the Communications and Internet revolution. Over the years he has held numerous senior leadership positions at companies such as Nextlink Interactive, XO Communications, Level 3 Communications and Zayo Managed Services. Dennis has a BS in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University as well as MBA and MA in “Development Economics” from Stanford University.

Robert LeFort was appointed as CEO of Ember in April 2006. Most recently, he was the President of Infineon Technologies North America Corp. in June 2002, with responsibility for all headquarters business activity and key customers. Earlier, he was Vice President Infineon's Automotive & Industrial business, managing business development and relationships with companies using Infineon chips for dynamic vehicle management, engine control, automotive safety systems and related applications. Before joining Infineon in 2000, LeFort was Customer Manager at Delphi Corporation, a Tier One automotive electronics supplier, and held positions at Cherry Semiconductor (now part of ON Semiconductor), Unitrode Corporation and Analog Devices. He holds an MBA from Boston University and a BSEE from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

Stuart Lombard President and CEO was previously a partner with JLA Ventures in Toronto where he was responsible for initiating and managing investments in early stage technology companies. Prior to joining JLA Ventures, Stuart was Co-CEO of Isolation Systems Ltd. an award winning manufacturer of Virtual Private Network solutions. Stuart successfully raised venture capital financing, launched Isolation Systems’ VPN products, developed distribution channels and engineered the successful sale of Isolation Systems to Shiva Corporation. Prior to Isolation Systems, Stuart co-founded InfoRamp Inc., an Internet Service Provider, in June 1994. InfoRamp became Ontario’s largest Internet Service Provider. InfoRamp merged with iStar internet in September, 1995 before successfully going public in November of 1995. Stuart attained his B.Sc. Honours (Engineering) in Applied Mathematics from Queen’s University in 1988 and currently sits on the advisory board of JLA Ventures and is a Director of QuickPlay Media.

Andreas has over 20 years\' experience in the telecommunications and IT fields. He is currently leading the Digital Home team at Swisscom Switzerland. This unit is responsible for managing the in-home connectivity products and services as well as introducing new digital home services on the market. Andreas’ passion is to transform new and innovative ideas into simple and understandable customer experiences and to bridge the gap between the emergence of new technologies and the expectations of the mass consumers. In 2011 Andreas worked with Asoka Tech team from Santa Clara, California, to create a new Energy Management Service based on Powerline technology, which was implemented countrywide in Switzerland in 2011. Andreas has a BSC in electrical engineering and an MBA from the University of Strathclyde. He is also a federally certified IT project manager.

Annette joined the Office of Public Utility Counsel (OPUC) in July 2008. Since joining OPUC Annette’s focus has been on energy efficiency and retail electric issues. She represents OPUC in rulemaking projects and litigated in proceedings. Prior to joining OPUC, Annette worked in the legal division of the Public Utility Commission and as Manager of Regulatory Affairs at Gexa Energy. Annette earned her law degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston and her B.A. in Environmental Policy from the University of Kansas. OPUC is a Texas state agency created by the Legislature to represent the interests of residential and small commercial customers in electric and telephone matters before the Public Utility Commission and other regulatory entities.

Greg Memo is the Chief Executive Officer of GreenWave Reality. GreenWave reality is a global innovator in the Smart Home Services market that includes Energy Management, Connected Lighting, and Home Monitoring services. The company has recently won a 2012 CES Innovation Award for their industry-leading Energy Management solution. Prior to joining GreenWave Reality, he held the position of Vice President and General Manager for Cisco's Consumer Business Organization. Memo led the product development, product marketing and engineering for the Cisco-Linksys Home Networking products along with new emerging connected consumer electronics. He has more than 23 years of experience in the consumer technology industry. Memo has also served in various executive positions including the Senior Vice President of Products, Marketing and Web for Gateway/eMachines Computer, President and COO of Alta Vista, VP and GM of Consumer Notebook Products at Compaq Computer, and various senior product management positions at Apple Computer.

Larry Oliva is the Director of Tariff Programs & Services at Southern California Edison Company. Mr. Oliva is responsible for customer programs that provide peak energy reductions and daily load shifting. Prior to joining Edison, Larry had a successful 30 year career as a consultant to utility and energy companies. He founded Corepoint Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in solutions for utility programs to conserve energy. Prior to Corepoint, he was a Partner in Arthur Andersen LLP’s business consulting practice where he led solution delivery to utilities in retail electric utility restructuring and wholesale market redesign. Also, he was a Director of Putnam, Hayes and Bartlett, Inc. an international economics and strategic consulting firm.

Larry Oliva is the Director of Tariff Programs & Services at Southern California Edison Company. Mr. Oliva is responsible for customer programs that provide peak energy reductions and daily load shifting. Prior to joining Edison, Larry had a successful 30 year career as a consultant to utility and energy companies. He founded Corepoint Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in solutions for utility programs to conserve energy. Prior to Corepoint, he was a Partner in Arthur Andersen LLP’s business consulting practice where he led solution delivery to utilities in retail electric utility restructuring and wholesale market redesign. Also, he was a Director of Putnam, Hayes and Bartlett, Inc. an international economics and strategic consulting firm.

Roy Perry is responsible for long-term product strategy and technology partner development to expand Alarm.com’s ecosystem of compatible devices, apps, services, and networks.

Previously, Roy was Director, Strategic Assessment, for CableLabs. He led the Security, Monitoring, and Automation (SMA) program, which evaluated technologies that could provide smart home capabilities, such as home security, energy management, and home automation, and developed an open protocol for home monitoring and control. He acted as liaison to the alarm/security industry and the smart grid/utility industry, and developed public policy positions for the cable industry around smart homes and the smart grid.

Roy Perry has extensive experience in the development of advanced cable IP network services, including high-speed broadband, and residential and commercial VoIP services. In the 1990’s, he held senior technical staff positions at US WEST Advanced Technologies and MediaOne. Starting in 2000, he possessed executive level positions at Nortel Networks and Cisco Systems, and engineering director positions at Adelphia and CableLabs. Roy earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Virginia Tech.

Peter assumed the CEO role in May 2009 after having supported Danny Tuff, co-founder, and the Management Team in a consulting capacity. Peter brings to the team a career focused on building brands and bringing businesses to market. Peter has 3 hockey playing sons, CJ (20), Jake (17) and Tanner (12). Away from work, Peter is an active member of YPO (www.ypo.org), passionate about the environment (www.meduxnekeag.org) and economic development in Africa (YPO Rwanda Joint Action Forum). Peter’s career began with traditional packaged goods marketing where he grew to Director of Marketing, Kraft Canada. For the past 16 years Peter has managed “go to market” sales, marketing, distribution companies in Canada (Barrett Corporation), US (Dixie Sales Company) and globally as CEO of Freeplay Energy (www.freeplayenergy.com). “At Blue Line Innovations, we have a terrific and unique sensing technology that allows us to put real time electricity data in the hands of consumers, utilities or collaboration partners. We’re proud to be working with terrific retail partners and collaboration partners such as Microsoft, People Power, Intwine Energy, and PlotWatt. I’m excited about our potential to help families reduce their energy bill and make a positive difference. The time does seem to be right for the PowerCost Monitor™ - we just need to continue to build awareness and to work with quality partners to bring our brand and technology to market”.

Karl R. Rábago joined Austin Energy in March 2009. As Vice President of Distributed Energy Services, he leads the utility’s energy efficiency, green building, market research, key accounts, electric transportation, and emerging technology groups. He also serves as Austin Energy’s executive sponsor to the Pecan Street smart grid demonstration project.

Rábago has more than 20 years experience in electric utility policy and regulation. Karl chairs the board for the Center for Resource Solutions and helped create the “Green-e” Certification program for renewable energy products. Prior to joining Austin Energy, he was director of global regulatory affairs for the AES Corporation and director of government affairs for AES Wind, served as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Energy, was Texas’ first Hispanic Public Utility Commissioner for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, was Sustainability Leader with NatureWorks, LLC, a pioneering bioplastics company, and was Managing Director and Principal at the prestigious Rocky Mountain Institute.

A graduate of Texas A&M University with a degree in Business Management, Rábago also earned his law degree from the University of Texas Law School (with honors). He also holds post-doctorate degrees in environmental law (LL.M., Pace University School of Law) and military law (LL.M., US Army Judge Advocate General’s School). A veteran of more than 12 years in the US Army, Rábago was an Armored Cavalry officer and Judge Advocate, and is Airborne and Ranger qualified.
 

With over 23 years experience in the HVAC and utility industries Mr. Reyes brings a unique perspective. While with Public Service Company of New Mexico assignments ranged from working closely with the large C&I customers as a Technical Account Manager to strategic business development and origination in competitive wholesale energy markets as Wholesale Power Marketer. Since joining Comverge in 2007 Ed has started and managed two successful demand response program deployments in NM and AZ and led the western programs as Executive Director and GM of Program and Business Management. He has real world experience deploying many components that make up the smart grid. Ed earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (minor in Economics) from New Mexico State University, MBA in Management from the University of New Mexico and is a registered Professional Engineer (NM).
 

Bill Scheffler serves as Director of U.S. Sales, for Z-Wave™ at Sigma Designs and has over 25 years of experience in the home automation business. He has presented at multiple smart energy conferences on behalf of the Z-Wave Alliance to both US and European audiences. He joined Zensys, acquired by Sigma Designs in December 2008, in May 2001 after a 16-year career with X-10. While at X-10, Scheffler held several leadership positions, including Senior Vice President of OEM Sales and Marketing. Additionally, Scheffler was one of the original founders and a former president of the Home Automation Association. Scheffler holds an Undergraduate and Graduate degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Justin Segall is the Founder and Executive Vice President of Simple Energy, an energy customer engagement software company based in Boulder, CO. Simple Energy is changing how people save energy by changing how utilities engage their customers. Simple Energy leverages its experience in the energy industry and combines leading behavioral science and the tools of the modern, social web to engage customers and help utilities get the demand side management and smart grid results regulators demand. Justin brings experience in the energy industry, community engagement, and business development. In addition to strategy and partnerships, Justin manages energy industry and utility partner relationships for Simple Energy. Previously he served as VP of Resource Development for Renewable Choice Energy. Justin led the firm’s trading and origination, executing significant transactions in renewable energy and carbon markets. Previously Justin served in senior roles with the $3 billion Atlanta BeltLine project, the largest, most comprehensive sustainable urban redevelopment project in the U.S. He helped secure project funding and led many early elements of project implementation. Justin graduated cum laude from Duke University where he spearheaded Duke’s path to leadership in sustainability.

Steve Shapiro is the Group Director of Product Management for ADT Security Services, the industry leader in electronic security solutions. In this role, Steve drives product strategy and direction for an extensive portfolio of ADT products, including the company’s revolutionary smart home automation system, ADT Pulse Interactive Solutions™, as well as all intrusion systems, fire systems, home health care systems and communications systems. As industry trends and technology continue to evolve, Steve is responsible for evaluating and selecting new products, technologies and services that ensure value to ADT’s growing customer base.

Prior to joining ADT, Steve was a consultant to Sirius-XM Satellite Radio where he developed product roadmaps and product definitions for mobile and portable products.

His career in Product Marketing and Product Management began at Motorola, where he was responsible for many communications products over 20 years that included two-way radios, one-way pagers, two-way pagers and global cellular phones, including Motorola’s first color and camera phones.
Steve graduated from Florida International University with an MBA in Business Administration. He holds FCC professional and amateur licenses, has been awarded seven patents, and earned a Black Belt in Marketing for Six Sigma.

John Steinberg has become a forceful advocate for putting consumer value at the center of the smart grid. John has been a featured speaker at numerous cleantech and Silicon Valley industry events, including GigaOM's Smart Grid Forum, Connectivity Week, the Behavior Energy and Climate Change Conference, Greentech Media's The Networked Grid, the Churchill Club, and MIT/Stanford VLab.

Prior to founding EcoFactor in 2006, John was Director of Corporate Business Development for Electronics for Imaging (Nasdaq: EFII). He was also founder and President of Bebop Incorporated, and co-founded Involved Professionals Against Cancer.

John has been issued 18 US patents covering innovations in energy management as well as such diverse fields as digital photography, networked printing, and various mechanical devices. He has served on the Board of Directors of Long Beach Youth Centers and the Board of Advisors of the Tech Coast Venture Network.

Isaias has spent the last 20 years creating and building high growth companies. Prior to founding GridGlo®, Isaias had launched and developed three companies in technology and data aggregation service industry. In 2004, he started LOC-AID® Technologies, Inc. to focus on the developing LBS market. Prior to that, he founded Datumcom in 1995, which became the leading international supplier of vehicle-based positioning services and infrastructures. Isaias led the transition of Datumcom into the telematics field, where the company became a leader at the intersection of communications, computing, and vehicles. Veridian (now General Dynamics) acquired his first venture, Datumtech, in 1997. Isaias raised over $20+ million in investment capital for his ventures, and he is an active member of the Entrepreneurs Organization. Isaias holds Bachelors of Science and Masters of Science in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering from The Ohio State University.

Jonathan "JT" Thompson currently leads the utility sales and marketing efforts for GE Appliances’ Home Energy Solutions team. He works with utilities interested in conducting pilots focusing on consumer behavior and time-of-use rates, using GE’s Smart Appliances. Prior to coming over to Appliances, JT served as the Director of Global Operations for GE Corporate’s Energy Sourcing Organization. While in that role his responsibilities included oversight of the global energy sourcing and risk management needs of commercial and industrial end users. Prior to joining GE in 2007, JT has 9 years of experience in pricing/risk management, account management, and financial services all within the energy industry, including an entrepreneurial venture focused on strategic risk management. JT holds a bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is also the proud father of identical twin daughters.

Craig Tinder is a Principal of Smart Energy Technology for Reliant Energy. He is responsible for developing engaging energy management solutions across Reliant's service territory and has served as the Co-Chairman of the Marketing Working Group for the Zigbee Alliance, as well as in market leadership roles with the Advanced Metering Implementation Team in Austin, Texas. Prior to his current position, Craig was a Product Managert and Sr. User Experience Design Architect for Hewlett-Packard and holds an MBA.

Craig’s passion for the customer experience surrounding new technology adoption has earned him many awards, including the OPA Award for “Excellence in Customer Experience Design” and Outstanding Achievement for User-Friendly Product Design through Buyers Laboratory, Inc. for the HP Easy Select Control Panel. Craig resides in Houston–where his two young daughters have now surpassed him in becoming the official stewards of energy management in the household.

Dr. Wacks has been a pioneer in establishing the home systems industry and a management advisor to more than 100 clients worldwide, ranging from startups to large companies. His business focus includes home and building systems, energy management, and digital entertainment networks. Corporate managers depend on Dr. Wacks for clear and practical advice regarding product development and market positioning.

The United States Department of Energy appointed Dr. Wacks to the 13-member GridWise Architecture Council. He is helping to develop a smart grid for reliable and economical distribution of electricity. For electric and gas utilities, he has defined and demonstrated new methods for energy management and conservation.

Dr. Wacks was elected to chair the international committee (ISO/IEC) establishing world standards for home and building automation. In addition, he has written American National Standards for home systems and networked home appliances.

Dr. Wacks chairs the Editorial Advisory Board of the magazine iHomes & Buildings and is a featured contributor under the byline “Ken Wacks’ Perspectives.” He is a frequent speaker and panel-session organizer at industry conferences. Dr. Wacks received his Ph.D. from MIT and studied at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Gene Wang is CEO and Founder of People Power Company, an energy efficiency startup helping people to save power. People Power has developed the Energy Services Platform that enables manufacturers and service providers to build solutions that engage users using behavioral techniques while saving money by reducing energy waste.

Gene was previously Chairman and CEO of Bitfone, an industry leader in mobile phone device management, which he sold to HP in 2007 for $160M. Gene was CEO and Chairman of Photo Access, which sold to Agilent in 2000. Gene was CEO of Computer Motion, a leader in medical robotics, which he led through a successful IPO in 1997. At Symantec, Gene was Executive VP where he managed four divisions and helped grow the annual sales from $172 million to $412 million. Gene was VP and general manager at Borland, where he drove sales of the C++ programming language to over one million copies. Gene was co-founder and VP Marketing at Gold Hill Computers, an Artificial Intelligence company. Gene earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Gene likes to record and play music and is happily married with three great children and two bad dogs.
 

Paul Wattles is Supervisor of Demand Response at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. He has been with ERCOT since May 2004. ERCOT’s Demand Integration team oversees participation by demand-side resources in ERCOT’s wholesale markets, including Load Resources providing Ancillary Services and Emergency Interruptible Load Service. Paul has over a decade of electric industry experience with an emphasis on advanced metering and demand response, plus over 15 years of private sector business experience and six years of service as a Congressional aide in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona in Tucson with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism.

Tom has been a client of Parks Associates’ REM service (2010) while serving Lennox Industries as Corporate Director, Advanced Engineering and as Director of Product Management.

Tom has previously worked in the utilities industry, the consumer goods industry and for Motorola in the telecom industry.

He holds a MS in Software Engineering from the University of Texas and a BS in Systems Engineering from the Unites States Naval Academy.

His roles in product strategy for a home controls company as well as experience in the utilities industry and the telecom space provides him with very strong qualifications to serve our energy and home controls clients’ needs.

Pietro Macchiarella joined Parks Associates following an international career in the wireless industry. He has worked in management-level positions throughout Europe and the U.S.

In his role as a research analyst, Pietro covers home entertainment media with specific focus on video gaming, digital music, 3DTV, and connected CE devices. Pietro’s research interests also include global residential energy management, with a particular focus on international deployments.

He earned his degree in business administration from Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy. He also has an MBA from Iona College in New Rochelle, NY.

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE: Video Gaming, Digital Music, Connected CE devices, Mobile Services, 3DTV, Residential Energy Management

Stuart Sikes is the president of Parks Associates, a market research firm specializing in consumer adoption of technology products and services. Stuart and team assist clients around the world by predicting trends in consumer technologies and identifying evolving business models. The Parks Associates team serves the world’s leading semiconductor, software, consumer electronics, telecom equipment, and entertainment companies, providing them with industry analysis, consumer research, and go-to-market recommendations. Stuart’s recent industry presentations include the outlook for residential energy management, new business models for the connected home, and the evolution of new video services.

Stuart has served technology companies for over twenty years, designing technical service, software, and hardware solutions for companies ranging from global semiconductor manufacturers to one of the nation’s largest airlines. In his positions with companies including AT&T, NCR, OpenConnect Systems, and Intelligraphics, Stuart’s roles have included sales, product marketing, marketing communications, and executive management.

Stuart holds an MBA from SMU and a BA in economics from Vanderbilt University.