Energy companies own, operate, and maintain their own communications networks, and also, similar to a communications network, their power networks have access, regional, and core transmission infrastructure as well. These networks have to be reliable; scalable; available; secure and as well managed as any telecom network. IP communication over fiber, WiMAX and wireless network technologies is emerging as a critical component to manage these "next generation" smart grids in order to provide the intelligence required to manage bi-directional power flow from alternative, renewable power sources, outage and maintenance management, real-time monitoring, security and control. As this emerging technology is still evolving with few standards and incumbent providers and a complex, new area for utility/energy providers, there may be quite a bit of experience that can be shared across the energy utility and communications industries to achieve operational efficiency and accelerate deployment.

Chairperson:

Ray Bariso,
Executive Director - Business Development, Operations Solutions
Telcordia

Gerard Ray Bariso has 15 years of knowledge and experience in the design, engineering, architecture, integration, and implementation of next-generation Operations Support Systems (OSS) for Global telecommunications carriers to his role as Executive Director of NGOSS Market Management at Telcordia Technologies. He earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Old Dominion University.

Speaker:

Greg Ennis,
Technical Director
Wi–Fi Alliance

Mr. Ennis has served as Technical Director of the Wi–Fi Alliance since the founding of the organization in 1999. Previously he served as editor of the IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN specification, and has held engineering management positions at various companies in the communications industry.

 

Alex Fedosseev,
Vice President, Product Management
4Home
Member
Broadband Forum

Alex brings over 15 years of experience of bringing to market high quality, high volume networking products. Prior to joining 4Home, he was managing the Residential Gateway family of products at 2Wire and launched a number of customers in both domestic and international markets resulting in multi million unit sales, including SBC/AT&T, Verizon, Bell South, TelMex, Qwest, Sprint/Embarq, BT, Sasktel, Telus, PRTC, EarthLink, SingTel and others. Within the Broadband forum he is the co editor of MR 204 on Energy Efficiency and a contributor to PD-174, PD-194 and other technical documents. He is one of the proponents of expanding Broadband Forum standards such as TR 069 into energy management and other emerging markets.

 

Eedo Lifshitz,
Business Development Director
Alvarion

Mr. Lifshitz is responsible for developing the vertical markets at Alvarion with specific focus on Utilities and Smart Power Grid connectivity. He brings over 20 years experience in IT, Networks and Applications that shaped the internet revolution and the migration from central to distributed computing. During his work at Alvarion, he was exposed to multiple Utility and Smart Power Grid connectivity projects where he could learn about market requirements. Mr. Lifshitz' wide experience in technologies, applications and Smart Power Grids, provides him with the right perspective to review and forecast developments within the Smart Power Grid arena.

 

Bill Leslie,
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
LongBoard Technologies
Member
SIP Forum

Mr. Leslie is the CEO of LongBoard Technologies, a supplier of IP communications technology for the Smart Grid. Prior to founding LongBoard Technologies, he spent 8 years as the Founder and CTO for LongBoard, Inc. developing SIP applications for VoIP and Fixed-Mobile Convergence. Mr. Leslie is actively involved with industry-wide standards adoption as a participating member of the SmartGrid Interoperability Panel, a member of the SIP Forum's Smart Grid Special Interest Group as well as participating in the UCAIug's requirements for NIST PAP 1 and 2.