Posted May 24, 2023

The Position and the Team You Will Work With
We are currently seeking a Technical Program Manager to join our customer onboarding team. The Technical Program manager  will be responsible for defining and overseeing the product implementation of Bidgely’s innovative energy management service with strategic utility customers worldwide. As a key member of the team, you will be utilizing your project management, technical/product knowledge and client engagement skills to deliver a solution that is highly effective and tightly integrated with the Bidgely’s customer. 

About You

• Innovation - You challenge the status quo to drive impact
• Results - Be dedicated to delivering stellar outcomes, and accept nothing less. Know your goals, chart your path, and execute with precision and passion
• Quality - Quality is at the heart of everything you do.  You take great pride in your work and are a trusted resource

What You Will Bring

Preferred

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
• PMP certification or other job related certifications
• Experience working in a fast-paced start up environment
• Knowledge of SQL, Python, REST APIs, and data transformation technologies (this role is hands on) 
• At least 1+ years of experience working with gas/electric utility or renewable energy customers 

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OATI webSmartEnergy^® DERMS platform fulfills energy company's demand response needs

Posted May 23, 2023

Minneapolis, MN — May 23, 2023 — Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) is pleased to announce that it has successfully deployed its award-winning, innovative demand response management system (DRMS) Platform, webSmartEnergy® DRMS, at San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E). One of three major investor-owned utilities in California, SDG&E serves about 3.7 million customers in Southern California. OATI’s DRMS is fully integrated to both SDG&E back-office systems as well as the CAISO market, and will support a portfolio of demand response use cases, automate many previously manual processes, and reduce IT complexity for the utility.

“Deployed and integrated with SDG&E’s SAP Customer Information System, among other back-office systems, our solution provides a single platform to manage, forecast, schedule and dispatch events and calculate settlements and reports for flexible demand resources, as well as position SDG&E to add new DR and DER programs and assets in the future,” says Sasan Mokhtari, Ph.D., OATI President and CEO. “The solution also includes a comprehensive portal for SDG&E customers and aggregators to enroll and participate in SDG&E Demand Response programs. These seamless, automated capabilities, in turn, reduce integration complexities, technical debt, and ongoing support responsibilities within SDG&E.”

OATI implemented its suite of products as a turnkey Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, hosted from the OATI Cloud, featuring the Energy Industry-dedicated and NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) compliant Data Centers. The deployed solution complements existing SDG&E planning, operational, and enterprise tools and systems, and provides capabilities to close functional and operational silos and gaps.

“We are proud to strengthen our relationship with SDG&E as we provide expertise to better serve their customers, their CAISO requirements, and meet their sustainable and renewable energy goals,” adds Dr. Mokhtari. “This configurable solution empowers SDG&E to optimally employ demand response and sustainable, distributed energy resources to provide economic and reliability benefits to its customers.”

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OATI webSmartEnergy^® DERMS platform fulfills NISC Co-op Partner Program Goals

Posted May 22, 2023

Minneapolis, MN — May 6, 2023 — Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) is pleased to announce its partnership with National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC). OATI has integrated its innovative webSmartEnergy^® DERMS solution with NISC’s Marketing solution, Multi-Channel Messenger, Meter Data Management and SmartHub in the recently launched DERMS Integration Partner Program. NISC selected OATI as its first partner in the program.

“We are grateful for the business opportunities NISC has entrusted to us over many years to empower their member utilities to use the best technology possible to deliver strategic programs with their consumers and to optimize distributed energy resources, such as solar, wind, battery storage, EVs and smart devices,” says Sasan Mokhtari, Ph.D., OATI President and CEO. “We are very honored for NISC to select us as the first partner in its DERMS Integration Partner program, and the relationship that we have built together to provide their member owners with mission-critical solutions such webSmartEnergy^® DERMS.”

As part of the program, OATI will offer its webSmartEnergy DERMS suite of products, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution technologies, hosted from the OATI Cloud, for NISC member utility use. The OATI Cloud features the Energy Industry dedicated and NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) compliant Data Centers for optimal security and reliability. 

“We’re excited to partner with OATI to offer our Members a turnkey solution to integrate DER into our existing enterprise solutions,” says Walt Hillis, Product Manager for NISC. “By integrating with an industry-leading DERMS solution, our Members will be able to leverage the NISC solutions they use every day to engage their communities in DER programs."

In addition to OATI’s industry-leading webSmartEnergy^® DERMS,  OATI also offers GridMind™, the industry’s premier microgrid controller; OATI webSmartIoT™ a connected-devices platform enabling both smart utilities and smart cities with a wide variety of high-value use cases over an open standards based network including AMI; and OATI EVolution™, the Smart EV charging management solution. All are natively integrated with a webSmartEnergy DERMS.

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Company deepens utility, customer expertise with two new hires

Posted May 18, 2023

Boulder, Colo. — May 18, 2023 — Uplight, the technology partner of energy providers transitioning to a decarbonized future, today announced an expansion of its executive leadership team by appointing Shaila Lakhani Ohri as Senior Vice President and General Counsel and Hannah Bascom as Chief Market Innovation Officer.

Together, these executives bring decades of experience supporting innovation and decarbonization via utilities, energy service providers and other key players in the ecosystem. With Ohri’s legal experience providing strategic counsel across Exelon’s businesses and Bascom’s expertise leveraging technology and partnerships to move the industry forward, Uplight is poised to accelerate its transformational impact. 

“Shaila and Hannah are strategic additions for Uplight at this critical moment, as we are positioned to scale our execution at the intersection of customer engagement and load management,” said Luis D’Acosta, CEO of Uplight. “Their talent, experience and customer-centricity will be critical as we expand our solutions, add further capabilities and increase our impact. We are also proud to be investing in the diversity of our executive team. We are in an even stronger position as a company because of the depth and breadth of perspectives and experiences our leaders bring.” 

Ohri and Bascom bring decades of experience at high-performing businesses in the energy sector:

• Shaila Lakhani Ohri, Senior Vice President and General Counsel: Ohri brings extensive legal expertise within the energy industry, and joins Uplight from Exelon, the nation’s largest utility company which serves more than 10 million customers. There, she served for fourteen years in various legal functions, including with Pepco Holdings, Inc., with oversight across a number of areas, including innovation, emerging technology, intellectual property and branding, commercial and corporate transactions, financing, corporate governance and securities. She also chaired the legal department’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) steering committee, and is actively involved in numerous DEI-focused bar associations and organizations. Prior to Exelon, she spent over a decade in various legal roles focusing on financing, transactional and employment work.
  
  
• Hannah Bascom, Chief Market Innovation Officer: Bascom will lean on her deep expertise at the intersection of consumers, technology and the regulated energy sector to lead market development and marketing strategy for Uplight. As a current SEPA board member and the outgoing VP of Regulated Business at the electrification company SPAN, Bascom has an innovative view of where the energy industry is headed and a track record of accelerating impact. Her experience as the Head of Energy Partnerships at Google Nest helped to establish smart thermostats and residential demand response programs at scale, improving customer relationships and grid resiliency. Previously, Bascom also spent time at Pacific Gas and Electric Company and in utility consulting.

For more information about Uplight, please visit uplight.com.

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