UBBA SUMMIT & PLUGFEST 2024
Kansas City Convention Center 301 W 13th St #100, Kansas City, MO 64105
Speakers
From the most inspiring speakers, to debates about the hottest topics in technology, the 2024 UBBA Summit & Plugfest will stimulate discussion and empower development.
Below are just some of the great speakers on our thought leadership summit!
LESLIE M. DUKE
CEO
Burns & McDonnell
KEVIN BRYANT
EVP & COO
EVERGY
DAVID CAMPBELL
Chairman & CEO
Evergy
CHARLES KING
SVP & CTO
EVERGY
JIMI CONWAY
Sr. Manager, REACTS
ComEd
JOHN SALA
IT Senior Manager, Metering & Operations
DUQUESNE LIGHT
JOHN JANNEY
Director- IT Grid Technologies
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON
ANDREW FRENCH
Commissioner
Kansas Corporation Commission
KIM DUFFLEY
Commissioner
North Carolina Utilities Commission
MO AL-AHMAR
Principal Manager
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON
SCOTT BROADWELL
Digital Infrastructure & Integration Services
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON
MARC SPIELER
Managing Director, Energy
NVIDIA
JON CONWAY
Managing Director
BURNS & McDONNELL
KAREN WAYLAND
Chief Executive Officer
GridWise Alliance
BRIEN SHEAHAN
Former Illinois Commissioner
ALICE MOY-GONZALEZ
SVP
ANTERIX
RON BRADY
Senior Network Architect
XCEL ENERGY
VICTOR ADKINS
Director of Security Strategy
1898 & Co.
PHIL MOELLER
EVP
EEI
MATT DEIBEL
Grid Automation Manager in IT – Digital Grid Services
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON
DAVID MACDONALD
Solution & Standardization Architect
GE VERNOVA
KEVIN LUDWIG
VP, Integrated Grid Execution Director
BLACK & VEATCH
MAURICIO SUBIETA
Energy CTO
NOKIA
JEFF PITTMAN
Head of Mobile Networks
NOKIA
PAUL ANUSZKIEWICZ
UBBA Board Secretary
PALMETTO TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES
DAVID WOODHAM
Engineering Manager
SOUTHERN COMPANY
DEL RODILLAS
Distinguished Product Manager for Industrial Cybersecurity
PALO ALTO NETWORKS
ALI SHAH
Head of Technology, Enterprise
NOKIA
COLE CREWS
Business Development Executive
US CELLULAR
KOUSTUV GHOSHAL
VP & Head of Mission Critical Networks - Utilities
ERICSSON
JOE WALSH
VP Smart Grid Communications Networks
NRTC
MATT OLSON
Chief Innovation Officer
BURNS & McDONNELL
RYAN GERBRANDT
COO
ANTERIX
LLEWELLYN KING
Editor
White House Chronicle
NIKKI CHANDLER
Editor
T&D WORLD
KEN RABEDEAU
UBBA Board Member
NOKIA
CHRIS VANA
UBBA Board Vice Chair
AMEREN
MATT WAKEFIELD
Director, Information Communication & Cybersecurity
EPRI
ADAM NATHAN
Utility Industry Practice Leader
World Wide Technology
JEFF TUFTS
Director of Global Utility Solutions
CISCO
BOBBI HARRIS
Executive Director
UBBA
DENNIS LOUNG
Business Dev.
