Agenda

Nikoo Kouchakipour manages the Electrification Technology team with a focus on pilot demonstration, design, testing, and integration of e-mobility solutions, including but not limited to high and ultra-high power charger testing, Vehicle to X integration, and DC-integrated microgrids with BESS and EV chargers.

Nikoo has extensive experience working with utilities and OEMs in diverse areas of electrification, power systems, and energy conversion systems, including electric vehicle charging infrastructure, renewable energy resources, and utility-scale energy storage.

Vice chair for IEEE Industry Connection 22-002: High Power Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure.

Zach Woogen is the Interim Executive Director for Vehicle-Grid Integration Council (VGIC), where he leads regulatory, policy, and market development efforts, covering rate and program design, interconnection rules and regulations, and managed charging and V2X technology in the leading VGI markets. Zach is also a Senior Manager at Strategen, supporting go-to-market strategy and market intelligence for clients and utilities in the V2X and smart charging space. Zach has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Economics and Policy from the University of California, Berkeley.

Policy professional, energy economist, and electric utility regulatory analyst with over 25 years of experience specializing in the value of distributed energy resources and the grid of the future.

As a graduate student, I conducted research on the value of distributed solar photovoltaic systems with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. The title of my dissertation is "Photovoltaics Technology for Sustainability: An Investigation of the Distributed Utility Concept as a Policy Framework". As a researcher, I was part of the original research team from the University of Delaware that established the analytical basis for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems. I co-authored the article "Electric Vehicles as a New Power Source for Electric Utilities" with Dr. Willett Kempton published in a leading transportation journal; this article is widely considered the seminal article on V2G and has been cited over 1,000 times.

I have prepared direct testimony, technical reports, and analysis for numerous regulatory proceedings including in Michigan, Maryland, New York State, California, and Pennsylvania on behalf of various companies and organizations.

I have conducted collaborative research with a variety of organizations including the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the University of Vermont's Transportation Research Center, Green Mountain Power, Smart Electric Power Alliance, and the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation among others. This work has resulted in the publication of over 80 technical reports and articles in leading energy journals including The Electricity Journal, Public Utilities Fortnightly, Solar Today, Transportation Research, and Energy Policy.

A clean energy future requires a rapid transition to a renewable grid paired with strategic electrification of transportation and buildings. I'm committed to using my skills and knowledge to advance this vision to address the current and future impacts of global warming through regulatory engagement, analysis, and advocacy.

Reuben Sarkar is CEO of the American Center for Mobility.

Sarah Hipel is experienced in energy, charging, autonomous, and connected systems.

Santino Graziani is an experienced doctoral researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Matlab, C++, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Microsoft Office. Strong research professional with a Master of Science - MS focused in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Torre-Bueno is a green technology scientist and campaigner with 16 years of experience creating better solutions for green energy cost-saving measures and lobbying with communities to pursue more sustainable energy programs. As a subject matter expert, he has in-depth knowledge of solar energy, EV charging, battery technology, programming battery control systems to photovoltaic systems, analyzing utility rates, and modeling future energy demand. He is highly active in the community to support green measures, distributed energy systems and CCAs (Community Choice Aggregators), and lobbies regulators, government, community leaders and influencers.

Jeff Huron serves as Sr. Manager of EV Strategy & Business Development at EnergyHub, helping grow the company's automotive partnerships and enhance product offerings in the fast-growing EV charging management category. Jeff has spent the past decade in the.automotive industry as an engineer and technology consultant focused on electrification strategy for global OEMs and suppliers.

Rani Murali is part of the EV Charging & Energy Services team within Ford Motor Company's Model-e division. She works in the grid services business focusing on utility partnerships and vehicle grid integration (VGI) programs and pilots with utility companies. Rani brings her experience across the non-profit, government, and private sectors to develop customer charging programs to help utilize EVs as a grid resource.

Dave McCreadie has been at Ford for 29 years, working in a variety of roles across Product Development, Sustainability, Connected Vehicles, and EV Strategy and Business Development. For the last 9 years, he has led Ford's strategy and delivery of EV-Grid Integration Services, which includes the OVGIP (Open Vehicle-Grid Integration Platform).

Russell Vare is Vice President of Vehicle Grid Integration at the Mobility House. He has 20 years of experience in clean tech with a focus on EVs, energy storage and EV charging. At Nissan and Mercedes-Benz he lead early developments of Vehicle to Grid and battery second-life projects. At Nuvve and Kaluza he held partnership and business development roles to enable aggregation and energy management of V2G for school bus deployments and passenger cars. He holds a Master's in Public Policy from UCLA.

Larisa Dobriansky is Chief Business & Regulatory Innovations Officer at General MicroGrids. She focuses on regulatory, institutional and financial changes that can leverage the capabilities of advanced microgrids to deliver integrated energy solutions to power systems and communities. Drawing upon over 20 years of experience in the Energy, Environmental and Financial regulatory fields, she helps shape new financing mechanisms, market designs, and utility and energy regulatory reforms to support a sustainable, efficient, reliable and resilient transformation of Grid and Community energy infrastructure to meet 21st century demands. Ms. Dobriansky is helping to achieve reforms that can capture the value that an intelligent, dynamic microgrid system can provide to the Grid, Market and Communities. Her efforts are aimed at incentivizing investment in Advanced Microgrids that optimize distributed resources, expand "energy-sharing" parameters, and foster transactive energy markets.

Ms. Dobriansky has served in senior management positions within the private sector and U.S. Government. She formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for National Energy Policy at the U.S. Department of Energy. In that capacity, she secured U.S. Congressional authorization for the Department's first loan guarantee program for clean energy technologies to address the "Valley of Death" and move technologies out of demonstration and into the marketplace. She is currently working with microgrid developers, utilities, Federal and State governmental agencies and regulators, local communities, consumer advocates, NGOs and other stakeholders to develop a "market-based, regulatory eco-system" to support Advanced Microgrid and Integrated Local Energy Network market development.

Pamposh Zutshi is a seasoned technology executive and serves as Senior Director of Product Management at WiTricity. Previously, Pamposh has held leadership positions at Dell, BlackBerry, and USAA. He has led "intrapreneurial" and entrepreneurial ventures, launched and managed global products, and served as a global CMO. He has "on-the-ground" business experience in North America, Asia, and Europe. Pamposh earned an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (Srinagar) in India.

Theodore Bohn is with the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. He is a principal electrical engineer in the EV-Smart Grid Interoperability Center, identifying and validating interoperability issues related to PEV charging systems. He actively serves on SAE, IEEE, and EV charging standards committees, including safety standards. He currently chairs the SAE J3271 Megawatt Charging System (MCS) standard for all large battery vehicles that 'Roll, Fly or Float as well as AIR7357 megawatt charging of electric aircraft. Mr. Bohn received his BS and MS degree in electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. He holds an adjunct faculty position at University of Wisconsin-Madison where he has developed and delivered EV charging safety related education and training materials. He has taught EV short courses on energy storage systems including electrical safety.

At Southern California Edison (SCE), Blake Heidenreich has spent the past four and a half years working in the Electrification Department on the Strategy & Program Development team focused on Transportation Electrification. Blake currently contributes to SCE's VGI strategy and the coordination between teams that are impacted by the projected growth of EV and VGI adoption. He leads three initiatives aimed at the integration of EVs into current pilots or the development of new programs / rates that will support customer participation in both V1G and V2G. Collaboration externally with aggregators, EVSEs, and OEMs has helped inform internal efforts that builds upon industry capabilities to enable and incentivize VGI for SCE's customers.

Prior to VGI, Blake lead the development at SCE of a program that had funding approved for over $50M to support the installation of charging stations at New Construction Multi-family sites through SCE's Charge Ready Light Duty program. Projects while on the strategy team have also included the initial development phases of additional charging station programs, research on TE, and the exploration of electrification opportunities outside of TE.

Prior to joining SCE, Blake gained experiences at Deloitte Consulting, Google, and entrepreneurial endeavors in both finance and the non-profit sectors. Blake's first professional experience in the EV industry was during an internship at Tesla. As a loyal Wolverine, his alma mater from undergrad and grad school at the University of Michigan has lead to his joy of college football. Originally from Southeastern Michigan, Blake now lives in Southern California and pursues his greatest hobby of traveling when appreciating life outside of work.

Eric Cutter leads E3's distributed energy resources (DER) practice, which focuses on enabling energy storage, electric vehicles, and flexible loads to respond to grid needs. Eric's work demonstrates how flexible and dispatchable DER supports higher penetrations of renewable generation and provides value to utilities and ratepayers.

Recently Eric managed a $1.8 million PV integrated storage demonstration project for the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District and Sunverge, showing the untapped value that behind-the-meter storage can provide for local distribution grids. He also collaborated with E3's asset valuation practice to help numerous storage technology companies demonstrate their potential value to California utilities as the state transitions to a low-carbon grid.

He is currently working with utilities in California, New York, and the Pacific Northwest to assess the impact of electric vehicles on distribution system costs and to develop dynamic charging programs that better accommodate renewable generation under future high-renewables scenarios.

Eric's passion is helping consumers and policy makers make wise decisions on the use of our natural resources. He also enjoys guiding quantitative analysis and data visualization that tell a compelling story and inspire action. Eric spends a lot of time outdoors, kayaking, rafting, and mountain biking. He leads E3 company bike trips in Point Reyes.

Prior to joining E3 in 2005, Eric worked as an independent water and energy resources consultant, and he was with Pacific Gas and Electric for 10 years working on regulatory policy for natural gas transportation and risk management for electric generation and procurement.

Education: MBA, MS, energy and resources, University of California, Berkeley; BA, economics and German, Tufts University

Richard "Barney" Carlson is a research engineer with more than 20 years of automotive research experience in industry, academic and government laboratories. As a graduate student at the University of California at Davis, he led the high voltage and powertrain team in the design, development and construction of multiple plug-in hybrid electric vehicles for the FutureCar and FutureTruck challenge, his team taking first place three times. He was awarded six patents during his time at General Motors Research and Development on efficiency improvements of powertrains for automotive systems. Since arriving at INL in 2009, he has been the principal investigator for the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (EVI) laboratory. This lab evaluates electric vehicle charging infrastructure to benchmark the state of the art technology, support codes and standards development for the automotive industry, as well as the integration of electric vehicles with renewable energy resources. He also contributes to the Department of Energy's Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity (AVTA) through the analysis and reporting of on-road data from hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and all-electric vehicle users. As part of the AVTA, he jointly received, with other INL colleagues, the U.S DOE Vehicle Technologies Office Distinguished Achievement Award in June 2015.sity of California, Berkeley; BA, economics and German, Tufts University

Ben Burns leads EATON's V2X business. Ben previously served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps, worked as a management consultant with Booz & Company and led Business Development for DTE Energy. He earned his BA from the University of Michigan and his MBA from Columbia University.

Eric Owski is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Treehouse. He was previously and executive with Bright (acquired by LinkedIn) and a founder at Heirloom (acquired by LinkedIn). He also spent six years in product management and global go-to-market roles at LinkedIn.

Bjoern Christensen is the Managing Director of Next-Dimension, a consultancy company based in California. Next-Dimension focuses on promoting and scaling VGI/V2X technology worldwide. The company's goal is to collaborate with companies globally to scale VGI/V2X technology, ultimately reducing the cost of EVs, enabling more renewables, and providing energy resilience.

Over the past 14 years, Bjoern has been a leader in E-Mobility, Vehicle-Grid-Integration (VGI), as well as Vehicle-to-Everything/Grid (V2X/V2G). He held the position of Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Nuvve from 2011 to 2019.

While at Nuuve in 2017, Bjoern played a key role in securing EPIC funding for the INVENT Project (Intelligent Electric Vehicle Integration) at UCSD in San Diego. The primary objective of INVENT was to facilitate the adoption of commercial V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid) fleet deployments in California. The project received funding from the California Energy Commission. Following the successful funding acquisition, Bjoern assumed the role of principal investigator for the project.

Since his time at Nuvve, Bjoern has continued to be one of the key drivers worldwide of industry-defining projects and actual V2X commercial deployments. Since 2011, he has personally been involved in 13 industry-leading V2X and smart-grid projects and initiatives. These projects have been conducted across the globe in places such as Denmark, Sweden, Namibia (Africa - UNDP Headquarters as a showcase), Japan, India, as well as California and Delaware in the United States. Through these projects, Bjoern has gained unique insight, experience, and knowledge of what works, what doesn't, and how to scale the V2X transformation. Bjoern departed Nuuve in 2019 to establish his own consultancy company, focusing on VGI/V2X.

Prior to joining Nuvve, Bjoern had a long career at Siemens AG in Munich, Germany. During his time at Siemens, Bjoern held various roles and progressed through the ranks. In his final position, he was the Co-Founder, CEO, and President of Siemens Venture Capital, where he had global responsibility for Siemens' Corporate Venture investments.

Yukihiro Hatagishi has a strong background in power electronics, and has contributed to the development of vehicle-to-grid using AC (V2G AC). With his proven success in leading a team to develop an on-board charger compliant with IEEE 1547-2018 and SAE J3072, and as a major contributor to a V2G AC project led by Southern California Edison and Stellantis, his focus has shifted to a V2G AC system including the support of standards, and he is contributing to the expansion of the evaluation platform to address V2X AC at NREL.

His standard participations are: UL1741SC, ISO 15118-20 Addendum, V2G AC Profile, SAE J2847/3, 5 and SAE J3072.

Jonathan Levy is Managing Director for the United States at Kaluza, a leading energy software platform. Jonathan has an impressive track record spanning over two decades in the U.S. clean energy sector. Most recently, Jonathan was Chief Commercial Officer at EVgo, one of the largest electric vehicle (EV) charging networks in the U.S. In that role, he played a pivotal role in driving the company's top-line growth and building key relationships with automakers, utilities, white label commercial partners and public policy stakeholders. Prior to joining EVgo, Jonathan was Director of Policy and Strategy at a sustainable investing firm in Colorado and started his career in Washington DC in public service, working both for a member of Congress and in a variety of positions in President Obama's Administration, including as Deputy Chief of Staff to the U.S. Secretary of Energy.

Chris Morgan is the director of vehicle integrations at Weavegrid, with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry and higher education. Specialties in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Software Engineering. Chris has a master's degree focused in Mechanical Engineering.

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Max Parness is the Senior Manager for Grid Services at Toyota North America. In this capacity, he leads the Grid Services team enabling Toyota North America's vehicle-grid integration strategy, including the development of the company's go-to-market approach and partnerships with utilities and other key stakeholders. The Grid Services team works to enable managed charging, vehicle-to-grid, and other related topics, in service of an excellent customer home charging experience and beneficial electrification. Prior to working at Toyota, Max worked as a consultant to the utility he industry. Max Parness holds a Master's in Technology and Policy from MIT.

James Mater co-founded QualityLogic and is currently the director of strategy for QualityLogic's Smart Energy business. From 2001 to 2008, James oversaw QualityLogic as President and CEO. From 1994 to 1999, he founded and built Revision Labs, which merged with Genoa Technology to become QualityLogic. Prior to Revision Labs, James held product management roles at Tektronix, Floating Point Systems, Sidereal and Solar Division of International Harvester. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Reed College, Portland, OR and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Brian Calka is the vice president of Distribution Operations for DTE Energy. Calka oversees operations of the company's electrical system, including system and reliability planning, new customer connections, electrical engineering, construction, tree trimming and emergency response.

Prior to this role, Calka served as the vice president of Renewable Energy Sales and Project Development at DTE where he led DTE's voluntary renewable energy program, MIGreenPower, as well as DTE's wind and solar project development efforts. Calka has served in various positions throughout his DTE career, including roles in Corporate Finance and Electric Strategy. Prior to joining DTE, Calka worked at Ford Motor Company, where he held positions ranging from project management to plant floor supervision.

Calka holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan- Dearborn and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan. He is a trustee at Detroit-based The Children's Foundation and a board member on several Northville youth sports organizations.

Jacob Mathews is the Senior Advisor for Standards and Reliability at the Department of Energy's Joint Office of Energy and Transportation. Jacob provides technical and policy expertise for the Standards and Reliability team, engages with U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories on cutting-edge projects to enhance charging reliability such as the ChargeX Consortium, and supports the Technical Assistance, Data Analysis, and Communications teams.

Reuben Sarkar serves as the President and CEO for the American Center for Mobility (ACM) where he oversees ACM's 500-acre Smart Mobility Test Center. He has more than two decades of experience in sustainable transportation in corporate, government, and entrepreneurial roles. Prior to joining ACM, Reuben was Chief Product Officer for Forge Nano, a venture-backed start-up focused on commercially scalable, precision nano-coatings for EV batteries and other industrial applications. Formerly, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation for the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), where he oversaw more than $1.8B of R&D investments into the sustainable transportation sector through their Vehicle, Fuel Cell, and Bioenergy Technologies Offices. While at U.S. DOE, he established EERE's focus on mobility systems, co-chaired the advanced materials workgroup, was executive director of the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI) and established the Energy Materials Network (EMN).

As a senior commercialization executive, Rima Oueid combines her experience in finance and strategy with her energy policy expertise to identify market development and public private partnership opportunities in the energy sector. Rima works with a diverse array of stakeholders to develop business models that commercialize innovative technologies and tap diverse capital sources to deliver holistic energy solutions. Rima is currently working on quantum information science technology applications, artificial intelligence, microgrids, and bidirectional vehicle electrification solutions.

Rima previously served in the Office of Policy and the Hurricane Sandy Task Force where she helped facilitate $15 billion in energy related infrastructure deployment initiatives including a report to the President with recommendations for energy resilience. For example, Rima helped develop innovative infrastructure projects such as the NJ TransitGrid, a 100+ MW, $600 million advanced microgrid for NJ Transit and Amtrak, and NJ Energy Resilience Bank, a $210 million fund targeting investments in distributed energy and microgrids. While with the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office, Rima led the development of a new $600 million energy finance portfolio for states which included helping establish the CT Green Bank among others. Rima also assisted the U.S. Department of Defense on a 3GW power purchase agreement initiative that included the Navy, Army, and Air Force.

Prior to the U.S. Department of Energy, Rima spent a decade working in finance, real estate, and management consulting. Rima began her career at Accenture helping Fortune 500 companies in the financial services industry redesign their business models to leverage cutting edge technologies. Subsequent to Accenture, Rima spent six years in real estate, venture capital, and private equity investing, including stints at William Harris Investors and CID Equity Partners. Rima has experience evaluating investments in residential and commercial real estate, solar, biofuels, solid state light manufacturing, and water purification industries. Rima earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with concentrations in Finance, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship and selected as a Kauffman Fellow in 2007 and 2009. Rima also holds a Bachelors of Science from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana. Rima lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and two children.

Jen Downing is an Engagement Officer at the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office, leading business development efforts for the Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program. In her former role on LPO's strategy team, Jen led the development of DOE's Pathways to Commercial Liftoff report for Virtual Power Plants. Prior to joining DOE, Jen was a Senior Manager at Bain & Company in the Sustainability and Strategy practice areas. She holds a BA in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale and MBA from Harvard where she was a Baker Scholar. Jen is based in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Ben Shapiro is a Principal on RMI's Transportation team where he leads and contributes to the development of transportation electrification roadmaps, strategies, and analyses. Current and recent focal areas include leading RMI's work to develop recommendations for holistic transportation electrification planning and grid connection streamlining approaches, supporting RMI's development of novel EV load forecasting tools, and co-leading RMI's engagement with Washington State to develop its Transportation Electrification Strategy. His expertise spans electric utility transportation and distributed energy resource (DER) strategy and analysis, utility regulation, and stakeholder facilitation and convening. Prior to joining RMI, Ben worked for consultancy Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), managing transportation electrification, DER, and electricity rate design projects for clients across the electric power and transportation sectors.

A well-known expert in electromagnetics and design of magnetic devices for power electronics applications in utility application markets, Glenn Skutt leads the development of the bidirectional charging hardware and electrical engineering design team at Fermata Energy. He has served as the principal investigator for multiple government research projects and critical contracts in high reliability power electronics and power inverter operation. He is the founder and president of PowerHub Systems.

Diana Gilmore works in eMobility, Global Strategic Partnerships and Business Development for WallBox Chargers, interfacing with technology and commercial leaders in organizations involved in the transition to clean transportation. Diana has worked as engineering consultant for Pixada USA, strategic partnership & account manager for EVBox, and strategic account executive at Ultra Clean Technology and Cenveo, bringing extensive experience in technical fields including Semiconductor, Robotics and Electric Vehicle Infrastructure as well as connections with key manufacturers, hosts, consultants and industry experts.

Douglas Jester is Managing Partner at 5 Lakes Energy, where he specializes in economic analysis and modeling for energy policy, and in expert witness testimony before utility regulatory commissions.

Douglas attended New Mexico State University, Virginia Tech, the University of British Columbia, and Michigan State University. His major fields of study included mathematics, biology, statistics, industrial engineering, animal resource ecology, and economics. He has been employed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MCI/Verizon, Automated License Systems, Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth, and 5 Lakes Energy. He also served as Mayor of the City of East Lansing

Douglas and his wife reside in a net-zero, all-electric, certified Passivhaus and drive a Ford Mustang Mach-E .

Alexandra (Alex) Cattelan is Chief Operating Officer (COO)at Fermata Energy, where she directs the company's operations, including engineering, primarily focusing on accelerating the commercial expansion of Fermata's innovative V2X bidirectional technology platform. With over three decades of experience in electric propulsion, lithium battery development, and advanced mobility technologies, Alex' expertise is instrumental in leading Fermata into its next growth phase. Her previous roles include Chief Technology Officer at Brunswick Corporation and notable positions at industry leaders such as Polaris, Stellantis, Johnson Controls, AVL, and General Motors.

Brittany Blair joined SEPA in June 2021 as a Research and Industry Strategy Analyst after having worked on a collaborative Microgrid Tariff whitepaper with SEPA. In her role, Brittany supports SEPA's research projects on topics including distribution resource planning and managed electric vehicle charging. Prior to joining SEPA, she interned for Newport Consulting on projects pertaining to microgrid business models, net-metering tariff revisions, and transmission & distribution surveys. Brittany holds a MS in Energy Systems Management from the University of San Francisco and a BS/MS in Biotechnology from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Willett Kempton is a professor at the University of Delaware, engaged in research and graduate teaching on offshore wind power, electric vehicles, and other low-carbon technologies and policies. Willett is also an affiliated professor at the University of Denmark, where he collaborated on multiple EV and GIV projects, and technology advisor at Nuvve, Inc. since 2020.

Rodney McGee is a Research Engineer at the Transportation Electrification Center at the University of Delaware. In his role, Dr. McGee leads a team of engineers in designing, testing, and productizing advanced bidirectional EVSE (EV Supply Equipment) and EV systems while working closely with OEMs and suppliers to foster cutting-edge technology development. In addition to his work at the University of Delaware, Dr. McGee chairs SAE's Medium and Heavy Duty Conductive Power Transfer Task Force and the newly formed NACS Coupler Task Force. Through these leadership roles, he actively contributes to advancing industry standards in the electric vehicle sector.

Ryan O'Gorman is business strategy and delivery lead at Ford Motor Company. For the past 19 years Ryan has worked at Ford developing strategies, products and services relating to vehicle control software, powertrain program management and system engineering, and corporate sustainability solutions.

Shannon Anderson is currently leading the largest infrastructure project in Nissan's history and has met the goals of 400 installation agreements in one year and over 250 quick chargers installed in two years. She is also responsible for developing and supporting Nissan's Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) strategy, including supporting our pilot projects. Her responsibilities include project management of current initiatives; planning and development of new infrastructure initiatives; aligning cross-functional teams; making recommendations and presentations to management; and presenting on Nissan's infrastructure strategy.

As a lead business solutions analyst with PJM Interconnection, Scott Baker evaluates emerging technology and policy issues in the electric power sector. In this role, he administers technology demonstration projects with PJM members, research institutions, and the industry at large for the purpose of deploying innovative solutions to emerging problems. Recently, this work has focused on PJM market evolution initiatives related to distributed energy resources, renewables, and energy storage technologies participating in the PJM capacity, energy, and ancillary services markets. Prior to joining PJM, Scott worked as a researcher at the University of Delaware's Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration on electric vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, helping to successfully deploy the first fleet of electric vehicles to provide ancillary services to a wholesale power market in 2007. Scott has a bachelor's degree in biology and environmental science from Ithaca College in New York and a Master's degree in Marine Policy from the University of Delaware, where he studied the offshore wind power potential in the Atlantic Ocean and related transmission system integration issues.

Joshua McDonald, a TOGAF certified enterprise architect and consulting engineer, has supported Southern California Edison (SCE) for the past 12 years focusing on enterprise system planning, architecture, strategy, and design, with an emphasis on smart grid, DER, and utility integration. He has extensive experience with PEV and smart inverter standards and supported many SCE DER demonstrations, deployments, and regulatory activities, as well as the development of IEEE, SAE, SunSpec and other standards. His current work is focused on SCE's DERMS implementation, DER integration, Vehicle to Grid, and Microgrids. Joshua has a Master of Science in Computer Science with a specialization in software engineering.

Sunil Goyal is an Advance project leader at Ford Motor Company with over 20 years of experience in software delivery and business process improvement. Since 2018, Sunil has been engaged in the development of the technical strategy for OVGIP (Open Vehicle Grid Integration Platform), which will enable smooth and easy integration of OEM and utilities. Sunil is responsible for leading advanced pilot planning for Grid Services and Energy Services. This includes the development of new business partnerships as well as defining platform opportunities that can improve business efficiency and effectiveness with our external partners. He currently working in Ford's energy service team in model e and focusing on developing in-house capabilities of manage charging using telematics.

Caroline Wilcox-Miller is Senior Product Manager focusing on electrification (EV Charging/V2X) at Sunrun, an American provider of photovoltaic systems and battery energy storage products, primarily for residential customers. Prior to her current position she was at GM for over five years, most recently as Home Energy Product Manager, where she collaborated with engineering, purchasing, service, operations, and external services to execute residential energy product offerings for GM. Other roles at GM included Home Energy Product Analyst and Integration Design Engineer. Caroline holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Noel Crisostomo leads transportation analysis for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Policy. In this role he advises policymakers on the deployment of infrastructure to help realize the nation's climate change and energy security goals, including through the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Inflation Reduction Act, and standards regulating greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy. For ten years prior to DOE, Noel shaped transportation electrification regulations in California. At the California Energy Commission, he coordinated policy analysis, technology research and standardization, investment design, demand forecasting, and led the team authoring the state's inaugural Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Assessment. At the California Public Utilities Commission, he oversaw of the design of dynamic electricity rates, charging infrastructure incentives, and innovations to integrate electric vehicles with the grid. Noel researched energy efficiency at Rocky Mountain Institute and supported smart grid programs at San Diego Gas & Electric. Noel holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Earth Systems Program at Stanford University.

Jordan W. Smith is a Consulting Engineer for Grid Edge Innovation in SCE's Grid Technology Innovation organization. He has been evaluating advanced technology vehicles, energy storage, and charging infrastructure starting in 1996 in the founding and growth of SCE's EV Technical Center. In 2011, California adopted battery charger efficiency standards in its appliance code, based in part on prior work by Smith at SCE, work which later led to him to chair the SAE J2894 task force on EV charger power quality. In 2013 he developed and executed the SCE test plan which enabled interconnection of the first vehicle to grid systems in the L.A. Air Force Base V2G pilot - the first V2G aggregation to engage in the California ISO ancillary services market. Mr. Smith represents SCE in U.S. DRIVE, Driving Research and Innovation for Vehicle efficiency and Energy sustainability, Grid Integration Technical Team, the U.S. collaboration with the automobile industry, federal government, and electric utilities on vehicle-grid integration. Mr. Smith received a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering and an M.S. degree in engineering management from California State Polytechnic University and is a licensed professional engineer in California.

Alissa Harrington is a core member of the Automotive and Charging Partnerships team at WeaveGrid, a software company that provides utilities with a technology platform to actively optimize EV charging load, through greater understanding of customer behaviors and delivering on layered value streams for the grid. Prior to WeaveGrid, Alissa achieved significant milestones at BMW of North America, where she led the development and scaling of the largest OEM EV smart-charging product in the US and led on V2X topics. Alissa has also held roles in sustainable development advocacy, energy efficiency evaluation, and renewable energy research. Her experience underpins a strong understanding of the needs and challenges surrounding Vehicle-Grid Integration.

Andrew Cifala is Solution Architect - Smart Grid & Alternative Energy Technology at Keysight Technologies. His expertise is in power systems, particularly in the areas of renewable/alternative energy, microgrid/smart grid technology, and data center/server architecture. His special interests are in creating new concepts and ideas in technology, and strategizing, managing, and coordinating the process to bring them to fruition.

Richard Mueller is Manager of Engineering Technology at DTE Energy. His responsibilites include new technology evaluation; standards, PHEV interconnection, distributed generation, and battery storage. He also oversees renewables, EPRI programs, AMI, and is a DTE ESRI steering commitee member and an OSIsoft PI Champion. Prior to his current role he was Supervising Engineer of Power Systems Technology at DTE for over 16 years. Richard holds a BSE in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer architecture, VLSI, control systems, and MEMS from the University of Michigan.

Lorenzo Garcia is a Product Manager at Wallbox Chargers, where he leads Quasar 2 in the North American market. Quasar 2 is a groundbreaking electric vehicle charger, distinguished by its innovative bidirectional technology -- the first of its kind in the industry. Lorenzo has been with Wallbox Chargers for over four years, contributing to both the R&D and Product teams. He holds two master's degrees and has personally won several awards related to product innovation.

Valerie Frank has over 10 years of professional experience in the fields of product management, strategy consulting, investment banking, and financial analysis. Valerie began their career in 2010 as a Financial Analysis Intern at Radnorwood Capital, LLC. In the same year, they also served as a Teaching Assistant at Stanford University. In 2012, they joined Vaquero Capital as an Investment Banking Summer Analyst, where they worked on connecting tech companies with PE firms and developed a new sourcing methodology for finding and attracting new growth-oriented clients. In 2013, they worked as a Corporate Strategy and Product Development Intern at HealthUnlocked, where they worked with the CPO and the CEO to develop new product lines, plans for market expansion, and supported the upcoming funding round pitch. From 2014 to 2016, they worked at Gurtin Municipal Bond Management as a Product Management Associate, Strategic Development & Marketing. In 2016, they worked as a Strategy Consultant at Wild Blue Cohort, where they developed a new investment proposal initial screening and due diligence process for an angel investment group. In the same year, they also joined Inventables as a Product Manager, where they led cross functional teams in ideation, user and market research, and development of 3D micro-manufacturing hardware/software platform. In 2019, Valerie Frank joined Google as a Product Manager and, in 2021, they became a Senior Product Manager at WeaveGrid.

Valerie Frank attended Oregon Episcopal School from 2005 to 2009, after which they obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biomechanical Engineering from Stanford University from 2009 to 2013. Valerie then went on to earn their Master's Degree in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University from 2013 to 2014.