“For power engineering expertise integrating grid-scale renewables, valued engineering mentorship, effective technical communication, and volunteerism within the energy industry.”
Rich Meier is a Senior Power Systems Engineer at Electric Power Systems Inc. (EPS) and a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Washington. He received his …
“For significant contributions to the energy industry as an innovator and educator,
embracing emerging technologies and working hands-on to deploy those technologies.”
Amy Grice, Chief Operating Officer, has been with Peninsula Light since 2011 focusing on new operational technologies to improve distribution system efficiencies, data visualization and …
“Outstanding Volunteers of the 2024 Seattle IEEE PES General Meeting, managing over 800 volunteer hours with 200 volunteers supporting over 450 Committee and Panel session meetings.”
Tanya Panomvana
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Tanya Panomvana is currently a Principal Electrical Power Systems Engineer at Seattle …
Carrie Ann Smith is an Electrical Design Engineer at Stryker. She works to enhance state-of-the-art medical technology. She completed her undergraduate degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a minor in computer science (Magna Cum Laude) from Seattle University, where she served as the chair for Tau Beta Pi the engineering honor society, president and charter member of IEEE HKN honor society, and chair of IEEE.
Mike Brisbois – Design engineer at Salas O’Brien. Member of IEEE since 1998. Presently chair of the IEEE Consultant Network Seattle, member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society and sponsorship chair of the IEEE GHTC Global Humanitarian Technologies Conference, and Publicity Chair at IEEE Excom Seattle.
I have a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington and an MBA from Seattle University. I have worked in the electric power industry for 15 years, the majority of that time with Puget Sound Energy. I have worked as a planning engineer and a smart grid engineer in addition to my current role as a reliability strategist.
Casey is a Power Plant Electrical and Controls Engineer at Puget Sound Energy. His current work includes generator protection, power system stability model verification and NERC compliance. He also has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Idaho.
Daniel works as consulting engineer at Puget Sound Energy in the Protection, Automation, and Controls Group. He has over 28 years of experience in the Electric Power industry.
Director-Application Engineering at General Electric, Redmond, WA, USA and responsible for R&D and global delivery of EMS Power System Applications to utilities, Transmission System Operators and ISO/RTOs.
Sarah Davis works at Puget Sound Energy as an Electrical Engineer. Over the past several years, she held various positions including transmission and distribution Protection Engineer, Energy Delivery Engineer, and currently, she is a senior engineer in the Transmission Policy and Contracts team. Sarah is a talented Young Engineer who has made a significant impact in various capacities at PSE. Sarah graduated from UW with a degree BSEE and later earned her MSEE from the same university. She is an IEEE Member and a judging coordinator for the Washington Future City competition.
