Innovari Expands Leadership Team; Appoints Ward Camp As SVP, Regulatory And Alliances
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive energy platform developer, Innovari, announced today the expansion of its leadership team with the addition of Ward Camp as senior vice president, regulatory and alliances.
Camp, a 30-year veteran of the energy and utility industry, most recently was vice president of regulatory and governmental affairs for Landis +Gyr Energy Management Solutions N.A. Previously, he served in executive roles at DCSI (now Aclara), USPowerSolutions and Avistar, a Public Service Company of the New Mexico subsidiary. For the first 17 years of his career, he was an attorney with a focus in energy and utilities. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma.
"Having Ward on our team is extremely valuable as he brings his extensive experience and knowledge of regulation throughout the United States to help us support our utility partners," said Chris Hickman, Innovari CEO. "Ward's knowledge of energy policy, coupled with his deep understanding of regulatory processes and the energy market, will be a tremendous asset to Innovari's efforts to promote the industry's ability to safely and reliably enable the edge of the grid in our industry."
He has been a board member of the GridWise Alliance and the Smart Meter Manufacturers Association of America, as well as the company representative on the Advanced Energy Economy's Business Council. He previously served as chair and board member of the Demand Response and Smart Grid coalition (DRSG). He is also past co-Chair of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) Business and Policy Domain Expert Working Group in addition to being a council member of the Gridwise Architecture Council.
"It is a privilege to join Innovari at such an exciting time of growth as they strive to optimize grids in the U.S. and around the world," said Camp. "I look forward to working alongside this innovative team dedicated to creating benefits for utilities, their customers and the regulators to help improve the way the world uses energy."
About Innovari:
Innovari's interactive energy platform connects utilities, their customers, and their communities to improve how the world uses energy. Our solution attacks the electric grid's core problem—the load duration curve—unlocking access to affordable capacity that improves system utilization, reliability, and financial performance, while our non-profit, Plugged into Kids, brings together utilities and their customers to help the children in their communities. With deep grid situational awareness, we enable dynamic, two-way verifiable demand side management; grid system optimization; renewable and distributed energy resources integration; and more. Innovari is the utility industry's Capacity for Change: www.innovari.com. Innovari is a VantagePoint Capital Partners Energy Innovations Portfolio Company: www.vpcp.com.
SOURCE Innovari
Related Links
WANT YOUR COMPANY'S NEWS FEATURED ON PRNEWSWIRE.COM?
Newsrooms &
Influencers
Digital Media
Outlets
Journalists
Opted In
Share this article