Conference Leadership 

GCF West 2012 Chairperson

Michael R. Niggli President and Chief Operating Officer SDG&E

Host Leadership

• James P. Avery, Senior Vice President, Power Supply, SDG&E
• J. Chris Baker, Senior Vice President, Support Services & Chief Information Officer, SDG&E
• Michelle M. Mueller, Vice President, External Affairs, SDG&E
• Caroline A. Winn, Vice President, Customer Services, SDG&E

GCF West 2012 Program Committee

• Nicholas Abi-Samra, Accenture
• Scott Anders, Director, EPIC, University of San Diego
• Risa Baron, Local Outreach Manager - External Affairs, SDG&E
• Tom Bialek, Chief Engineer - Smart Grid, SDG&E
• April Bolduc, Media and Employee Communications Manager, SDG&E
• Damon Brady, Senior Program Manager & AVP, Real Time Systems & Communications, SAIC
• Ignacio Contreras, Business Development Manager, M2M & Smart Energy, Qualcomm
• Eric Engleman, Energy Policy Analyst, City of San Diego
• Ruben (Al) Figueroa, Program Development Manager, Lockheed Martin
• Meir Friedlander, Smart Grid Strategy and Solutions, Alvarion
• Josh Gerber, Lead Architect - Smart Grid, SDG&E
• Patrick Heavey, Application Director, Automation Systems, S&C Electric Company
• Pasi Hurri, President & Chief Executive Officer, BaseN
• George Katsufrakis, Market Planning & Analysis Manager, Customer Programs, SDG&E
• Alex Kim, Director, Customer Innovations, SDG&E
• Scott Kirby, Account Manager, Cisco
• Dave Koepp, Territory Manager, S&C Electric Company
• Lee Krevat, Director, Smart Grid Policy & Planning, SDG&E
• Jayant Kumar, Director, Smart Grid Products, Alstom
• Laura Manz, Senior Vice President, Western Region, Viridity Energy
• Jeff McCracken, Program Manager, SDG&E Smart Meter, Itron
• Hugh McDermott, Vice President, Global Utilities, BetterPlace
• Dan Mooy, Managing Director, Wipro Technologies
• Glenn Mosier, Senior VP, Investment, UBS Financial Services; Board Member, CleanTech San Diego
• Reza Nasri, Business Development Manager, Western Region, Quanta Technology
• Dana Nehama, Vice President, Product Management, Alvarion
• Esther Northrup, Director, State Regulatory Affairs, Cox Communications
• Michelle Perez, Operational Sustainability Analyst, University of California, San Diego
• Joel Pointon, Electric Transportation Manager, SDG&E
• Cathy Pucher, Director of Sales, Grid2Home
• John Quandt, Regional Sales Manager, Digital Energy, GE Energy
• Dave Roberts, Vice President, Business Development, OSIsoft
• Vic Romero, Director,Asset Management & Smart Grid Projects, SDG&E
• Holly Smithson, Vice President, CleanTech San Diego
• Gene Summerville, Field Applications Engineer, Petra Solar
• Bob Tafoya, Major Account Manager, Juniper Networks
• Debbie Tatum, Account Director, Digital Energy, GE Energy
• William Torre, Chief Engineer, Electric T&D Engineering, SDG&E
• Lal Tummala, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University
• Russell Vare, EV Regional Manager, Nissan North America
• Stuart Wells, Public Affairs Strategy Manager, SDG&E
• Brad Williams, Vice President, Industry Strategy, Oracle Utilities
• Andy Wood, Director, Business Development, M2M & Smart Energy, Qualcomm
• Danny Zaragoza, Director, Electric Distribution Operations, SDG&E