GLOBAL TEAM
Leadership and Founding Advisors
Innovators, Leaders and Doers in Energy and Blockchain
Meet the
Team
80 Energy Executives, Blockchain Experts, Companies and Innovators from across the globe have come together to form the Energy Blockchain Consortium.
Dr. George
Arnold
Former Chairman of ANSI, President IEEE Standards Association and Director of Standards Coordination, NIST
Tony
Giroti
Founder & Chairman, Energy Blockchain Consortium. Former CEO Bridge Energy Group. Founding Investor in Tech.
Jeff
Hamel
Head of Energy Partnerships Google & Nest Labs, Former Executive Director Electric Power Research Institute
Dr. Marco
Terruzzin
Director at E.ON, Blockchain and Cleantech Expert. Former Head of Energy Storage, STEM
Dr. Kristen
Brown
ComEd, Principal Business Technology Specialist, Utility of the Future, Fmr Fellow US DOE ARPA-E
Dr. Claudio
Lima
Co-Founder, Energy Blockchain Consortium, Co-Chair IEEE NIST Blockchain TC, Co-Chair Energy, EPRI
Alex
Anich
Manager, Blockchain & Renewable Market Intelligence, NRG Energy
Thomas
O’Meara
Senior Vice President & GM, ABB Enterprise Software
Sherry
Li
Digital Product Leader, GE Power, Blockchain Opportunities
David
Price
CTO, Black & Veatch Management Consulting and Former Managing Partner Energy & Utilities, CSC
Stephen
Gross
President & CEO IHI Power Services, Former Managing Director Exelon/Constellation
Chris
Castro
Director of Sustainability at City of Orlando, SmartCity Ecopreneur
Scott
Hennessey
Federal Policy Director, Tesla, VP Policy SolarCity, Director Solar Energy Industry Assoc
Dr. Laurent
Liscia
CEO, OASIS (Oasis-Open.org), Co-Editor Greening IT Initiative, Board of Startups
Dr. Dirk
Mahling
VP Technology, Alliant Energy, Former CIO Seattle City Light, SVP Alstom Grid & VP Constellation Energy
Dr. Michael
Merz
Managing Director and Founder PONTON GmbH.
Mandakini
Pahooja
COO Energy Blockchain Consortium, Former VP R&D Bridge Energy Group, VP R&D Instream
Jan
Vrins
Managing Director, Global Energy Practice at Navigant, MD KPMG and Accenture
Michael
Cottrell
Engagement Manager, Oliver Wyman, Senior Consultant Smart Metering EDF Energy
Mariel
Ebrahimi
CEO Disrupt CRE, Marketing Energy Blockchain Consortium
Chris
Hickman
CEO & President Innovari, EVP Utility Solution, ICE Energy, Prresident Sure Grid
Eric
Dresselhyus
CEO Stealth Company, Co-Founder & EVP Global Development Silver Spring.
Andres
Carvallo
CEO CMG, CEO Westlake Energy, EVP GridNet, Board of SGIP, CIO Austin Energy
Joe
Zhou
Executive Director, E&Y, Co-Founder & CTO Xtensible Solutions
Dr. Dawn
Jutla
Founder & CEO Peer Ledger, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of CS, Dalhousie University
Kelly
Warner
Board of Director of Advance Microgrid Solutions, CEO Deerpath Energy
Dr. Marilyn
Walker
Chief Operating Offier, Homer Energy, Team Leader USFS Pacific NW Research
Bob
Feghali
Head of Membership Energy Blockchain Consortium, Former CIO ANSI
Allan
Schurr
Former President Edison Energy, VP Energy & Utilities IBM, BoD, Gridwise Alliance
Adam
Briggs
Chief Commercial Officer & World Wide VP, NEC Storage and Solutions
Jim
Lawnin
IBM Lead Partner, BBL Ventures, Managing Partner CarlyleCo & Houston Angels
Jian
Zhang
CEO GridX, Former Founder & CEO Tradescape and Product Manager at Oracle
Jason
Rodriguez
CEO Zpryme Research and Consulting, Former Analyst Verizon and ERS Group
Chris
Castro
Director of Sustainability at City of Orlando, SmartCity Ecopreneur
Tom
Ayers
Former President & CEO ABB Wireless, President & CEO N-Dimension
Dr. Rahul
Walawalker
President & MD Customized Energy Solutions, Vice Chair Energy Storage Alliance
Eamonn
McCormick
Chief Technology Officer at Utilicast, Chief Integration Architect ERCOT
John
Utley
SaaS Leader in Cloud, Big Data, IoT at IBM, President Seattle Global Blockchain
Ronald J.
Zimmer
President & CEO at Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA)
Dr. Clayton
Besch
Director at The NYS Innovation Venture Capital Fund (NYSIVCF) at Empire State Development
H. Ward
Camp
Head Policy & Regulations, Energy Blockchain Consortium, Former Chief Policy Officer, Edison Energy
Nikolaj
Martyniuk
CEO and Founder, WePower, CEO Modus Energy
Dave
Hardin
Chief Architect, Smart energy Power Alliance, Senior Director, EnerNOC
Sushant
Dutt
SVP & Head of Analytics, Blockchain & Digital Strategy, WNS Global
Dr. Erfan
Ibrahim
Head of Webinars, Energy Blockchain Consortium, CEO Bit Bazaar,Director NREL
Lukas
Kairys
Founder Cryptodus, Consultant WePower