Smart Networks Council Leadership

The Smart Networks Council is led by its own Board of Directors. The Board is comprised of volunteers employed by UTC core utility and associate members.

Board of Directors

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• CHAIRMAN: Craig Maternoski, Manager - Applied Technologies, Integrys Energy Group, Green Bay, WI
• VICE CHAIRMAN: Doug McGinnis, Principal Smart Grid Communications Architect, Exelon Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
• IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR: Jeff Nichols, Director - Network & Communications Services, Sempra Energy Utilities, San Diego, CA
• Shahid Ahmed, Global Network Enabled Solutions Lead, Accenture, Chicago, IL
• Manoj Bhatia, Director - Smart Grid Alliances, GE Energy Services, Raleigh, NC
• Mike Brown, Global Sales Manager - Utility Communications, General Electric (GE), Wentzville, MO
• Mark Burke, Vice President, Telecommunications and Smart Grid Architecture, KEMA Consulting, Fairfax, VA
• Chris Campbell,Manager - Communication, Salt River Project, Tempe, AZ
• Andres Carvallo, EVP Energy Solutions & Chief Strategy Officer, Proximetry, San Diego, CA
• Tami Fruhwirth, Team Leader - Telecommunications, NV Energy, Las Vegas, NV
• Carl Fulbright, Operations Manager, Black Hills/Colorado Electric Utility Company, Pueblo, CO
  
• Erich Gunther,Chairman & Chief Technical Officer, EnerNex, Knoxville, TN
• Chuck Hackney, Director - Telecommunications Services & Smart Grid Communications, CenterPoint Energy, Houston, TX
• Tom Herbst, Senior Director - Standards & Technology, Silver Spring Networks, Redwood City, CA
• Stan Hoptroff, Director of Infrastructure Services, Southern Company, Atlanta GA
• Mike Koch, Senior Architect, Motorola, Schaumburg, IL
• Matt Lampe, CIO, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Los Angeles, CA
• Dr. William Lawrence, CTO- Emerging Markets, Lockheed Martin, Gaithersburg, MD
• Bruce Le, Telecom and Networking Engineering, Southern California Edison, Rosemead, CA
  
• Marc Matsuura, Acting Manager of Smart Grid Planning and Director of Transmission Planning, Hawaiian Electric Company Inc., Honolulu, HI
• Mike Robinson, Customer Solutions Director, CISCO, San Jose, CA
• Bruce Russell, Director - Smart Grid Solution, Elster, Raleigh, NC
• Matt Schnell, Telecommunications Supervisor, Nebraska Public Power District, York, NE
• Glenn Steiger, , General Manager/CEO, Glendale Water and Power, Glendale, CA
• John Stewart, Senior Engineer, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Chattanooga, TN
• Rusty Williams, Director of Business Development, AFL Telecommunications, Dora, AL
• David Wolfe, Director of Technology, Duquesne Light Company, Pittsburgh, PA
• Paul Yackavage,Lead Telecommunications Engineer, National Grid, Westborough, MA
• UTC Chairman of the Board: Ron Beck, Chairman of the Board - Utilities Telecom Council Network Engineer - Central Lincoln People's Utility District - Newport, OR
  
• UTC President: Connie Durcsak, President & Chief Executive Officer, Utilities Telecom Council, Washington, DC

Those interested in serving on the SNC Board in the future should meet the following criteria:

1. Be a senior manager responsible for (a) the implementation of AMI or distribution automation applications at a utility, (b) the development of AMI/DA products at a technology company, or (c) a state or federal legislative/regulatory representative for either a utility or technology company working on AMI/DA issues.
2. Be able to devote the necessary time to participation in the Smart Networks Council Board of Directors.
3. Be a consensus builder.
4. Be free of conflicting obligations to other organizations.

Introduction SNC to Board Directors

By-Laws of the Smart Networks Council