David South
Senior Principal
West Monroe Partners
David South is a senior principal with West Monroe Partners and leader of the firm’s Sustainability practice. He has more than 30 years of energy and environmental experience that blends technology, market, policy, and regulatory skills in the utility, industrial and transportation sectors.
Shay Bahramirad
Vice President, Engineering, and Smart Grid
Commonwealth Edison
Dr. Shay Bahramirad serves as a strategic business leader in Commonwealth Edison, the electric utility serving Northern Illinois including Chicago, working on the 21st century power grid transformation and the new energy economy. She holds executive responsibility for ComEd’s vision of the grid of the future, ComEd system reliability, engineering, and planning, as well as developing frameworks for emerging technology roadmaps and investment strategies. Bahramirad is an Editorial Board Member of Electricity Journal, an Adjunct Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the IEEE/PES Vice President of New Initiatives and Outreach, overseeing the organization’s engagement with policy makers globally, and developing strategies for next generation of standards and frameworks, including Smart Cities.