ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Although IntelliGrid Architecture project was massive in scope, the team tackling the project was unwavering in its resolve to deliver not only a useful product, but also a vision to the industry.  Clearly, there were hundreds of individuals who listened to concepts and offered suggestions for IntelliGrid Architecture. However, acknowledgment is due to the following individuals through whose sweat and labor, an architecture is born:

 

Team Leadership:

• Joe Hughes – EPRI – Project Manager, advisor, and project visionary

• Peter Sanza – GE Global Research – Contract team project manager

 

Primary Contributors:

• Mark Adamiak – GE Multilin – Principle Investigator and WAMAC Domain Leader

• Raj Bharadwaj – GE Global Research – Architect, Domain Expert

• Marty Burns – Hypertek – Project Advisor and architecture team member

• Frances Cleveland – UCI – Domain Leader for Market Operations, and Technology Architect

• Walt Dixon III – GE Global Research – Lead Architect

• Herb Falk – SISCO – Architecture Team, Security Domain Leader

• Grant Gilchrist – GE Network Reliability Products and Services – Architect, Domain Expert

• John Gillerman – SISCO – Architect, and Technology leader

• Erich Gunther – EnerNex – Architect and Consumer Domain Leader

• Jack King – EnerNex Corporation – Stakeholder Engagement Team, Domain Expert – Consumer Domain

• Mark Lachman – UCI – Domain Expert, Contributor to development of ADA Use Cases

• Jeff Lamoree – EnerNex – Stakeholder Engagement Team

• Wing Cheong Lau – Lucent Technologies / Bell Labs – Architecture Team and Enterprise Management

• Nokhum Markushevich – UCI – Domain Leader for Distribution Operations and Distributed Energy Resources

• Louie Powell – GE PSEC – Domain Expert

• Mike Reichard – GE PSEC – Domain Expert

• Behrokh Samadi – Lucent Technologies / Bell Labs – Architecture Team and Enterprise Management

• Jahshid Sharif-Askary – GE Network Reliability Products and Services – Domain Expert

• Sandy Smith – EnerNex – Stakeholder Engagement Team and Domain Expert - Consumer Domain

• Becca Voelker – GE Global Research – Financial Manager

• Donna Withey – GE Global Research – Assisting Financial Manager

• Rui Zhou – GE Global Research – Architect, Domain Expert

 

Special thanks go to:

• Jan Putman for her roll in educating and energizing the team to go forth and use the RM-ODP framework
• The CEIDS Project Advisory Group who listened to our work in progress and added guidance throughout the course of the project.
• The CEIDS companies and all other stakeholders (especially WE Energies, BPA, EdF, and PPGC) for their focused engagement efforts as well as their hospitality during the team’s visit to their companies.
• Richard Schomberg, Don Von Dollen, and Marek Samotyj for their support during the course of the project

 

Lastly, we would like to acknowledge the staff and management at EPRI for having the vision to see the needs of the energy enterprise and for taking the steps to meet these needs.