Paul De Martini is a leading expert on the business, policy and technology dimensions of a more distributed power system. His extensive writings and consulting work have influenced industry transformation efforts in Australia, Canada, and across the US. Paul was previously the Chief Technology & Strategy Officer, Energy Internet of Things at Cisco Systems and Vice President, Advanced Technology at Southern California Edison. Paul earlier led North American market development for two of the largest competitive integrated energy services firms. He was a visiting scholar at Caltech until 2020 and was the 2016 Cazier Practitioner-in-Residence at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, and earlier a Fellow at Wharton, University of Pennsylvania. He holds an MBA from the University of Southern California, BS, Applied Economics from the University of San Francisco, and Certificate in Technology Management from Caltech.