Functional Skills
Business Analysis
Business Development
Business Operations
Product Strategy
Agile Software Development
Change Management / Org Design
Business Unit Strategy
Product Data Management
Go-to-market Strategy
Regulatory Compliance
Digital Transformation
Procurement
Revenue Growth
Systems Integration
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Fortune 500
Experience
Oracle
Product Management / Strategy
Global Director Grid Operational Technologies
11/2021 - 9/2025
• Product Strategy & Business Growth: Defined and executed the global product strategy for Grid Technologies, driving $100M in business growth and double-digit revenue increases across license, SaaS, and consulting streams
• Innovation & Roadmap: Spearheaded the global platform roadmap for 40+ utility customers, pioneering the integration of AI/ML for DER forecasting and grid analytics to advance market differentiation.
• Commercialization & GTM: Directed the commercialization of enterprise grid solutions, securing $10M+ in multi-year contracts with large investor-owned utilities by aligning product capabilities with complex tier-1 procurement requirements.
• Lifecycle Leadership: Orchestrated the end-to-end product lifecycle for new DERMS/ADMS solutions, leading a cross-functional organization of 45+ professionals (R&D, Sales, Marketing) to deliver 7+ new customer wins.
• Ecosystem Development: Built a partner ecosystem by forging strategic agreements with 10+ technology vendors, enhancing product interoperability and creating joint go-to-market channels
• Team Management: Built and mentored a high-performing product team of 8 direct reports, achieving a 95% retention rate during a period of rapid organizational change
• Innovation & Roadmap: Spearheaded the global platform roadmap for 40+ utility customers, pioneering the integration of AI/ML for DER forecasting and grid analytics to advance market differentiation.
• Commercialization & GTM: Directed the commercialization of enterprise grid solutions, securing $10M+ in multi-year contracts with large investor-owned utilities by aligning product capabilities with complex tier-1 procurement requirements.
• Lifecycle Leadership: Orchestrated the end-to-end product lifecycle for new DERMS/ADMS solutions, leading a cross-functional organization of 45+ professionals (R&D, Sales, Marketing) to deliver 7+ new customer wins.
• Ecosystem Development: Built a partner ecosystem by forging strategic agreements with 10+ technology vendors, enhancing product interoperability and creating joint go-to-market channels
• Team Management: Built and mentored a high-performing product team of 8 direct reports, achieving a 95% retention rate during a period of rapid organizational change
Pacific Gas & Electric
Management Consulting
Principal Strategy & Digital Transformation Architect
4/2012 - 10/2021
• Industry Firsts (DERMS): Designed and implemented North America's first utility-scale DERMS in partnership with Tesla and GE, establishing new industry standards for distributed energy resource integration and storage.
• Digital Transformation Strategy: Architected a $500M digital transformation program serving 16M customers, orchestrating the modernization of grid operations, distribution planning, and advanced analytics platforms.
• R&D & Innovation Leadership: Directed a $150M applied research portfolio from incubation to commercialization, focusing on AI-driven situational intelligence and microgrids to deliver a 15% reduction in outage duration.
• Operational Excellence: Deployed digital mobile tools for field operations that increased workforce efficiency by 30% and achieved 95% user satisfaction.
• Technical Governance: Managed complex vendor ecosystems and system integrations, ensuring strict compliance with utility standards and regulatory requirements for critical infrastructure.
• Digital Transformation Strategy: Architected a $500M digital transformation program serving 16M customers, orchestrating the modernization of grid operations, distribution planning, and advanced analytics platforms.
• R&D & Innovation Leadership: Directed a $150M applied research portfolio from incubation to commercialization, focusing on AI-driven situational intelligence and microgrids to deliver a 15% reduction in outage duration.
• Operational Excellence: Deployed digital mobile tools for field operations that increased workforce efficiency by 30% and achieved 95% user satisfaction.
• Technical Governance: Managed complex vendor ecosystems and system integrations, ensuring strict compliance with utility standards and regulatory requirements for critical infrastructure.
Infosys Consulting
Management Consulting
Management Consultant - Smart Grid
2/2011 - 3/2012
Guided utility C-suites on digital grid GTM, data strategy, and partner ecosystems informing major grid modernization and analytics initiatives and rate case filings.
Itron
Product Management / Strategy
Director Product Strategy and Marketing
9/2008 - 1/2011
Led product, strategy, and marketing roles that helped shape the early smart grid, AMI, IoT, landscape. Built foundational capabilities in grid data, analytics, and platform scale that now underpin utility AI, DER/EV orchestration, and digital modernization.
Trilliant
Product Management / Strategy
Product Line Manager
3/2007 - 9/2008
Delivered a large-scale smart metering system for 1.4M endpoints, generating over 75% of total company revenue while establishing the flagship AMI solution 'Secure Mesh.'