The Networked Grid 100: Movers and Shakers of the Smart Grid

[Rich Parsons]

Per: http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/the-networked-grid-100/

The smart grid market continues to grow faster than a young Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- if not in market size (yet), at least in the number of movers and shakers that are entering the space. That's worth something, right? As such, we've compiled a list of 100 people who are influencing this market on a daily basis, be it through innovating, regulating, evangelizing, planning, deploying, benchmarking, architecting, standardizing, investing, developing, etc. Are these folks in your Rolodex? If not, they should be. If you didn't make the list, don't feel bad. It's a big smart grid world out there. And if it weren't for dark horses like Conan O'Brian and Angus Young, your name might be in lights, too. (Please note that this list is not a ranking; it's organized in alphabetical order.)

100 names on list I only pulled two out. A quick search did not find other automotive companies as involved.

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Steven Chu, United States Secretary of Energy, DOE You know what we don't like about Steven Chu? Absolutely nothing. Even if he hadn't been named the 12th Secretary of Energy, this staunch advocate for renewable energy and smart grids (and former director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) would have probably found his way onto the list.

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Britta Gross, Director Global Energy Systems and Infrastructure Commercialization, General Motors Britta Gross made the list by virtue of having the coolest title ever: Director of Global Energy Systems and Infrastructure Commercialization. Talk about 2010 and the future -- GM at least sounds like they are headed the right direction, right? Jokes aside, with a background in aerospace engineering, satellite systems development (weather and communications systems) and fuel cells, Ms. Gross is exactly the kind of person you want to see attempting to resuscitate our bumbling “Big 3” via the introduction of electric vehicles.

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