Ali Ipakchi

Ali Ipakchi is Vice President of Smart Grid and Green Power at OATI. He has over 30 years of experience in the application of information technology to power systems and electric utility operations. Previously he was Vice President of Integration Services at KEMA and held various senior management positions with leading transmission and distribution vendors. He has a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley and is a co-holder of three U.S. patents on power systems applications and instrument diagnostics.

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