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.

Dean Barefield is the UAS Program Manager for Southern Company. Originally from middle GA, he entered the United States Army in 1996 and officially retired in February 2018, serving the last 12 years of his military career as an attack helicopter pilot and a UAS Technical Warrant Officer. As a UAS technical expert he was responsible for integrating UAS in support of full spectrum military operations. Dean is a Part 107 certified remote pilot and holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management As the UAS Program Manager, Dean leverages his prior experiences to successfully integrate UAS into the energy sector and lead the future of the Southern Company UAS Program.

With over 30 years of experience in engineering, consulting, and leadership, Sam is the President & CEO of Middough Inc. Middough provides major project solutions and consulting by combining the experience, expertise and reach of a large EPCM firm with the flexibility and customer focus of a local service provider. Sam leads the executive team and oversees the functional and financial performance of the company, ensuring alignment with the vision, mission, and values. Middough provides project solutions across several industries including: Chemical, Oil & Gas, Power, Refining, Metals, Agribusiness, Food, and Advanced Manufacturing.

Richard Benedetto, Innovation Director, believes that XR is one of the most impactful technologies to hit the training community in decades. He has been involved in training for the past 25 years as a Navy instructor, commercial instructional designer, e-learning developer, training company business owner, and now an XR visionary. Richard and his talented group are at the forefront of the VR industry and create VR titles in several sectors, including health and safety, manufacturing, and Navy training. Richard’s passion is improving training and readiness through technology.

Paul F. Browning was appointed President and Chief
Executive Officer of Mitsubishi Power Americas on April 1,
2016. On October 1, 2021 Mr. Browning was named
Mitsubishi Power’s Chief Executive Officer of Energy
Transition & Power in the Americas; Chairman of the Board,
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Region; and Deputy
Head of Energy Transition & Power Headquarters in Japan.
As CEO of Mitsubishi Power Americas, he leads two global
businesses headquartered in the United States and three regional businesses in North, Central
and South America. As Chairman of the Board EMEA Region, he works with chief executives and
their management teams to coordinate strategic planning, brand management and other long-term
planning in the region and globally. As Deputy Head of Energy Transition & Power, Mr. Browning
will support the global expansion of the company beyond traditional power generation to include
hydrogen, battery energy storage, renewable power and artificial intelligence.
Mitsubishi Power Americas headquartered in Lake Mary, Florida, has more than 2,300 employees.
The company’s mission is to provide power generation and storage solutions to its customers,
empowering them to affordably and reliably combat climate change and advance human prosperity.
Mitsubishi Power Americas operates four manufacturing and repair centers and provides a wide
variety of products and services. Power generation solutions include gas, steam and aeroderivative turbines; power trains and power islands; geothermal systems; PV solar project
development; environmental controls; and services. Energy storage solutions include green
hydrogen, battery energy storage systems, and services. Mitsubishi Power also offers intelligent
solutions that use artificial intelligence to enable autonomous operation of power plants. Mr.
Browning has led the company’s expansion into Central and South America, positioning Mitsubishi
Power Americas as a top competitor in the Latin American energy market. He has also expanded
the business into renewable power project development, energy storage and artificial intelligence
products and services.
Mr. Browning has extensive global leadership experience in distributed and centralized power
generation, as well as in North American midstream and downstream oil and gas operations. He
has worked in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Germany and has commercial experience
around the world. He has also served on the boards of directors of eSolar and Fuel Cell Energy.
Prior to joining Mitsubishi Power Americas, Mr. Browning was President and Chief Executive
Officer of Irving Oil Company Limited. Irving Oil owns and operates Canada’s largest oil refinery
and crude oil import terminal and is a joint venture partner in Canada’s only liquefied natural gas
import terminal. The company markets its products in eastern Canada and the northeastern United
States.
Before joining Irving Oil, Mr. Browning was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Thermal
Products Division of GE Power & Water in Schenectady, New York. At General Electric, he and his
team developed new products for the power generation industry and sold and executed utility scale
power generation projects throughout the world.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Browning worked for Caterpillar Corporation in a variety of leadership
positions, including Managing Director of Caterpillar Motoren in Kiel, Germany, Vice President of
Turbomachinery Products for Solar Turbines in San Diego, California, and General Manager of a
manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico. He began his career at GE Corporate Research and
Development in Niskayuna, New York.
Mr. Browning holds a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science from Carnegie
Mellon University, as well as an M.S. in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute

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.

Christine Carpenter serves as the director of 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. In this role, Christine oversees the coalition and 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. Christine also serves as CAEL's Vice President for Member Engagement and holds an MS in Organizational Leadership, Strategic Innovation and Change Management from Colorado State University and a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University.

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: Nine (9) States

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• 35+ years of power and energy experience including renewable, solid, liquid and gaseous fuels
 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 power and energy 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, including renewable, fossil, and nuclear generating fuels and HVDC transmission

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.

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.

Jeff Fassett, President & Co-Owner, IEM Energy Consultants, LLC
Mr. Fassett is Co-owner and founder of IEM Energy Consultants LLC has more than 36 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

Delivering asset development, operational improvements and performance enhancement services, Diane Fischer, the Director of Generation Services at Kiewit, leverages her 30+ years of experience in the power industry to provide detailed engineering and design solutions. Throughout the project lifecycle, she partners with clients to address environmental issues, engineer components and systems and conduct facility evaluations and feasibility analyses.

A recognized subject matter expert in the power market, Diane has shared her insights on combustion turbine issues, fuel flexibility, hydrogen combustion and energy storage at 12 conferences over the last three years. Holding a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University, she is also a licensed Professional Engineer in Missouri.

Fred is an Executive Consultant for Schulte Associates LLC. He is the former Assistant General

Manager – Power Supply for Burbank Water & Power. Fred currently consults a wide variety of

clients requiring a unique approach in electric utility applications. He has extensive experience in

electric utility executive management, having led power supply operations and planning at the

executive level for nearly 40 years in both the Eastern and Western Interconnections.



Throughout his career Fred has accepted many strategic challenges and has successfully

addressed those challenges in creative and cost-effective ways that were aligned with overall objectives and mission of the organization. He has worked almost exclusively for Public (Municipal) Power, most recently as Assistant General Manager of the City of Burbank electric utility.



Throughout his career, Fred has provided both managerial leadership and support, as required, to develop, define, and, ultimately, fulfill specific objectives in a timely and economic manner. He has worked with a wide variety of constituents, including not only utilities and regulators of utilities, but also environmentalists, technology providers, governing bodies, media companies, and regional planning entities.



Fred has taken many significant concepts from a goal to a set of objectives, to a cogent plan, secured the governance, organized the resources, and maintained the managerial connection to assure the timely and cost-effective fulfillment of those objectives, with a minimum of drama.



A native of South Dakota, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines.



Fred is co-author with Bob Schulte of multiple industry articles on interregional transmission, renewable energy swaps and ways to achieve 100% clean energy.

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 has worked for MN Power for 19 years has been an auxillary attendant, fuels technician and now a safety specialist

James currently serves as the Southern Company Executive in Residence at Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security. In this role he works closely with industry, academia, and federal partners, including national laboratories on electric grid cyber security strategies. James also served as a senior fellow at the McCrary Institute, a prestigious group of nationally renowned cyber and critical-infrastructure security experts.

With more than 28 years of service at Southern Company, James co-led an initiative to implement an enhanced Operations cyber and NERC-CIP program support model and has held various operational and engineering support leadership positions. Prior to joining Southern Company, James served in the U.S. Marines. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Auburn University.

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.

22 years in the fire protection

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.

Hanna Grene, Director for Energy Industry and Sustainability at Microsoft, is an energy and technology executive with over 13 years of leadership experience in strategic planning, operations, marketing, policy, and business development. She has worked closely with federal agencies, governments, utilities, and C&I clients worldwide to fund and execute renewable energy and grid resilience projects. At Microsoft, Hanna leads strategy and partnerships across the Power and Utilities market in the Americas and works closely with Fortune 500 executives and policymakers to accelerate investment and innovation in a decarbonized, secure, resilient, and affordable energy system.
Hanna has been published as a subject matter expert on energy and climate issues with local and national press and has authored original research on corporate governance and culture. In 2021, Hanna was recognized as a San Diego 40 Under 40 Top Business Leader.

Julia has served as SEPA’s President & CEO since 2004, providing leadership and strategic direction for the organization. She is responsible for guiding and overseeing all of SEPA’s research, education, and collaboration activities for its 1,100 member companies and the broader energy industry.

Julia is a visionary non-profit leader at the center of the transformation underway in the electric power sector to a clean and modern energy future. For the past 20 years she has been advising and collaborating with utilities, solution providers and government agencies on business models, grid modernization, and clean energy policies, strategies and programs.

She has led SEPA through significant expansion in recent years, including rebranding from the Solar Electric Power Association to the Smart Electric Power Alliance, and merging with both the Association for Demand Response and Smart Grid (ADS) and Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP).

Prior to joining SEPA, Julia worked for ICF International where she supported EPA’s implementation of the ENERGY STAR program. Julia – a graduate of Cornell University – walks the talk, driving an EV and living in a PV-powered home in Northern Virginia with her husband, two children, and dog.

Bobby Hawthorne is Manager of Distribution Engineering Services for Alabama Power Company. In his current role he is responsible for overseeing the design and development of the distribution construction standards, material specifications, policies, on the overhead, underground and network systems at Alabama Power Company. He leads the company’s effort to integrate UAS into their routine and storm restoration activities. He also chairs the Southern Company Power Delivery UAS Committee.
Bobby earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Auburn University and is a registered professional engineer in Alabama.

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 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.

Corey started with Georgia Power Company in May of 2000 and completed the Lineman Development Program in 2004. He worked as a lineman and troubleman on the Georgia Power system. In 2007 Corey joined the Georgia National Guard and, after completing initial entry training was assigned to a Long Range Surveillance (LRS) Company where he served as a Paratrooper on a LRS Team. In 2011 Corey was injured in a military parachuting accident and was medically retired in 2014. Upon return to work at GPC he was unable to continue work as a transmission lineman due to his service connected disabilities. After spending time in the GPC DCC as a Distribution System Operator, in August 2016 Corey obtained his FAA Part 107 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Remote Pilot Certificate and was allowed to pursue a developmental role with Aerial Services. In 2017 a position at System air was created and Corey now fills the role of the UAS Standardization Pilot.

Bob has over 30 years successful experience in the development and implementation of corporate operational excellence, maintenance, integrity, turnaround and reliability programs within the oil and gas, electric power, consumer products, and specialty chemicals industries. Significant bottom-line success in safety, compliance, cost reductions and manufacturing capability improvements and ERP and APM implementations. Bob is adept at strategic program management, budget development, P&L responsibility, change management, leadership development and coaching, and staff organization/development. Bob has an Electrical Engineering Degree from West Coast University and The Pennsylvania State University and is a veteran of the U.S. Navy Submarine service.

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 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 is a Seattle-based Consultant for the U.S. Energy Association. In this position, Alex helps manage 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 Carbon Management Technologies (CMT). Additionally, Alex has worked with USEA’s Promoting International And Domestic Consensus On Oil And Natural Gas Program and USEA’s U.S. – East Africa Geothermal Partnership (EAGP).

Alex has 8 years of experience in Energy and International Development 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.

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.

Aaron Larson joined the POWER team in September 2013 as an associate editor and was named executive editor in 2017. Aaron has a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering technology and a master’s degree, specializing in finance. He spent 13 years in the U.S. Navy nuclear power program, advancing to Chief Petty Officer. He has worked at commercial nuclear, biomass, and coal-fired power plants, functioning in operations, maintenance, safety, financial, and management capacities. Aaron holds a Chief A Engineer boiler operator license in the state of Minnesota.

Janice Lin is the Founder and President of the Green Hydrogen Coalition and the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Strategen. She brings more than two decades of experience in clean energy strategy, market development, and corporate strategy to Strategen. During this time, she has advised a diverse range of clients including renewable energy equipment manufacturers and service providers, large corporations diversifying into clean energy, and real estate developers building sustainable communities.

Long has more than 35 years of experience with the development and construction of large capital projects.

As vice president of Entergy’s power development organization, Long is responsible for the development of power generation projects for Entergy’s regulated utility business, a role he has performed since 2006.

From 2017 until 2021 Long also had overall responsibility for the development and construction of all major power generation and transmission projects as vice president of Entergy’s capital projects organization. In mid-2021, Long setup a team to focus full-time on power generation projects that will ensure that Entergy meets its decarbonization goals.

Prior to 2006, Long was vice president of asset management for Entergy’s non-regulated, non-nuclear generation portfolio. In this role, he was responsible for the profit and loss of a portfolio of merchant and contracted capacity with a range of technologies extending from natural gas turbines to conventional coal-fueled steam electric stations to wind farms.

Long joined Entergy in 1995 as a project manager tasked with the development of new non-regulated power generation plants. He participated in the formation of Entergy’s London office in 1996 and was a key member of Entergy’s European team in London until June 2003.

Prior to joining Entergy Long spent eight years with a joint venture of Constellation Energy and LG&E, engaged in the operation and maintenance of independent power projects.

Long received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University and a master of business administration from Pepperdine University.

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.

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

Julia Matevosyan is Lead Planning Engineer at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Resource Adequacy Group, primarily working on system flexibility, frequency control and performance issues related to high penetration levels of inverter-based generation. Her other interests are integration of storage and distributed generation. Julia serves on a number of the technical advisory committees for projects related to high penetration of inverter-based generation carried out by NREL, EPRI, NERC, and others. Julia is a chair of High Penetration of Inverter-Based Resources Task Force at Energy Systems Integration Working Group (ESIG) and vice-chair of NERC Inverter-Based Resource Performance Working Group (IRPWG).
Julia received her BSc from Riga Technical University in Latvia, and her MSc and PhD from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden. Prior to joining ERCOT she was with the consulting firms Parsons Brinkerhoff (now WSP) and Sinclair Knight Merz (now Jacobs), working primarily on system planning studies, grid interconnection and grid code compliance studies for wind power plants around the world.

Kevin McCraney began his career with Georgia Power as a part-time employee in 1983 before being hired full-time in 1985. He has worked in Power Generation, served as a Journeyman Lineman, Distribution Operator, Local Manager, External Affairs Manager, and most recently as the Hartwell Area Manager.
A native of Macon, GA, Kevin is a graduate of the University of North Georgia and holds a BBA in Business Management. He understands the company’s motto “A Citizen Wherever We Serve”. Active in the community, Kevin is past-president of the Rotary Club of Hartwell, member of the Archway Advisory Committee, member of the Hart County College and Career Academy Board of Directors, past-chairman of the Hart County Chamber of Commerce, Vice President of the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, and Secretary/Treasurer of the Franklin Hart Airport Authority.
Kevin has been actively involved in Southern Company’s UAS program since its inception, a part 107 UAS pilot since 2016, and is currently an Intermediate Level UAS Pilot. He is a member of the Southern Company UAS Advisory Committee and the Southern Company UAS Power Delivery Committee. Kevin has demonstrated uses for UAS technology in Power Delivery, Economic Development, and External activities in our communities.
Kevin is married to Teresa McCraney. They have two children and two grand-children.

Jason McGrade is the Deputy Director of the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative, where he plays a key role in producing SECC's research reports and consumer education materials.

Prior to joining SECC, Jason served most recently as a Senior Program Manager for Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives. In this role, he drove strategic planning efforts, produced events and webinars, as well as leading market research and IT initiatives.

Jason came to the energy industry after working in journalism, with stops in San Francisco, Boston, Jefferson City, and Washington D.C..

He considers himself a lifelong learner and is always on the lookout for delicious local specialities when traveling.

Shannon Messer is a former electric utility manager with years of seasoned experience in a variety of distribution engineering, operations, finance, and regulatory roles and projects. Since 2005 Shannon worked as a consultant and assisted many large and small U.S. electric utilities with their smart grid or grid modernization initiatives. Shannon’s areas of specialty and real-world experience includes program/project management, electric utility distribution system planning, reliability, and operations, technology evaluation / selection, regulatory strategy, electric wholesale and retail rate analysis / tariffs, and extensive business case, financial, budget, and revenue requirements analysis and development of proposed transmission and distribution infrastructure, grid modernization, and related investments. Shannon’s grid modernization experience includes smart grid, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), Volt-Var optimization (VVO), distribution automation (DA), advanced distribution management systems (ADMS), battery energy storage systems (BESS), electric vehicle service entrance (EVSE) strategy, and integration of utility applications such as customer information systems (CIS), geographic information systems (GIS), outage management systems (OMS), and engineering analysis software.

Owner, President and Chief Executive Officer of W Power, LLC, which is involved in the development, construction, ownership and operations of power generation facilities. Formerly the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wellhead Electric. At Wellhead, Ms. Miles was responsible for overall corporate direction and management of all finance, accounting, human resources, administration, and information technology with key involvement in development and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Wellhead in 1997, she had 15 years municipal and banking experience, including a Vice Presidency of Accounting for the Navy Federal Credit Union in Jacksonville, Florida. Ms. Miles obtained her BS in Accounting from the University of Florida.

Doug Moorehead currently serves as Managing Partner and Chief Technology Officer of Broad Reach Power, one of the largest standalone energy storage Independent Power Producers in the United States. Previously, Doug served as President and Chief Technology Officer of FlexGen, a veteran owned and operated technology company of hybrid power equipment and software power generation products for the oil & gas, marine, mining & industrial sectors. Doug started his corporate career as Director of Business Development for A123 Systems, a company founded on technology and patents Doug developed and filed during his graduate research at MIT. At A123 Systems, Doug’s market focus was aviation, electric vehicles, and utility scale energy storage product lines. A123 went on to have a $1.5B initial public offering in 2009. Prior to this he served as a Naval Special Warfare Officer (SEAL) for nearly 10 years. During this time, he led an 18 SEAL unit deployed in flooded submersibles, launched from submarines and used by SEALs to complete clandestine underwater infrastructure demolitions. In Iraq, Doug was charged as Task Unit Commander to lead the 58 person Special Operations Wing during eleven days of intense urban warfare, in Najaf. For his actions in Iraq, Doug was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor. Doug received his S.B. in Chemistry with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy (1996). He also received an S.M. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2002) and his MBA from Harvard (2007). He is a member of the 2017 Class of Henry Crown Fellows within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute.

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.

Jim has extensive experience in power plant operations, control, process design, performance analysis and simulation. As Emerson’s Manager of Performance Consulting for the power industry, Jim conducts automation performance assessments for commercial power generation facilities. Jim is responsible for benchmarking and control performance analysis services, delivery of technical studies including dynamic process and control analysis, lifecycle assessments of fleet-wide automation infrastructure and economic analysis of proposed automation improvements.

A national award–winning multimedia journalist, Sonal Patel has covered a wide range of technology, business, and policy issues affecting the power industry worldwide for POWER and its sister publications since 2008. Along with keeping her eye on national and international matters for POWER magazine’s monthly department Global Monitor, she contributes in-depth analysis and spot news pieces for POWER and POWERnews. She also surveys, crunches, and visualizes power generation data and trends from around the world for POWER’s web and print infographics and other multimedia. She is a graduate of the University of Houston.

Michael Pesin is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Advanced Grid Research and Development Division at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity. His organization is responsible for the development and management of projects for “next generation” electricity delivery technologies and supporting activities to accelerate their introduction to the marketplace.
Mr. Pesin has over 30 years of experience in the electric utility industry. He is licensed professional engineer and most of his career worked for electric utility companies leading engineering organizations and directing development and execution of advanced technology programs.
Prior to joining DOE Mr. Pesin was also the founder and president of a consulting company working with utilities, technology companies, and investors. He was a board member at several technology organizations, is actively involved with a number of electric power industry groups, and is frequent speaker at the industry events.

Lorne Poindexter CEO Lakeside Technologies, Recently Retired after 30+ years at Ameren. Twenty six years of Nuclear Experience with Callaway Energy Center. I was in Operations for 14 years and 9 years of that was as a Licensed Reactor Operator, Senior Reactor Operator Certification in 2011. Spent a year in Work Management 5 years as Manager Maintenance, Instrument and Control. The last 5 years assigned to the Ameren Corporate Innovation team September 2016 as Manager Innovation Projects and 2019 to September 1st 2021 In corporate Digital assigned to work with the Innovation team as Senior Manager, Innovation Nuclear and Fossil.

Mr. Pope is the Program Manager for Facility Decommissioning and Demolition Services at 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. His focus is providing utilities and power cooperatives with assistance for the decommissioning and demolition of fossil-fired power plants. He is currently managing or participating in the demolition and remediation of 15 fossil-fired power plants and has completed more than 35 additional demolition projects around the country.

Tom Poteet is the VP of Corporate Development for Mesa Natural Gas Solutions. Tom’s purview in this role includes characterizing and casting the vision for the optimal use of natural gas-powered generation, monitoring the innovation stream for future sources of site power, and developing customized rate plans and progressive field applications to meet customers' needs and financial preferences. With over 30 years in engineering, Tom’s career has given him experience in electric power, telecommunications, and oil field production. Tom graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

Currently performing in a Senior Engineer role on the CPS Energy EMS SCADA control system.

Prior to performing duties as a Senior Engineer for EMS, worked 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).

I have over 20 years in the Power generation industry as a Service Operations professional with a background in experimental design, with responsibilities to build competencies that establish core capabilities for maintenance, commissioning and operations support. I have worked in Advanced technology and R&D groups for OEM’s as well as 3rd party with focus on Combustions Systems, special instruments, and Operations. In addition to leading teams for many first of a kind technology initiatives I have a proven track record in Combined Cycle Plants for innovative problem resolution aimed at design, operation and maintenance.

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.

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.

Ty is the Senior Vice President of Galileo Technologies and responsible for working closely with clients and partners to bring creative and financeable projects to the North American LNG market. Ty specializes in understanding the needs of project stakeholders and developing solutions utilizing Galileo’s innovative solutions and equipment manufacturing expertise. Galileo offers complete modular solutions to enable their clients to build standardized and scalable RNG and LNG solutions for faster and lower risk project execution.

Prior to joining Galileo in 2022, Ty served as Vice President of LNG Business Development at Chart Industries for three years and Commercial Director at Technip for eight years. At Chart and Technip, Ty developed a wide expertise of the LNG value chain and began building his professional network which he continues today to expand and foster at Galileo. Ty began his career with Air Liquide holding various positions in engineering, operations, and business development for their industrial gas and hydrogen business lines.

Ty has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University and a MBA in Finance from Houston Christian University. He is a husband, father of three boys and many pets (his wife is a veterinarian).