GridWise™ Leadership
Guido Bartels, GridWise™ Chair
IBM
Guido Bartels, General Manager of IBM's Global Energy
and Utilities industry, is responsible for managing
IBM's business and strategic initiatives with the energy
industry, including regulated energy utilities, and
the unregulated companies providing generation, energy
wholesaling, and energy services. In addition, Bartels
and his worldwide team work closely with customers to
bring IBM’s innovative technology, services and
solutions to the energy industry.
Prior to assuming his current position at IBM in January
2005, Bartels was the EMEA (Europe, Middle-East &
Africa) Vice President for Pervasive Wireless Solutions
in IBM. Under his leadership a new business was developed
for IBM, which successfully capitalized on the market
opportunities associated with the emergence of wireless
technologies. As a result of Bartels’ efforts
spearheading IBM’s early focus on wireless and
pervasive computing, IBM is now widely recognised as
a leader in providing end to end wireless solutions
to enterprises and operators.
Previous to his Pervasive Wireless Solutions role,
Bartels led global operations for IBM’s Industrial
Sector, a business unit that focuses on serving the
largest companies in manufacturing and process industry
segments. During his early years at IBM, Bartels held
various international executive positions in sales and
marketing, mainly in the manufacturing and process industry
segments.
Prior to joining IBM late 1988, Bartels was one of
the leaders of a start-up company that pioneered a new
business model in the then emerging Personal Computer
market. The unique business model bypassed various existing
distribution channels via an advanced and early EDI
implementation, and as such, enabled the start-up to
act as a direct intermediary between the PC manufacturers
and its end customers in both the private and public
sector.
Guido Bartels is a Dutch citizen and holds a MBA degree
in business economics from the University of Amsterdam,
Netherlands. He, his wife Anja, their daughter Kristhy
and son Scott reside in Westport, Connecticut.
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Terry Mohn, GridWise™ Vice Chair
Sempra Energy
Terry Mohn is a technology strategist for Sempra Energy
utilities. In this position, Terry advances the company’s
technology portfolio agenda. Technology investments,
strategy and education are vital areas of his pursuits.
Terry specializes in technology advancements in the
following areas: home automation, utility communication
systems, power delivery automation systems, advanced
metering infrastructure, sensors and devices and demand-side
management. Terry also represents Sempra in the major
industry consortia for Intelligrid, Gridwise, universities,
Demand Response and UtilityAMI. He is a frequent speaker
at conferences focused on communications, utility IT
systems, and sensors.
Prior to working for Sempra, Terry was chief technology
officer for an international broadband media company
and founder of two Internet companies.
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Steve Hauser, GridWise™ President
and Acting Executive Director
GridPoint, Inc.
Steve Hauser is Vice President of Strategy for GridPoint,
Inc. and is responsible for creating new markets and
partnerships to accelerate the long-term growth of GridPoint.
He has been nationally recognized for more than 25 years
as a leader in clean energy technology development efforts.
In 2002, he was featured in MIT’s Technology Review
magazine as a pioneer in the electric smart grid revolution.
Mr. Hauser was the driving force behind the creation
of the GridWise Alliance. Since 2000, he has brought
together more than 200 companies to create a broad industry
vision to transform energy systems, markets and technologies.
Mr. Hauser has also led the creation of a new national
brand called "GridWise," significantly raising
the visibility of these issues with federal and state
policy makers.
Previously, Mr. Hauser has held various senior management
positions at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Battelle and SAIC. During his career he has served as
an advisor to numerous clean energy organizations and
is former Chairman of the World Renewable Energy Congress.
Mr. Hauser holds an M.S. in chemical engineering from
the University of Washington and a B.S. in engineering
physics from Oregon State University.
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Lynn Sutcliffe, GridWise™ Secretary
/ Treasurer
EnergySolve LLC
Mr. S. Lynn Sutcliffe serves as the Chief Executive
Officer of EnergySolve LLC, EnergySolve Demand Response,
and Nxegen, an EnergySolve Company. These companies
have recently merged to form the EnergySolve Companies
which provide a full range of energy services. Mr. Sutcliffe
is responsible for the leadership and oversight of these
companies. Companies taking advantage of EnergySolve
services include Merrill Lynch, New Jersey Transit,
Goodyear, Wachovia, W. L. Gore, the City of New Haven
and many others.
Mr. Sutcliffe brings to EnergySolve 24 years of experience
in the energy services industry. He was the General
Counsel of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee that had
jurisdiction over all electric and gas utility issues.
He left the Commerce Committee to become one of the
founding partners, and the managing partner, of Van
Ness, Feldman, Sutcliffe & Curtis, P.C. (currently
VanNess Feldman), a law firm nationally recognized for
its expertise in energy law and policy; he continued
with that firm until 1990. He has served as president
and chief executive officer of several energy service
companies since 1990. Mr. Sutcliffe’s expertise
includes a wide range of business, legislative, regulatory,
contractual, and financial issues associated with the
energy and environment industries.
Mr. Sutcliffe is currently serving as the President
of the National Association of Energy Service Companies
and previously served as the president from 1994 to
1996. He was a member of the Energy and Transportation
Task Force of the President’s Council on Sustainability
in 1996. Mr. Sutcliffe currently serves on the Energy
Efficiency Committee of the New Jersey Board of Public
Utilities’ Clean Energy Council and the Advisory
Board of the Energy Futures Coalition funded by the
Turner Foundation.
Mr. Sutcliffe is a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton
University. He earned his JD degree from the University
of Washington School of Law where he was the Editor-in-chief
of the law review.
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Thomas R. Standish, GridWise™ Membership
Chair
CenterPoint Energy
Tom Standish is Group President & Chief Operating
Officer of the Regulated Operations at CenterPoint Energy.
CenterPoint Energy is the country's third-largest combined
electricity and natural gas delivery company with nearly
5 million metered customers. Tom is responsible for
the company's regulated electric transmission and distribution
system as well as the Company's regulated natural gas
operations. He is an Electrical Engineer with a Masters
in Business Administration and is a Registered Professional
Engineer in the State of Texas..
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Chuck McDermott, GridWise™ Immediate
Past Chair
Rockport Capital Partners
Chuck McDermott is a General Partner of RockPort Capital
Partners.
Mr. McDermott began working in the energy and environmental
area in 1984, when he joined Citizens Energy Corporation
as Manager of Project Development, helping to pioneer
the creation of the nation's first bulk electric power
trading company. He later served as Campaign Director
and then as Chief of Staff for a U.S. Congressman from
1986-1990, directing all political, constituent, and
legislative matters. In 1990, Mr. McDermott joined the
government relations staff of Waste Management, Inc.,
the world’s largest environmental services company,
and was made Vice President and officer of the corporation
in 1993 responsible for the company’s federal
advocacy before the White House, U.S. Congress, and
other federal agencies. He relocated to Boston in 1998
and helped form RockPort’s merchant bank in that
year and the venture fund in 2001.
He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of
Cerox Corporation, Renaissance Lighting and Practical
Instruments. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors
and President of the CEO Coalition to Advance Sustainable
Technologies, a member of the Board of Advisors to the
Cleantech Venture Network, Board Member of the Gridwise
Alliance and Board Member of the Flax Trust, a business
incubator in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Mr. McDermott studied at Yale University before becoming
a producer, performer, writer and music company executive,
recording three albums, and founding Homecoming Records
with John Stewart in 1982.
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