Keynotes

Kim Greene, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Southern Company

Geoff Ferrell, Chief Technology Officer, Mandalay Homes

Dave Packard, Vice President, Utility Solutions, ChargePoint

Jamie Staples, Head of Retail Energy Partnerships, Nest Labs

Steve Hambric, Vice President, Distributed Energy Management, Itron

Speakers

Amena Ali, CRO, Whisker Labs

Anne Arquit Niederberger PhD, VP Market Development, Enervee

Rich Barone, Manager, Demand Response, Hawaiian Electric / PLMA

Mike Bates, Global General Manager, Energy, Intel

Robbie Berglund, Business Unit Executive, The Weather Company, an IBM Business

Kari Binley, Expert Product Manager, Pacific Gas and Electric

Wayne Callendar, Zero Emissions Resource Manager, CPS Energy

Chris Carradine, EVP, ecobee

Prateek Chakravarty, Head, International Sales and Customer Success, Bidgely

Dane Christensen, Manager, Residential Systems Innovation & Performance, NREL

Ben Clarin, Sr. Project Manager, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Ben Cohen, Global Strategy Manager, AutoGrid

Mark Cosby, Director of Business Development, Westar Energy

Chris DeSchamp, Director Customer Solutions Development, Vectren

Erika Diamond, VP and GM of Energy Markets, EnergyHub, Alarm.com

Shane Fay, SVP Sales and Marketing, Grid4C

David Holland, Sr. Manager, Business Development, Connected Homes, Honeywell

Denver Hinds, R&D Project Manager, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)

Dr. Marissa Hummon, Director of Product, Tendril

Siva Iyer, Director, Smart Home, Carrier

Matt Johnson, VP of Business Development, EnergyHub

Dave Kaintz, Senior Manager, Southern California Edison

Debbie Kimberly, VP, Customer Energy Solutions, Austin Energy

Brian Kirchman, New Product Program Manager, Customer Programs, Commonwealth Edison

Kevin Klages, Senior Vice President, Mass Markets, Constellation

Peter Klauer, Senior Advisor, Smart Grid Technology, California ISO

Bob King, CEO, Good Company Associates

Manoj Kumar, CEO, Powerley

Art Lancaster, CTO, Affinegy

Alton Martin, Co-Founder/Chief Evangelist, Trusource Labs

David Meisegeier, VP and Senior Technical Director, ICF

Deb Merril, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Just Energy

Joel Miller, Principal Supervisor, DTE

Wayne Morrison, Principal, Emerging Technologies, Reliant

Sujata Neidig, Director of Marketing, NXP, Thread Group

Erik Norwood, Founder & CEO, CURB

Gerry O'Brien, COO, Blue Line Innovations

Ben Polly, Senior Research Engineer, NREL

Blake Richetta, SVP, sonnen Inc.

Justin Segall, President & Founder, Simple Energy

Bill Scheffler, VP, Sales and Business Development, Z-Wave, Sigma Designs

Kevin Schwain, Director, Product Strategy, Xcel Energy

Jayesh Shah, Director, Marketing Strategy, Direct Energy

Jessie Shoemaker, Energy Storage Business Developer, Mercedes-Benz Energy Americas

Greg Sorenson, PE, CIA, Supervisor, Market Power and Mitigation, Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

Dr. Kenneth Wacks, President, Home, Building & Utility Systems

Gene Wang, CEO, People Power

Paul Wattles, Sr. Analyst, Market Design & Development, ERCOT

Moderators / Parks Associates Analysts

Denise Ernst, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates

Stephanie Heeney, Account Executive, Parks Associates

Jennifer Kent, Director, Research Quality & Product Development, Parks Associates

Tom Kerber, Director, IoT Strategy, Parks Associates

Brad Russell, Research Director, Connected Home, Parks Associates

2017 Keynotes and Key Speakers

Kevin Butt, General Manager, Environmental, Toyota Motor North America

Abigail Daken, ENERGY STAR Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Irene Dimitry, Vice President, Business Planning and Development, DTE Energy and Manoj Kumar, CEO, Powerley

Sudeep Maitra, Global Director of Strategy and Development, Centrica Connected Home

Ann McCabe, Consultant; Former Commissioner, Illinois Commerce Commission

2017 Speakers

Amena Ali, Chief Revenue Officer, Whisker Labs

Benjamin Brown, Senior Product Manager, Google Home Lead for Apps & Connectivity, Google

Bryan Christiansen, Chief Operating Officer, Vivint Solar

Amy Kight Costadone, Manager, Data Governance and Products, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)

Mark Cosby, Director - Business Development, Westar Energy

Gregory L. Craig, CEO, Griddy Energy LLC

Nancy Cronin, Managing Partner, ipCapital Group, Inc.

Eric Danziger, Co-founder and Vice President, Genability

Tanuj Deora, Chief Strategy Officer, SEPA (Smart Electric Power Alliance)

Erika Diamond, VP & GM, Energy Markets, EnergyHub, Inc.

Mauro Dresti, Senior Manager, Demonstrations & Pilots: Product Development & Division Management, Southern California Edison (SCE)

John Floyd, Energy Efficiency & Renewables Manager, Gulf Power, a Southern Company

Jordan Frugé, Chief Marketing Officer, Sunnova

Vineet Ganju, VP, Voice & Audio, Conexant

Bruce Germano, Vice President, Enterprise Development and Operations, Jasmine Universe, LLC

Jeff Hamel, Head of North American Energy Partnerships, Nest Labs

Cullen Hay, General Manager, U.S. Energy, Direct Energy

Dr. Marissa Hummon, Senior Energy Scientist, Tendril

Siva Iyer, Head of Smart Controls, Carrier

Joe Jankosky, Global Director, Energy Markets, Intel

Deborah Kimberly, VP, Customer Energy Solutions, Austin Energy

Robert J. King, President, Good Company Associates

Leesa Lee, VP Marketing, Bidgely

Ryan Lester, Director, IoT Strategy, LogMeIn

Olaf Lohr, Director of Business Development, Sonnen, Inc. 

Stuart Lombard, Founder & CEO, ecobee

Matt Mahar, VP of Consumer Experience, Vivint Smart Home

Nathan Mancha, Director of Demand Response, EDF Energy Services, LLC

Bob Marshall, CEO, Whisker Labs

Alton Martin, Chief Evangelist, Trusource Labs

Derek Mauzy, Principal, Innovation and Competitive Intelligence, Reliant/NRG

Matt McCaffree, Senior Director, Regulatory Strategy, Comverge, Inc.

Kevin Meagher, SVP, ROC-Connect

David Meyers, CCO, Grid4C

Claire Miziolek, Market Strategies Program Manager, NEEP (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships)

Rob Munin, President and CEO, LUX Products

Michael Murray, President, Mission:data Coalition

Erik Norwood, CEO, Curb Inc.

Derek Okada, Senior Manager, Policy & Planning, Southern California Edison (SCE)

Matt Owens, Director Business Development, Stem, Inc.

Sean Paterson, Channel Sales Manager, Nest Labs

Jorge Perdomo, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Development, MivaTek

Roy Perry, VP, Alarm.com

Gregg C. Sayre, Commissioner, New York State Public Service Commission; NYRev 

Bill Scheffler, Director of NA Sales and Business Development, Sigma Designs/Z-Wave

Kevin Schwain, Director of Program Strategy & Development, Xcel Energy

Jason Sears, Senior Lead, Solar Strategy and Development, Green Mountain Energy, a NRG company

Ingmar Sterzing, VP Power Supply and Energy Services, Pedernales Electric Cooperative

Russell Vare, Manager, Business Development, Mercedes-Benz Energy

Dr. Kenneth Wacks, President, Home, Building & Utility Systems

Mike Wajsgras, Director, Channel Development, Constellation

Gene Wang, CEO and Co-founder, People Power

Paul Wattles, Sr. Analyst, Market Design & Development, ERCOT

Ilen Zazueta-Hall, Director of Product Management, Enphase Energy

Moderators / Parks Associates Analysts

Dina Abdelrazik, Research Analyst, Parks Associates

Tom Kerber, Director, IoT Strategy, Parks Associates

Brad Russell, Research Analyst, Parks Associates

Patrice Samuels, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates

Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates

 

2016 Keynotes

Seth Frader-Thompson, President, EnergyHub
William Clayton, Vice President of Customer Care Operations, Reliant, NRG
Paul Campbell, VP Innovation / Head of Silicon Valley Innovation Center, Schneider Electric 

2016 Speakers

Patrick Agnew, Program Manager, In-home Technology, Florida Power and Light

Bill Alderson, Director, Marketing and Digital Services, Rheem

Ramon Alvarez, Senior Director of Strategic Consumer Solutions, SmartThings

Martha Amram, Founder & CEO, WattzOn and Green Button Alliance

Andy Baynes, Director, Energy Business, Nest

Landon Borders, Director of Connected Devices, Haiku Home by Big Ass Solutions

Kris Bowring, Director of Business and Channel Development, Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Corey Chao, Innovation Manager, Connected Home, NRG/Reliant

Mark Cosby, Business Development Leader, Westar Energy

Mauro Dresti, Manager Mass Markets, Southern California Edison

Will Duckett, Director of Business Development, PlotWatt

Jeremy Eddy, Senior Energy Consultant, Itron

Harry Emerson, Smart Grid/SmartHours Program, Director, Product Development, OGE Energy Corp

John Gingrich, SVP Strategic Partnerships, EnergySage

David Grant, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Tendril

Barry Haaser, President, Managing Director, OpenADR Alliance; CEO, Lakeview Group

Denver Hinds, R&D Project Manager, SMUD

Dave Hurst, Director, Market Analysis, NextEnergy

V. Rory Jones, President and CEO, PlanetEcosystems

Dave Kaintz, Senior Program Manager, Southern California Edison

Erin Keys, Director, Business Development & Strategy, Comverge

Dwain Kinghorn, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Vivint Solar

Yann Kulp, Vice President SmartSpace, Schneider Electric North America

Art Lancaster, CTO Affinegy; Board Member, AllSeen Alliance

Stuart Lombard, President and CEO, ecobee

Rick Luna, Sr. Manager, Products and Services, CPS Energy

Dennis Mathew, VP, Xfinity Home, Comcast

Letha McLaren, Chief Marketing Officer, Icontrol Networks

Kevin Meagher, SVP Business Development, ROC-Connect

Claire Miziolek, Market Strategies Program Manager, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP)

Steve Nguyen, Head of Marketing, Bidgely

Steve Nisbet, VP - External Relations & Power Solutions, Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association

Todd Nolte, Marketing Technologies Manager, Carrier, United Technologies

Carlos Nouel, Director of Partnerships and Joint Ventures, National Grid

Dave Oberholzer, VP, Business and Partner Development, WeatherBug Home

Wannie Park, VP of Utility Solutions, CEIVA Energy

Ann Perreault, Marketing Director, Smart Grid Solutions, Honeywell

Karen Poff, Project Manager, Austin Energy

Daniel Roesler, CTO & Co-founder, UtilityAPI and Green Button Alliance

Emmett Romine, General Manager Insight & Demand Side Management, DTE Energy

Bill Scheffler, Director of NA Sales and Business Development, Sigma Designs/Z-Wave

Justin Segall, President, Co-Founder, Simple Energy

Lori Singleton, Director, Emerging Customer Programs, Salt River Project (SRP)

Matt Smith, Senior Director of Utility Solutions, Silver Spring Networks

Ivo Steklac, Vice President General Manager of RLC Solar Energy Solutions, SunPower Corporation

Marianne Sy, Program Manager, Demand Response, San Diego Gas & Electric

Peter Taylor, Vice President of Products, WeMo/Belkin

Matthew Tolliver, VP of Business Development, EcoFactor

Ken Wacks, Consultant, Home, Building & Utility Systems; Member, Gridwise Architecture Council, DOE

Mark Walters, V.P. Strategic Development, ZigBee Alliance

Jeremy Warren, Chief Technology Officer, Vivint

Paul Wattles, Sr. Analyst, Market Design & Development, ERCOT

Ilen Zazueta-Hall, Director, Product Management for Energy Management, Enphase

Moderators / Parks Associates Analysts

Eddie Accomando, Research Analyst, Parks Associates

Tom Kerber, Director, Research, Home Controls & Energy, Parks Associates

Brad Russell, Research Analyst, Parks Associates

Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates

Allen Weiner, Senior Research Analyst, Parks Associates

2015 Keynotes & Fireside Chat Speakers

Sicily Dickenson, Chief Marketing Officer, NRG Energy
Dan Lieberman, Head of Research & Standards, SmartThings
Stuart Lombard, CEO & President, ecobee
Ivo Steklac, VP & GM Residential & Commercial Energy Solutions, SunPower Corp.

2015 Speakers

Bill Alderson, Corporate Director, Marketing, Rheem

Martha Amram, Founder & CEO, WattzOn

Kris Bowring, Director of Business and Channel Development, Lowe's Companies

Lance Brown, VP of Customer Service, Smart Utility Systems

Scott Burns, Senior Director of Innovation, Reliant, an NRG Company

Tom Chmielewski, VP Strategic Sales, iControl Networks

Steve Connor, Senior Product Line Manager, Nortek Security and Control 

Xavier Datin, SVP Prosumer, Schneider Electric

Mauro Dresti, Manager New Program Development and Launch Mass Markets, Southern California Edison

Jeremy Eddy, Senior Energy Consultant, Itron

Edgar Figueroa, President and Chief Executive Officer, Wi-Fi Alliance

Luke Fishback, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, PlotWatt

Seth Frader-Thompson, President, EnergyHub

Josh Gleason, Customer Success Lead, Bidgely

Barry Haaser, Managing Director, OpenADR Alliance; President, Lakeview Group

Steve Hambric, VP, Strategic Sales and Operations, Comverge, Inc.

Brian Huey, M2M & IoT Business Development - Smart Energy, Sprint

Patrick James, Director of Innovation, Stream

Joe Jankosky, Director, Intelligent Home New Verticals, Time Warner Cable

V. Rory Jones, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PlanetEcosystems

Jay Kenny, Vice President, Marketing, Alarm.com

Debbie Kimberly, VP, Customer Energy Solutions, Austin Energy

Christopher Kotting, Executive Director, USNAP Alliance 

Blake Lasuzzo, Senior Vice President, Just Energy

Dan Lieberman, Head of Research & Standards, SmartThings 

Marie Bahl McKenna, SVP of Sales & Marketing, Tendril

Grant Muller, Director of Software, Sensus Analytics, Sensus

Sujata Neidig, VP of Marketing, Thread Group

Jacob Nielson, Business Development Leader, Emerson

Dave Oberholzer, Director, Energy Products & Business Development, WeatherBug Home by Earth Networks

Brad Paine, General Manager for Lyric and Total Connect Comfort, Honeywell Connected Home, Honeywell

Wannie Park, VP of Utility Solutions, CEIVA Energy

Philip Playfair, Chairman & CEO, Lowfoot Inc.

Jennifer Pulliam, Senior Director, TXU Solutions, TXU Energy

Emmett Romine, General Manager Development, DTE Energy

Shuchi Roy, Director of Innovation Strategy, Direct Energy

Rodrigo Sanchez, VP, Marketing and Product, EcoFactor

Bill Scheffler, Director of NA Sales and Business Development, Sigma Designs/Z-Wave

Justin Segall, President & Founder, Simple Energy

Kenneth Skinner, Vice President, Integral Analytics, Inc.

Malcolm Smith, CEO, DR2

Curtis Snyder, Executive Director, New Business Development, Comcast Cable

Mike Soucie, Head of Consumer Product Partnerships, Nest

Joe Sullivan, Account Manager, WSI, the professional division of The Weather Company

Bob Swilik, Manager, Advanced Systems, Carrier

Ken Wacks, Management & Engineering Consultant, Gridwise Architecture, Council, U.S. Department of Energy

Gene Wang, CEO, People Power

Paul Wattles, Sr. Analyst, Market Design & Development, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

Alex Zheng, Head of the SilverLink Business, Silver Spring Networks

Moderators / Parks Associates Analysts

John Barrett, Director of Consumer Analytics, Parks Associates

Maia Hinkle, Research Analyst, Parks Associates

Tom Kerber, Director, Research, Home Controls & Energy, Parks Associates

Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates

2014 Keynotes

Erik Charlton, VP of Business, Nest

Bill Horrocks, VP, Product Management - Xfinity Home, Comcast

Debbie Kimberly, VP of Distributed Energy Services, Austin Energy

Stuart Lombard, President and CEO, ecobee

Kevin Meagher, Vice President & General Manager, Smart Home, Lowe's

 

2014 Speakers

Artyom Astafurov, Chief Innovation Officer, DataArt
Duncan Bees, Chief Technology and Business Officer, HGI
Scott Burns, Director of Product Innovation, Reliant
Al Choperena, CEO, Smartenit
Eric Danziger, VP, Business Development, Genability
Ted Fagenson, CMO, EcoFactor
Seth Frader-Thompson, President, EnergyHub
Joseph Franz, Strategic Channel Partnership Development, Constellation
David Friedman, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ayla Networks
Denis Garman, Category Leader - Energy Management & Information Group, Duke Energy
Kristian Handberg, Principal Consultant, Percepscion
Anthony Hawkins, Group Product Manager, Landis+Gyr
Garth Hillman, Secretary, Smart Grid Marketing and Technical Task Groups, Wi-Fi Alliance
Brent Hodges, Senior Vice President Retail Unit, Tendril
Fabrice Hoerner, Technical Marketing, Sr. Manager, Qualcomm
Dave Hyland, Manager, Business Development, Schneider Electric
Syed Zaeem Hosain, CTO, Aeris Communications, Inc.
Joe Jankosky, Director, Intelligent Home Vertical Markets, Time Warner Cable
V. Rory Jones, President, PlanetEcosystems
Dave Kaintz, Manager of Programs and Projects, SCE
Jay Kenny, Vice President, Marketing, Alarm.com
Yann Kulp, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, EcoBusiness North America, Schneider Electric
Dan Lieberman, Senior Director of Platform Strategy, SmartThings
Josh Lich, Product Strategy and Marketing, Opower
Tim Lott, Director of Energy, Vivint
Ryan Maley, Director of Strategic Marketing, ZigBee Alliance
Brewster McCracken, President & CEO, Pecan Street Project Inc
Letha McLaren, Vice President, Product Management, iControl Networks
Kevin Meagher, Vice President & General Manager, Smart Home, Lowe's
Tomoyuki Nanami, General Manager, DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
Dave Oberholzer, Director, Energy Products & Business Development, Earth Networks - WeatherBug
Duane Paulson, SVP, Linear LLC
Matt Plante, Vice President of Sales, Bidgely, Inc.
Jennifer Pulliam, Director of Products and Innovation, TXU Energy
Karthik Rajan, Regional Vice President, ERCOT Sales, GDF SUEZ Energy Resources, NA
Ted Reguly, Director, San Diego Gas and Electric
Bram Reinders, Director Alliance Management, CleanTX/Alliander NV
Bill Scheffler, Director of NA Sales and Business Development, Z-Wave/Sigma Designs
Alan Shaffer, Deputy General Manager, Lakeland Electric
Matthew Smith, Senior Director, Utility Solutions, Silver Spring Networks 
Ken Wacks, Management & Engineering Consultant, Gridwise Architecture Council, U.S. Department of Energy
Gene Wang, CEO, People Power
Robert Warden, VP of Partners and Alliances, Comverge, Inc.
Jeff Wilson, Director of Product Management, NETGEAR    

Moderators / Parks Associates Analysts

John Barrett, Director of Consumer Analytics, Parks Associates

Maia Hinkle, Research Analyst, Parks Associates

Tom Kerber, Director, Research, Home Controls & Energy, Parks Associates

Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates

 

2013 Keynotes

Jeremy Eaton, VP & GM Honeywell Smart Grid Solutions, Honeywell

Doug Housemann, Vice President, EnerNex

Kevin Meagher, Vice President & General Manager, Smart Home, Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Roy Perry, Vice President, Ecosystem Alliances, Alarm.com

Ted M. Reguly, Director, Customer Programs and Projects, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)

 

2013 Speakers

David Bercovich, VP, North America, AlertMe

Wayne Callender, Manager of Market Intelligence, CPS Energy

Renée Castillo, Senior Director of Customer Services, Salt River Project

Prateek Chakravarty, VP of Business Development, Bidgely

Brad Cherry, HAN Readiness Senior Project Manager, Southern California Edison

Angela Chuang, Senior Project Manager, EPRI

Mike Coop, Co-Chair, Marcom Committee, IPSO Alliance; Smart Grid Task Force, UPnP Forum

Eric Danziger, VP of Business Development, Genability

Shane Dyer, President & Founder, Arrayent

Seth Frader-Thompson, CEO, EnergyHub

Greg Fyke, Director of Marketing, Wireless Products, Silicon Laboratories

Denis Garman, Category Leader, Duke Energy, Home Efficiency Solutions

Barry Haaser, Managing Director, OpenADR Alliance

Joel Hagan, CEO, ONZO

Bill Harmon, VP, Mass Markets & Product Innovation, Reliant Energy

Kevin M. Henry, Director Business Development, DACOR

Fabrice Hoerner, Senior Manager, Technical Marketing, Qualcomm

Doug Housemann, Vice President, EnerNex

Brian Huey, Business Development - Smart Grid and Energy Management, Sprint

Roy Johnson, CEO, EcoFactor, Inc.

Stephen Johnson, Product Line Manager, Consumer Energy Management, Itron

V. Rory Jones, President, PlanetEcosystems

Deborah Kimberly, VP of Distributed Energy Services, Austin Energy

Bernard Kiriakos, VP Business Development, Technicolor

Yann Kulp, Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Eco-Business, Schneider Electric

Stuart Lombard, President & CEO, ecobee

Letha McLaren, Vice President, Product Management, iControl Networks

Kevin Meagher, Vice President & General Manager, Smart Home, Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Greg Memo, CEO, GreenWave Reality

Alan Messer, President and Chairman, UPnP Forum

Roderick Morris, SVP of Marketing and Operations, Opower

Duane Paulson, Senior Vice President of Product and Market Development, Linear LLC

Rich Peterson, VP Retail and Channel Development, INSTEON - Smarthome

Paul Pishal, Vice President, Business Development, M2M, Hitachi Communication Technologies Americas

Edwin Reyes, Jr., Director, Utility Sales, Southwest Region, Comverge Inc.

Bill Scheffler, Senior Director of North American Business Development, Z-Wave Alliance/Sigma Designs

Kumaran Siva, Board Member, HGI; Segment Marketing Manager, ARM Inc.

Jarrett Simon, Director Energy Efficiency, CenterPoint Energy

Robby Simpson, System Architect, GE Digital Energy

Louis Szablya, VP Sales and Marketing, Energate

Adam Tichelaar, Director, Connected Home Solutions & Program Management, North America, Amdocs

Ken Wacks, Home, Building & Utility Systems; Member, Gridwise Architecture Council

Tim Weidenbach, VP Product Management, Landis & Gyr

Jeff Wilson, Director of Product Management, NETGEAR

 

2013 Workshop Speakers - View Agenda

Mike Coop, Smart Grid Task Force, UPnP Forum

Greg Ennis, Technical Director, Wi-Fi Alliance

Hudson Levy, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Alarm.com

 

2013 Moderators / Parks Associates Analysts

John Barrett, Director, Consumer Analytics, Parks Associates

Tom Kerber, Director, Research, Home Controls & Energy, Parks Associates

Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates