Paul De Martini

Paul De Martini is the Executive Director of the Pacific Energy Institute. Paul 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. He was a visiting scholar at Caltech (2012-2020), 2016 Cazier Resident Practitioner at Pardee RAND Public Policy School and Fellow at Wharton Business School (2003-2009). Paul holds an MBA, University of Southern California, BS, Applied Economics, University of San Francisco, and a Certificate in Technology Management from Caltech. He is a California state certified Electric System Operator and a senior member of IEEE-PES.