21-23 JANUARY 2025 | SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER

IEEE Power and Energy Society IEEE Power and Energy Society SDGE | San Diego Gas & Electric

2023 Organizing CommitteE

IEEE PES Grid Edge Technologies Conference and Exposition is an event built by the industry—for the industry. Our team of dedicated volunteers work to ensure the trends, insights, and expertise shared reflect what’s critical right now in the power and energy industry.

2023 Committee Members include:

Ahad Esmaeilian
Audubon Companies
VP, Clean Energy
Chair
Calvin Zhang
Eaton Corporation
Global Technology Director
Co-Chair
Kaveh Aflaki
Audubon Companies
Director of Business Development
Technical Committee Chair
Hamed Heyhat
Honeywell Smart Energy
VP & GM
Industry Committee Chair
Tamara Becejac
Avangrid Networks
Program Manager
Industry Committee Co-Chair
Megan Cain
The Westly Group
Investor
H.G. Chissell
Advanced Energy Group LLC.
Founder and CEO
Lina He
University of Illinois at Chicago
Assistant Professor
John Hofman
Burns & McDonnell
Professional Engineer & Distribution Modernization Manager
Cong Feng
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow
Iman Kiaei
New York Power Authority
Lead System Engineer
Saeed Manshadi
San Diego State University
Assistant Professor
Liang Min
Stanford University
Managing Director, Bits & Watts Initiative
Manish Mohanpurkar
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sr. Researcher
Elli Ntakou
Eversource Energy
Manager of Systems Resilience & Reliability
Larissa Paredes Muse
Quanta Technology
Smart Street Lighting Consultant
Shishir Sekhar
Landis+Gyr
Senior Director & Global Lead, Innovation and Technology Strategy
Milad Soleimani
Guidehouse
Sr. Consultant in Energy, Sustainability and Infrastructure
George Stefopoulos
Boston Government Services, LLC
Contractor to the US Department of Energy
Chan Wong
Ampirical LLC
Director of Innovation & Transformation
Xuan Wu
AES Indiana
Manager of Transmission & Distribution Planning
Vahraz Zamani
Siemens Power Technologies International
Portfolio Consulting Manager
YC Zhang
Utilidata
VP of Product Solutions
Ziang Zhang
Binghamton University
Associate Professor
Junbo Zhao
Eversource Energy Center for Grid Modernization and Strategic Partnerships
Associate Director