The extension of smart metering intelligence into the home/building itself, connecting the meters to "load centers" is a radical advancement for the power grid. While, today certain utilities manage peak load demand by directly capping these load centers' usage, a home area network (HAN) and home energy management system would allow the homeowner to indicate a mix of consumption and efficiency across a range of appliances and devices, changing forever the way the consumer participates in the energy consumption. Getting there requires new technologies within the home, from user interfaces to connecting networks to end devices.

Chairperson:

Mike Carlson
Vice President, Operations
GridPoint

Mr. Carlson is responsible for operations. In this capacity, he leads the engineering, delivery, and enterprise solutions organizations. The former Xcel Energy Vice President and Chief Information Officer was a key player in designing and implementing the utility's groundbreaking smart grid project, the $100 million SmartGridCity in Boulder, Colorado. Mr. Carlson has more than 24 years of experience in finance and technology, focusing his expertise in the application and delivery of technology to drive business value.

At Xcel Energy, Mr. Carlson was responsible for increasing the value that technology delivers to the organization by leveraging the utility's IT portfolio, including both technology and process, across the company. Additionally, he was responsible for the utility's smart grid strategy, and his organization included the Utility Innovations Group, which is the technology R&D function for Xcel Energy. Previously at Xcel Energy, he served as the Vice President for Business Transformation & Customer within Business Systems, after originally starting with the company as the Director of the Program Management Office.

Speakers:

John C. Thomas
Director, Technology Strategy
Intel Open Energy Initiative
Intel Corporation

Mr. Thomas is Director, Technology Strategy within Intel's Eco Technology Group where he helps lead the Intel Open Energy Initiative with a focus on smart grid and smart building technologies. He has over 20 years' high tech industry experience spanning multiple ICT sectors. Mr. Thomas has been with Intel for over 12 years in global marketing, business development, and market development roles spanning various industries. He has a Business Administration B.S., Marketing, with Honors from Indiana University School of Business.

 

Rob Ranck
President
HomePlug Powerline Alliance

Since 2002, Rob Ranck has supported the HomePlug Powerline Alliance as its executive director and became president in 2008. In addition to in depth knowledge of technology consortia and the development, certification and marketing of industry standards, he has over 25 years experience within the technology sector in marketing, business development, product engineering and business operations.

 

Barry Hasser
Executive Director
U-SNAP Alliance

Mr. Haaser is the President of the Lakeview Consulting Group, a company specializing in the creation and management of industry ecosystems. He is managing the U-SNAP Alliance that is developing a specification for connecting energy aware consumer products with smart meters; and the SunSpec Alliance that is creating interoperability specifications for equipment used in the renewable energy industry.