Andreas Carvallo

Andreas Carvallo has more than 27 years of experience, having held c-level and senior management titles in the Energy, Computer, Telecommunications, and Software industries. Andres is globally recognized by the IEEE as one of the early developers of the smart grid concept and technology. Andres championed Austin Energy's industry leading smart grid program design and implementation from 2003 – 2010 as their CIO. Andres also co-led over $ 4 billion in investments into two wind farms, a solar farm, a biomass power plant, a natural gas power plant, roof top solar, a fiber communications network, and smart grid infrastructure. Andres architected the Pecan Street Project as its CTO from 2008 to 2010. Andres has co-authored the best selling book "The Advanced Smart Grid: Edge Power Driving Sustainability" and has received 34 industry awards since 2005. Andres is a core visionary and architect of the smart grid sector.