Ram Ambatiqudi
Session: EV Building for the Future
Ram Ambatipudi is a Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Development and Utility Engagement at EV Connect. Ram is focused on business development activities with electric utilities and other strategic accounts to advance EV charging infrastructure and management and control of EV Charging stations.
Ram has been a consultant and investment advisor focused on the renewable energy and the cleantech sectors. He has experience with aligning project developers with sources of capital (equity and debt) with a diverse focus on technologies, geographies, and market segments. Previously, Ram was Director, Large Scale Renewables for Chevron Energy Solutions where he oversaw a project portfolio of over 1,600 MW of solar projects in various stages of development. He also led project origination and due diligence activities for Chevron’s Renewables Investment group. Ram has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry, including 15 years in the renewable energy and cleantech sector. He has a B.A. in Economics from UCLA and an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA.
Mr. John S. Andrepont
Session: Enabling Intermittent Renewable Power with Economical Energy Storage
John Andrepont is the founder and president of The Cool Solutions Company, which has, since 2000, provided professional consulting services in support of the successful technical and commercial development of Energy Storage, District Energy, and Turbine Inlet Cooling (TIC) applications. John has been involved in the development of well over 100 large Energy Storage projects and more than a dozen District Energy systems, as well as large and small TIC projects, on five continents.
He is an active member of:
• ASHRAE, serving on its technical committees for Cogeneration Systems, District Energy, and Thermal Storage, and on the subcommittee for Combustion Turbine Inlet Cooling;
• IDEA (International District Energy Association), having served as a Director for 5 years and as Technical Chair of 3 Cooling Conferences; and
• TICA (Turbine Inlet Cooling Association), serving as a Founding Member, Director, and past-Chair.
John graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York, with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering. He is the author of numerous technical papers and articles and is the inventor of over a dozen U.S. patents.
Kimberly Arellano
With over 35 years of event planning and content management, Kim has put her skills to use for the Energy and Engineering department of Access Intelligence. Working with industry leaders from chemical process and power generation industries.
Paul Barham
Session: Resilience Planning - What Is ‘Resilience’ and Do We Need It?
Sam Barnes
Session: Battery Energy Storage Systems
Sam Barnes is Executive Vice President – Chief Operating Officer, Commonwealth Associates, Inc. He has 29 years of experience in the power industry. Sam has been involved in design, consulting and development of power generation and power delivery projects and most recently in ‘Grid of Tomorrow’ projects that include battery energy storage systems (BESS) and other distributed energy resources. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a BSME and an MBA and is chairman of the board of trustees for Jackson College.
Dennis Buchanan
Session: The Great Electrification Debate: Too Green, Too Fast or Not Fast Enough?
Dennis Buchanan, PE, is a Plant Director for Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS). SPS is one of 4 operating companies of Xcel Energy. Dennis has worked in the Electric Utility, Power Generation field for over 40 years. His background includes performance and plant engineering, project management, and senior management. A large portion of his career was dedicated to power plant process controls where he designed and implemented DCS retrofits throughout the SPS fleet. Currently, Dennis is the Plant Director of the Harrington/Nichols complex that consists of 3 coal fired units and 3 gas fired units. Dennis has a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University and is a Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
Clifford Carnes, PE
Session: Flexible Operations
Anthony Cirillo
Session: The Great Electrification Debate: Too Green, Too Fast or Not Fast Enough?
PUBLICATIONS
Presented and published over 60 topical articles and papers on power generation, cogeneration and thermal energy, and project management and development.
EDUCATION
M.B.A., Management, Operations-Rutgers University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Thermal & Fluid Science-Drexel University
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
Registered Professional Engineer: Eight (8) States
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• 35+ years experience:
Domestic power and energy industry project development and execution, from concept inception through to and including construction completion and commissioning
Domestic capital and feasibility study project management and execution
International power and energy project development and execution
• Execution and strategic development of simple and combined cycle power projects
• Execution and strategic development and execution of air quality control system (AQCS) projects
• Substantial power generation and transmission industry market knowledge for utility and IPP projects
Brian Clark
Session: Enabling Intermittent Renewable Power with Economical Energy Storage
Brian Clark is a regional sales manager for CB&I, a company responsible for the installation of more than 250 thermal energy storage (TES) tanks with over 4,700,000 ton-hours of cooling capacity (approximately 3,300 MWh of equivalent electrical energy storage) over the span of four (4) decades. CB&I provides lump sum, turnkey solutions for field erected, welded steel TES tanks used for peak shaving, turbine inlet cooling, and emergency cooling applications.
Brian has been engaged in the development of over 50 TES projects and is an active member of IDEA (International District Energy Association).
Brian graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Theodore Cook
Session: Flexible Operations
Teddy began working for Storm Technologies Inc. in July of 2018 as a Field Service Engineer after completing his BSME from the University of South Carolina. During his time at Storm, Teddy has managed numerous field projects aimed at reducing emissions, optimizing efficiency and reliability.
Generally, the field projects involve combustion optimization and/or root cause evaluations of pulverized coal-fired utility boilers. Teddy has successfully taken and passed both the fundamentals of engineering and professional engineering examinations in the state of North Carolina. After meeting the necessary work experience, Teddy plans to apply for registration as a professional engineer in North Carolina.
Brian Curtis
Session: Are Microgrids In Your Future?
CEO and founder Brian Curtis has over 20 years of engineering, finance and strategic management experience in energy and high-growth technology industries. Brian founded Concentric Power in 2011 to create sustainable infrastructure and energy independence for companies in critical industries, including food and pharmaceuticals.
Raised in Salinas, Calif., Brian has a deep understanding of how agricultural innovations have evolved and must continue with sustainable, energy-efficient solutions. At Concentric Power, Brian leads company strategy, technology and product roadmaps, and project development.
Brian has spent his career in and out of power plants and processing facilities for the energy and food industries. Previously, Brian spent five years in China where he built an ammonia processing plant and acted as plant general manager to launch the business and product line. He was also a venture partner and entrepreneur-in-residence with two local Chinese venture capital firms where he oversaw their clean energy investment strategies, contributing to $1.35 billion raised. When returning to the U.S., Brian joined the U.S. Department of Energy where he worked within the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Group, along with several clean energy startups. Brian started his career as a power plant design engineer at the power plant on campus at the University of California, Los Angeles and further honed his mechanical systems design skills as a refinery engineer for Chevron. Concentric Power is Brian’s second start-up; the first was a software technology company that was acquired.
Brian currently serves on the board of directors for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Entrepreneurship Competition, where he was the lead organizer as an MBA student. The “MIT $100K” is a year long competition and the largest student-led organization at MIT.
Brian holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from UCLA, with an emphasis in electro-mechanical systems design and control, and an MBA from MIT. Brian lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two kids.
Heather Davis
Session: Skills Training/Development
Jacqueline DeSouza
Session: EV Building for the Future
Jeffrey Fassett
Session: Building the Future by Learning from the Past
Jeff Fassett, President & Co-Owner, IEM Energy Consultants, LLC
Mr. Fassett is Co-owner and founder of IEM Energy Consultants LLC and more than 35 years of broad based experience in the power and related industries. He founded IEM in 1998 as a boutique consulting practice which provides consulting services in all aspects of power plant operations, maintenance, and management to clients worldwide. Mr. Fassett has provided services in outage planning, management and oversite, long range O&M budgeting, reliability assessments, and plant staffing analysis. In addition, he has also been involved in the negotiations of long-term service agreements representing over 30 GW of gas and steam turbine generating capacity worldwide and has testified as an expert witness regarding proper operations and maintenance practices and procedures. Under his guidance, IEM has experienced significant growth, and now employs almost 15 consultants.
Prior to forming IEM, Mr. Fassett held roles of increasing responsibility with various utilities, both regulated and IPP’s, as well as petrochemical process facilities. These roles included Plant Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Start Up Manager, Maintenance Manager and Plant Superintendent. His experience includes coal, simple and combined cycle CT’s and coal gasification. Mr. Fassett sits on the Board of Directors of the Plant Managers Institute, the Advisory Board of the Electric Power Conference, is a member of the ASME Power Committee, and International Gas Turbine Institute, Education Subcommittee. He has taught college classes in Energy & the Environment, Ethics in the Energy Industry, Electronics and Power Plant Operations. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Dakota State University with an emphasis in Power Plant System Design
Guy Frankenfield
Session: Enabling Intermittent Renewable Power with Economical Energy Storage
Guy S. Frankenfield, is responsible for the energy related projects at DN Tanks, specializing in Thermal Energy Storage (TES) tanks. Guy’s career has included working for Fortune 500 companies, including Trane, IBM, and Honeywell. His 40 years of business experience includes mechanical engineering design and energy efficiency project development. He is an active member of ASHRAE’s technical committee 6.9 Thermal Storage including past-chair, and a Board Member of the Turbine Inlet Cooling Association. Guy has presented at numerous National conferences including: Association of Energy Engineers (WEEC, EMC, and Globalcon), International District Energy Association (IDEA), ASHRAE, APPA, Energy Storage Association, EUEC, and EUCI.
Guy has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University.
Joe Fredrickson
Session: Real Safety Discussions
Joe has worked for MN Power for 19 years has been an auxillary attendant, fuels technician and now a safety specialist
Hooman Ghaffarzadeh
Session: Are Microgrids In Your Future?
Hooman is responsible for the design and development of the ETAP microgrid controller. Including development of the control logics such as economic dispatch, rule-based dispatch, reactive power control, renewable smoothing control, intelligent load and generation shedding algorithm.
He also has experience with Power systems modeling and analysis (phasor-domain and electromagnetic transient analyses; power flow and steady-state fault analyses.
James Goosby
Session: UAS - What Are Drones Good For?
James Goosby is serves as the Instrumentation and Controls Support General Manager within the Southern Company Technical and Project Solutions organization. He and his team are responsible for plant Instrumentation and Controls Field Support Services and Generation Cyber Security Program Management.
James has held various leadership positions within Southern Company Generation over the past 24 years to include plant Operations, Maintenance and Engineering. Prior to joining Southern Company James served in the U.S. Marines and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University.
Secretary Jennifer Granholm
Session: Opening/Keynote/CEO Roundtable
Melanie Green PE
Session: Battery Energy Storage Systems
Melanie Green is a Sr. Director in Power Generation at CPS Energy, the municipally owned electric and gas company serving San Antonio, Texas – the nation’s 7th largest city – and surrounding region.
A native of Missouri, Melanie graduated from the University of Missouri – Columbia with a BS-Mechanical Engineering. She has over 30 years experience in of power generation.
Barbara Greenstein
Session: Real Safety Discussions
Michael Greiner
Session: Hazards and Solutions for Battery Energy Storage Systems
22 years in the fire protection
Joel Grelewicz
Session: UAS - What Are Drones Good For?
Joe Grelewicz is an accomplished technical, program and project management professional with a proven record of success supporting industries including gas and electric transmission and distribution, coal-fired power plants, infrastructure, metals, chemicals and downstream oil. Collaborative team builder and solution provider in traditional, hands-on facility asset inspection services and utilization of technologies including drones, robotics, submersibles, hardware, and software solutions to collect data safely.
Paul Hayes
Session: Hazards and Solutions for Battery Energy Storage Systems
Paul is the GM of American Fire Technologies. Principal engineer with 30+ years’ experience managing a special hazard asset protection fire company for the industrial and power market. Duties include the business, engineering and marketing operations. Professional functions include; technical support; oversight, design, installation of fire detection and suppression systems;
Graduate of NC State, with a BS in Civil Engineering. Professional Engineer Fire Protection in over 35 States.
Code committee and code development experience for Principal member for NFPA 850(Power Generation) and NFPA 855(Energy Storage); Task group manager for suppression and explosion chapters in NFPA 855. Task manager for 100+ page Lithium Ion Safety Guide for NFPA 855; Special Matter Expert for Fire Department NY, Task force member for Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) safety council on ESS and Member UL9540 Standard Technical Panel - Testing criteria for Energy Storage systems.
Brian Heinbaugh
Session: Flexible Operations
Brian Heinbaugh has a B.S. Engineering Technology and two Master’s degrees, M.S. Management and Master of Business Administration. He has been in the Power Generation industry for over 25 years in a variety of O&M roles dealing with many different technologies. He has served as a Director of Operations with both GDF Suez and NAES over simple cycle, combined cycle, and coal plants. Currently he is a Plant Manager with ODEC at their new 1000 MW Combined Cycle Wildcat Point Generation Facility.
Amanda Hoefling
Session: Planning for your Shutdown
David Howerton
Session: Real Safety Discussions
I started a 32 year career in power generation after 6 years in the US Navy. That 32 years has included construction, retro-fit, commissioning, operations, and maintenance of gas turbine combined-cycle plants. I also have 10 years as a volunteer firefighter/EMT with 2 different departments in Colorado & Idaho, having been the Training Captain during my last year in Colorado. For the last 20 years I have also been the Fire Protection Coordinator at Rathdrum Power. As such, I am responsible for the fire related equipment and activities within the facility - which includes developing and conducting emergency drills and procedures. Many of our drills include the participation of local fire, EMS, and law enforcement agencies.
Karen Hsu
Session: EV Building for the Future
With over a decade of software experience and expertise in utility enterprise solutions, Karen Hsu leads utility and municipal government business development for Enel X. Under her leadership, Enel X (formerly eMotorWerks) has expanded its investor-owned utility portfolio and its electric vehicle smart charging products and energy management services. Prior to joining eMotorWerks, Karen led a sales executive team for SEW, a SAP for utilities companies, which focused on utility Customer Information System (CIS) and asset management solutions in the field. During her time at SEW, she was the top revenue-producing sales executive and was responsible for direct utility sales, managing the software implementation team, and part of the business advisory team that informed software development. Some of the notable utility partners Karen has secured deals with include Xcel Energy, American Electric Power, Southern Company, Georgia Power, Bahama Power & Light, Emerald People's Utility District, Tacoma Public Utilities, Puget Sound Energy, National Grid, PG&E, Southern California Edison, SDG&E, DTE Energy and Portland General Electric. She holds a BA in Biology from Cal State Fullerton and technical certifications from UC Irvine focused on Internet of Things (IoT) solutions.
Jean-Louis Kindler
Session: Are Microgrids In Your Future?
Jean-Louis Kindler is CEO of Ways2H, a leading commercial provider of facilities that upcycle waste to produce clean hydrogen for mobility, microgrids and power generation. A veteran of the environmental technology industry who has pioneered award-winning water, waste and renewable energy systems, Jean-Louis and his team are developing projects that transform the world’s worst waste - MSW, plastics, sewage sludge and more - into clean energy.
Jean-Louis is also Co-Founder and CEO of cleantech management company Clean Energy Enterprises, which created Ways2H as a joint venture with Japan Blue Energy Corp. Previously, Jean-Louis was president of OriginClear Inc.’s Technology Division, a leading provider of water treatment solutions, where he led commercial development of a breakthrough water treatment technology. Jean-Louis is still a member of OriginClear’s board of directors. Before joining OriginClear, Jean-Louis was co-founder and chief technology officer of Ennesys, an award-winning French biotech company, where he designed an innovative waste-to-energy system and hosted French President François Hollande during a 2013 state visit to the company.
Jean-Louis earlier served as founding CEO of MHS Equipment, a French nanotechnologies equipment manufacturer, where he led the development of a new fuel cell components manufacturing process. Jean-Louis started his 30-year career in the cleantech sector in Japan, as principal of technology incubator Pacific Junction. His work there included technology sourcing for the French industrial group GEC-Alsthom, building the first version of the BLUE Tower waste-to-hydrogen commercial unit, and providing market development for a fluids-mixing technology.
Jean-Louis holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Public Policy from the Institute of Political Studies (Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lyon) in Lyon, France, and an MBA in International Management from the ISG Business School (Institut Supérieur de Gestion) in Paris.
Alex Krowka
Session: EV Building for the Future
Alex Krowka is a Senior Program Coordinator for the U.S. Energy Association. In this position, Alex helps coordinate the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-funded Consensus Program to build global and domestic understanding, consensus, and cooperative action on Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) and Clean Energy Systems (CES). Additionally, Alex assists with the U.S. – East Africa Geothermal Partnership (EAGP), a public-private partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development and Geothermal Energy Association, that seeks to promote the development of geothermal energy resources and projects in East Africa, while facilitating the involvement of the U.S. geothermal industry in the region.
Alex has 6 years of experience in the Energy and International Development industries having worked at Energetics and the International Tax and Investment Center. His past clients consisted of multiple programs and offices within DOE including: Appliance Standards, Emerging Technologies, Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), International Affairs, Residential Buildings Integration, and Zero Energy Ready Homes. Alex graduated magna cum laude from American University’s School of International Service with a B.A. in International Studies.
Nik Kutz
Session: Reciprocating Engines for Power Generation - Challenges and Solutions
Mr. Kutz has over 17 years of operations and training experience obtained from working at an Ethanol plant, Oil Refinery, Gasification plant and Power Plant. Nik was hired at the Omaha Public Power District as a Plant Helper and worked his way up to a Unit Operator. Nik jumped at the opportunity to work in the Production Operations Training Department as a Training Coordinator for the Nebraska City Station and has since moved to the Production Operations Department Training Supervisor position. Some of his many responsibilities are providing Fire Brigade training to Operations Personnel as well as creating and delivering computer based training via OPPD’s Learners Management System. He currently resides in Nebraska with his wife and two children.
Natalia Lopez
Session: Working with IOT
Angie Lucas
Session: Planning for your Shutdown
Angie Lucas is the Member Engagement Manager for the Energy Providers Coalition for Education (EPCE), a non-profit national membership of energy employers, energy-related associations, labor and education providers partnering together to educate and train the energy workforce. She facilitates the partnership and manages the development and implementation of EPCE’s online education and training strategies. EPCE is a signature initiative of the Council for Adult Experiential Learning (CAEL), whose mission is to link learning and work to help working adult learners succeed. In her prior role, she gained experience in facilitating meaningful consultation between tribal leaders, federal offices and industry partners to address concerns and collect advice around the issues impacting energy and infrastructure development across Indian Country. Angie earned a bachelor’s degree and MS in Leadership Development at Saint Mary of the Woods College.
Mark MacCracken
Session: Enabling Intermittent Renewable Power with Economical Energy Storage
In November 2017, Mark MacCracken became the VP, CALMAC Portfolio for TRANE. Prior to CALMAC’s purchase by Ingersoll Rand, he was CEO of CALMAC, which is one of the largest manufacturers of Thermal Energy Storage equipment in the world, with over 4,500 installations in 60 countries. In his 40 years with the firm, he has assisted in the design of hundreds of Ice Storage systems around the world. Some of the recent installations in New York City were for Rockefeller Center, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and the Bank of America Tower.
He was the Principal Investigator on research projects with Oak Ridge National Labs, NASA and National Renewable Energy Research Lab. He has his BS in Mechanical Engineering, three U.S. patents and is a Professional Engineer and LEED® Fellow.
He is, or recently has served as:
• USGBC’s 2011 Chairman of the Board of Directors,
• AEE’s Energy Engineer of the Year,
• ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer,
• Board of Directors of:
o Urban Green,
o New Buildings Institute and
James Meaney
Session: Working with IOT
Shannon Messer
Session: Battery Energy Storage Systems
Shannon Messer is a former electric utility manager with years of seasoned experience in a variety of engineering, operations, finance, and regulatory roles and projects. Since 2005 Shannon has worked as a consultant and assisted many U.S. utilities with their smart grid or grid modernization initiatives. Shannon’s areas of specialty includes program/project management, electric utility distribution planning and operations, technology evaluation/selection, regulatory strategy, and the development of grid modernization and related business cases, revenue requirements, electric tariff rate analysis, and budget analysis.
Anibal Morones Ruelas
Session: Hazards and Solutions for Battery Energy Storage Systems
Dr. Morones works in the BakerRisk® San Antonio office as part of the Blast Group. His work is focused on blast effects testing and high pressure hazards evaluation. Interested in high pressure turbulent combustion.
Jeffery Pope PE
Session: Planning for your Shutdown
Mr. Pope is the Manager of Facility Decommissioning and Demolition Services for Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co., Inc. He earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a licensed professional engineer. Mr. Pope has more than 36 years of experience of providing environmental services to various clients. His recent focus has been providing utilities and power cooperatives with assistance for the decommissioning and demolition of fossil-fired power plants. Mr. Pope is currently managing or participating in the demolition and remediation of 15 fossil-fired power plants and has completed more than 25 additional projects around the country.
Maria Pope
Session: Opening/Keynote/CEO Roundtable
Maria Pope is president, chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Portland General Electric, Oregon’s largest electric company.
Before becoming CEO in 2018, she served as PGE’s senior vice president of Power Supply, Operations and Resource Strategy. In that role, she oversaw PGE’s transition to the Western Energy Imbalance Market, a foundational step in creating a regional smart grid. She joined PGE in 2009 as the company’s chief financial officer.
As CEO, Pope leads PGE’s strategy to create clean, affordable energy Oregon customers expect, while keeping reliability and resiliency at the forefront of the company’s planning efforts.
Prior to PGE, Pope was CFO of Mentor Graphics Corporation. She has also held senior operating and finance positions within the forest products and consumer products industries. Pope began her career in banking with Morgan Stanley.
Pope serves on the Oregon Global Warming Commission. Her other board and commission activities include The Nature Conservancy, Electric Power Research Institute and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Pope is an alumna of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and earned her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University.
Kirk Rosener
Session: Are Microgrids In Your Future?
Cybersecurity and Operational Technology Infrastructure lead for CPS Energy SCADA control systems. Work with multiple teams in architecting and implementing cyber-security control requirements for inclusion on CPS Energy SCADA systems.
Responsible for the performance of cybersecurity controls implemented on SCADA systems satisfying NERC cybersecurity requirements and Distribution/Gas SCADA environments satisfying NIST/CMMC cybersecurity requirements.
Currently performing as a NERC Standards Project Management Oversight Subcommittee (PMOS) Liaison with three NERC CIP Standards Development Teams.
Currently performing as a team member on the IEEE 1547.3 team developing the draft guide for Cybersecurity of Distributed Energy Resources Interconnected with Electric Power Systems.
Dual PE Certifications ( Electronic and Software), Project Management Professional (PMP).
Nathan Shannon
Session: The Great Electrification Debate: Too Green, Too Fast or Not Fast Enough?
Nathan is SECC's President & CEO and leads the organization's research, membership and policy initiatives. He came on as SECC's Deputy Director in early 2015, and in this role, he grew membership almost 40% to over 150 members. Along with his work on the Research and Policy committees, Nathan leads member recruitment and engagement and routinely presents SECC 's research at major industry conferences and policy workshops around the country.
Mr. Nick Slappy
Session: Diversity & Inclusion - Lets get real...
Nick Slappy of NAs1 is a highly respected leader who is known to discuss courageous, authentic, and challenging topics based proven experience that has garnered results. He’s been known to discuss diversity and inclusion, feedback, accountability, and performance management to name a few topics.
Nick’s professional career has expanded over 20 years. He’s currently an executive at a fortune 500 company, Nick is responsible for leading strategic initiatives and oversight for safety and efficient utilization of resources of employees.
Nick has a unique style that engages his audience in being comfortable having uncomfortable conversations. His various topics leaves the audience with something to gleam as they transition from his sessions back to their respective environments.
Nick has been active in the community by serving on the Cartersville/Bartow County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Calhoun County Big Brother Big Sister Board of Directors, CGIA Board of Directors, and founded Georgia Highland’s B2B Minority Advisory Board. He has also served in several mentoring programs and as a community sports coach.
Originally from Anderson, SC, Nick holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee.
Mike Sloan
Session: The Great Electrification Debate: Too Green, Too Fast or Not Fast Enough?
Bob Taylor
Session: Hazards and Solutions for Battery Energy Storage Systems
With over 37 years of experience in the electric power industry, Bob has extensive background in fire protection, occupational safety & health, management systems, emergency preparedness and response.
Kelly Tomblin
Session: Opening/Keynote/CEO Roundtable
Joseph Vonderhaar
Session: Flexible Operations
Luke Webb
Session: Building the Future by Learning from the Past