Electrifying Transportation: Customer-Centric Utility Strategies

Myers has nearly 20 years of experience in the EV and clean energy sectors and currently serves as the Executive Director of CharIN North America. Myers guides the association’s activities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, engaging with members, industry, governments, and other stakeholders, and focusing on the use of open standards and interoperability linked linkfor public infrastructure investments. Previously Myers served as the Global e-Mobility Director for the World Resources Institute (WRI).

Kathy Knoop is a Principal Environmental Scientist at Salt River Project the our Sustainability Policy and Programs department. She is responsible for SRP’s electric vehicle program including customer support, system impacts, fleet electric vehicles and employee programs. During Kathy’s 25 years at Salt River Project as a senior chemist, environmental scientist and sustainability analyst. Kathy was born in Phoenix, Arizona and attended Arizona State University. She holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Management and Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry.

In his role as Lead Product Manager at Clean Power Research, Brian is responsible for driving the evolution of the WattPlan and PowerBill software products. Brian works closely with utilities and DER providers to deploy software services that help them and their customers make informed energy decisions.

Prior to joining Clean Power Research, Brian co-founded Ecowell, Inc. and worked at a cleantech startup, Infinia Corporation. Brian holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University.

Olivier is the founder of ZappyRide. ZappyRide provides world-class, end-to-end, integrated experiences to EV consumers to increase EV adoption. We work with electric utilities, OEMs and advocacy groups to make that vision a reality.
Prior to ZappyRide, Olivier was a strategy consultant at PwC, working for clients in the energy and transportation sectors. He also held positions at Booz and Co., SunEdison, and China Greentech Initiative. Olivier holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a B.S. from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.

John Morris is the Vice President of Market Development for D+R International. An energy consulting that furthers the advancement of energy efficient technologies with an eye toward deployment of grid edge programs. Specifically; John leads the electric vehicle practice area for D+R.
John has served on the board of Forth (Formerly Drive Oregon) for the past 4 years. At Forth, John is on the Executive Committee.
John was a strategic advisor to the first EV Bulk Buy in the State of Oregon. This EV Bulk Buy Promotion increased EV sales by 300%.
John has facilitated multiple utility workshops on the mechanics of bulk buy promotions and consumer marketing for electric vehicles.
John produced the first market snapshot report on the impacts of home charging on residential new home construction for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance which covered market conditions in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
John, in partnership with Ben Yenter and the Yenter Group has launched the ChooseEV National Utility Platform which provides customer engagement and education tools for utilities across the US.