Program Speakers
The Grid ComForum East program will provide perspectives on Smart Grid evolution from the utility, technology supplier, public policy, and regulatory sectors. The following thought leaders on electric power delivery have confirmed their plans to speak at GCF East:
- Michael Assante, President & Chief Executive Officer, National Board of Information Security Examiners
- Billy Ball, Chief Transmission Officer, Southern Company
- Joe Ball, Director, Business Development, Itron
- Chris Baltimore, Houston Bureau Chief, Reuters
- Chris Bell, Vice President, Energy Planning & Sales, Georgia Power
- Becky Blalock, Chief Information Officer, Southern Company
- Erik Bunn, Chief Architect, BaseN
- Daniel Burrus, Author of Technotrends and Flash Foresight
- Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy
- Jay Caspary, Director of Transmission Development, Southwest Power Pool
- Paul Centolella, Commissioner, Ohio Public Utilities Commission
- Marius Chilom, Chief Solution Architect, Landis+Gyr
- Tony Clark, President, National Association of Regulatory Utlility Commissioners
- Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
- Kenny Coleman, Vice President, Southern Division, Alabama Power
- Jeff Corbett, Senior Vice President, Energy Delivery, Progress Energy Carolinas
- Deepak Divan, Professor and Director, Intelligent Power Infrastructure Consortium, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Patty Durand, Executive Director, Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative
- John Estey, President & CEO, S&C Electric Company
- Thomas Fanning, Chairman, President & CEO, Southern Company
- Jim Fletcher, Distinguished Engineer, IBM
- John Floyd, Energy Sales & Efficiency Manager, Gulf Power
- Bob Gilligan, President & CEO, Digital Energy, GE Energy Services
- Danny Glover, Vice President, Distribution, Alabama Power
- Jose Granado, Americas Practice Leader, Information Security Services, Ernst & Young LLP
- Todd Gurela, Director, Global Smart Grid Sales, Cisco
- Tim Hirou, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Convergence Wireless
- Chris Hobson, Senior Vice President, Research & Environmental Affairs and Chief Environmental Officer, Southern Company
- Patricia Hoffman, Assistant Secretary, Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, US Department of Energy
- Douglas Houseman, Vice President of Technology Innovation, EnerNex
- Christoph Inauen, Director of Business Development, North America, Nokia Siemens Networks
- Todd Jackson, New Platforms Leader, GE Energy Services
- Scott Johnson, Senior Research Analyst,Chartwell
- Murray Jones, Vice President, EV Infrastructure, ABB
- Anne Kaiser, Region Vice President, Northwest Region, GeorgiaPower
- Ogi Kavazovic, Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, OPOWER
- Jim Kerr, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP, former North Carolina Public Service Commissioner
- Jayant Kumar, Director, Smart Grid Products, ALSTOM Grid
- Thomas Kuster, Vice President, System Development, First Solar
- Roland Lartigue, Business Segment Manager - EV Infrastructure, Siemens Energy
- Michael Loiacono, Director, Communications Infrastructure, Siemens Energy, Inc.
- Peter Mainz, CEO & President, Sensus
- Wade Malcolm, Partner, Accenture
- Arshad Mansoor, Senior Vice President, Research and Development, Electric Power Research Institute
- Gordon Martin, General Counsel, Alabama Power
- Joe Massari, Enterprise Technology Planning Manager, Southern Company Services
- Campbell McCool, Chief Marketing Officer, SmartSynch
- John McDonald, Director, Technical Strategy & Policy Development, GE Energy
- Wes McDowell, Vice President and CIO, Georgia Region, Southern Company
- Mark McGranaghan, Vice President, Power Delivery and Utilization, Electric Power Research Institute
- David Mohon, Marketing Resources Manager, Alabama Power
- Donald J. Morrow, Vice President - Transmission, Quanta Technology
- Mark Moskovitz, Partner, Global Business Services, IBM
- Geoff Mulligan, Chair, IPSO Alliance
- John Norris, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Tom Overbye, Fox Family Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Vaibhav Parmar, Global Co-Lead Wireless Technology, Accenture
- G.P. "Bud" Peterson, President, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Todd Pistorese, Director, Power & Utilities, OSIsoft
- Tim Porter, Partner, Accenture
- Gary Rackliffe, Vice President, Smart Grid Development, ABB
- David Ress, Chief Solution Architect, Sensus
- Michael B. Robinson, Customer Solutions Director, CiscoSystems
- Joe Sagona, Information Security Manager, Southern Company
- James Sample, Director of Cyber Security, Tennessee Valley Authority
- Scott Sarazen, Global Cleantech Markets Leader, Ernst & Young
- Helen Shuford, Marketing Research Manager, Southern Company Services
- Eric Smith, Global Practice Head Smart Grid, Wipro Technologies
- Paul Stein, Advisory Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
- Susan Story, President & CEO, Southern Company Services
- Gary Stuebing, Strategic Planning Manager, Duke Energy
- Anil Swami, Executive Partner, Accenture
- Tina Taylor, Director, Environment, Electric Power Research Institute
- Catherine Thompson, Regulatory and Policy Advisor, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ontario, Canada
- Anders Viden, Vice President of Product Management, BaseN
- Guerry Waters, Vice President, Industry Strategy, Oracle Utilities
- Thomas Whitaker, Global Enterprise Manager, Verizon Wireless
- Bradley Williams, Vice President, Product Management, Oracle Utilities
- Tom Wilson, Senior Product Manager, Itron
- Chris Womack, Executive Vice President and President External Affairs, Southern Company
- Matt Zafuto, Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Sensus
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