The 2019 Speakers at the Digital 360 Summit had 100 experts from Energy, Telecom/IoT, Mobility, Manufacturing, Software, Computing, Cities, Buildings, R&D, Universities, Government agencies, Insurance, Finance, IT and more.
6 keynotes and 9 panels.
We will publish 9 white papers from the findings of the event.
We expect breakthrough thinking and partnerships to emerge.
| Agenda | Venues & Registration | Speakers |
| Videos | Sponsors | Hall of Fame Inductee |
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Confirmed Speakers
Jon Wellinghoff, CEO of GridPolicy and Former FERC Chairman
Charles Dickerson – COO of Austin Energy (KEYNOTE)
Former President of Business Services at National Grid
Former SVP of Business Planning & Performance at National Grid
Former SVP of Technical Services at Pepco Holdings
Former VP of Performance Management and Support Services at Pepco Holdings
Dr. Walt Horton – Chief Research Officer at Texas State University (KEYNOTE)
George Bjelovuk – Vice President of Energy Solutions at Siemens (KEYNOTE)
Jay Zoellner – CEO of Edison Energy
Kenan Ogleman – VP of Commercial Operations at Ercot
Peter Londa – CEO of Tantalus Systems Inc.
Dr. John Butler – IC2 Endowed Fellow, J. Marion West Chair in Constructive Capitalism, and Director of the Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs at The University of Texas at Austin (KEYNOTE)
Paul Lau – Grid Chief Strategy & Operations Officer at Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Helen Ramirez – Deputy City Manager at City of Brownsville, TX.
Ying Chan – Deputy Director of Communications Technology Management at City of Austin
Michael Raiford – Corporate Vice President at Samsung Austin Semiconductor
Richard Medina – VP of Grid Transformation and Engineering at CPS Energy
Ty Roberts – VP of Product Marketing at Itron (KEYNOTE)
Itai Dadon – Smart Cities Product Marketing Global Leader at Itron
Lisa Caswell – Consultant at Spencer Stuart (KEYNOTE)
Amy Akers – Board Director at Pedernales Electric Cooperative
Lawanda Parnell – Chief Information Officer at Pedernales Electric Cooperative
Jim Steffes – EVP of Corporate Affairs at Direct Energy
Mike Bates – General Manager of Energy Solutions at Intel
Jeff McElroy – Global Vice President of Energy & Utilities at Tait Communications
Greg Carter – SVP Software Business Unit at Acuity Brands
Dixon Wright – SVP of Surety at USI Insurance Services LLC
Greg Tamberlane – VP of Digital Assets Solutions at Signature Bank
Dan Smith – VP of Electric Service Delivery (T&D) at Austin Energy
Brad Williams – VP Industry Strategy at Oracle Utilities
John Schemmel – Professor/Coordinator of Civil Engineering Program at Texas State University Ingram School of Engineering
Tim Fairchild – Director of Global Energy, Communications, Education and Government Practices at SAS
Sacha Fontaine – Director of Management Consulting at Siemens
Steve Frayser – Executive Director of Star Park at Texas State University
David Forfia – Director of Enterprise Architecture & IT Transformation at ERCOT
Arun Vedhathiri – Director of New Energy Solutions at National Grid
Cengizhan Yenerim – Director of Demand Risk Management at Engie
Brian Lloyd – Director of Regulatory Strategy at Sempra
Reed Cataldo – Founding Partner at Prysm Group
Steve Tarnowsky – Director of Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure at General Motors
Mark Buckner – Power & Energy System Group Leader at Oak Ridge National Lab
Steve Lowe – National Smart Cities & Utilities Leader at AT&T
Vinod Tiwari – Head of Business Development and Sales at PowerLedger
Michael Robinson – Smart Grid Solutions Architect at Cisco Systems
Larry Chen – Senior Strategic Advisor – Hand Enterprise Solutions
Brian Huey – IoT Business Development Manager at AT&T
Ron Zimmer – CEO of CABA
Taylor Prestwood – CEO of Z-Bikez
Alpert Uzmezler – CEO of Anka Labs
Scott Hinson – CTO at Pecan Street Inc.
Cameron Freberg – EV Utility Strategist at Austin Energy
Rachna Handa – Innovation Manager at OSIsoft
Franco van Heijningen – Director of Client Success at Crean & Associates
Andres Carvallo – CEO and Founder of CMG and Former CIO of Austin Energy
Tom Rose – Principal at CMG and Former VP of TXU
Bill Marsh – Principal at CMG
Dave Shpigler – Principal at CMG
Bill Haser – Principal at CMG
Jeffrey Schaubschlager – Senior Consultant at CMG
