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    Vikram Budhraja
    Ike Arshadi
    John Ballance
    Mike Blower
    Frank Carrera
    Margaret Cheng
    Ajay Das
    Jim Dyer
    Lupe Garcia
    Jim Henneforth
    Steve Hess
    Joe Judge
    Jaime Medina
    Jianzhong Mo
    Fred Mobasheri
Lloyd Rowe
Jim Terpening
    Ben Xiao
    Song Xue
 
   

Vikram is President of Electric Power Group, LLC.  Vikram has extensive senior executive experience in the electric power industry in the areas of operations, managing business units, strategy, industry restructuring, investments, technologies, start-ups, and venture capital.  Previously, Vikram was with Edison International where he held senior executive positions including:

President, Edison Technology Solutions and Edison Capital Ventures
Senior Vice President, Southern California Edison with responsibility for   Edison’s Power Grid Business Unit
Vice President of Planning and Technology
Vice President of System Planning and Operation
Vice President of System Planning and Fuel Supply

Vikram led industry efforts on reliability and creation of competitive electric markets, including the formation and start-up of the Independent System Operator and Power Exchange for California’s competitive electricity market.  Vikram is an expert on the electric power industry, power system operations and planning, research and technology development, start-up ventures, business development and strategy.

Prior to joining Edison, Vikram worked in the consulting field.  He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and his Master’s in Operations Research/System Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Vikram has served on various boards, including:

Energy Advisory Board on Electric System Reliability established by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
Chair/Vice Chair and Member of the California Power Exchange Board of Governors
Governing Board of the California Independent System Operator
Member of the Research Advisory Committee of Electric Power Research Institute
Western Systems Coordinating Council’s Board of Trustees, and Chairman of Policy Group on Reliability Management System
Advisor, Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions
Member of E7, Consortium of 8 utilities from G-7 countries
Chair, Angel Forum, Southern California TiE, an entrepreneur’s group
Board member – Dunti Corporation
Board member – SoftSwitching Technologies (SST)
American Superconductor Corporation