Planning for Success – Utility Managed Charging Case Studies

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).

Mike Vervair is an engineer for Avista Utilities’ electric transportation department where he has been helping build out EVSE infrastructure for Avista’s EVSE pilot project since 2016. Prior to coming to the utility industry, Mike had an operations and technical background in distribution and HVAC. Mike holds a Mechanical Engineering and Business Finance double major from Eastern Washington University and enjoys snowboarding, backpacking and traveling in his spare time.

Dr. Karim Farhat is a clean energy enthusiast with a decade experience in distributed energy resources and transportation electrification, spanning competitive strategy, policy and economic analysis, and long-term planning and forecasting. Karim is currently an Expert Product Manager, VehicleGrid Integration at PG&E. Within this role, Karim leads PG&E’s efforts on Vehicle Grid Integration (VGI)strategy, policy, and implementation, within the broader Grid Integration and Innovation business unit. His work covers both smart managed charging (V1G) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G). Karim joined PG&E from the Boston Consulting Group, where he was a consultant in the Washington DC office working with arange of global energy clients. During his graduate studies, Karim was a Fellow at the Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, and he led several projects and initiatives at SunEdison, Shell Technology Ventures, and Shell Future Energy Technologies (currently Shell New Energies). Karimholds a Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering and an M.S. in Energy Resources Engineering from Stanford University, and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Mauro Dresti has more than 25 years of experience in high- technology development, introduction and management for Fortune 500 and NASDAQ-listed energy and consumer electronics companies. His energy industry career includes experience with major power supply companies and, primarily, at Edison, where he drove a variety of technology-development projects, including electric vehicle charging, solar energy applications, nuclear monitoring instrumentation, a security business line, call- center management and an energy-use monitoring program for commercial customers. Originally from Detroit, Mr. Dresti holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an MBA with a technology management concentration. He holds a number of technology patents, as well, pertaining to energy and home networking.