Ramesh Hariharan — Founder and President

Has more than 20 years experience in the Information Technology industry. Has a Masters' degree in electrical power systems from Osmania University in India. Has designed and developed SCADA/EMS systems for use in Electric Utilities, Railways, Airports, etc. Has held senior management and technical positions in BRI and CMC. He has a passion for providing software services with emphasis in timely and cost-effective delivery.

Joseph Moless — Advisor for Legal Support Services

Is the Dean of Lincoln Law School of San Jose, California since the year 2000. He received a BA in Political Science in 1960 from San Jose State College and UC Berkeley, and an LL.B in 1965 from Hastings College of the Law. He has four decades of rich experience in the Legal industry, including time as a Law Clerk for eminent Judges, Founder/ Attorney for various law firms (ex: Turrone, Moless & Komar; Moless, Chavez, Sullivan & Brinton).

Mr. Moless has been a visiting faculty member for many years at the USF School of Law, University of Santa Clara, Golden Gate University, and San Jose State University etc. He has been involved in several prestigious professional activities including Chairman of Lawyer's club in Santa Clara Bar Association, Member of Arbitration Panel in Santa Clara County Superior Court etc.

Dr.  Ramu Ramanathan — Advisor — Technology

Is a dynamic Senior Executive with broad experience in solving the organizational, technology and business problems of small, mid-sized companies and large companies. Developed and maintained high growth businesses through strong strategic planning, hiring right people, team building, technical skills, marketing and sales skills. Strong developer of new business areas and market focus.

Dr. Ramanathan has been instrumental in winning and executing several multi-million dollar contracts. A results-oriented, team player with proven leadership abilities. He focuses constantly on innovating and leveraging technologies to improve quality and productivity of business processes.

Ramu holds a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech and has held senior positions in Boeing, Ferranti International Controls, CEGELEC ESCA, National Systems & Research and CIBER. He has a solid technical experience and has authored more than 25 technical papers. He is a senior member of the IEEE, is a Professional engineer and certified Project Management Professional.

Dr. Ram Adapa — Advisor for Legal Support Services

Joined the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, California in June 1989. At EPRI, he is currently Technical Manager, Increased Power Flow, in the Power System Assets, Planning, and Operations (PSAPO) area of Power Delivery & Markets Sector. As a Product Line Leader, he developed the research portfolio for Grid Operations and Planning areas as well as business plans to execute this research portfolio. This portfolio focuses on both operations and planning tools that are needed in a deregulated utility environment. Some of these tools include market restructuring, transmission pricing, ancillary services, and security tools to maintain the reliability of the grid.

Dr. Adapa is a Senior Member of the IEEE Power Engineering Society; member of several committees, past chairman of the local IEEE Santa Clara Valley PES/IAS chapter, and winner of several prestigious awards. He has authored / coauthored more than 125 technical papers published in various technical journals. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Wisconsin. Dr. Adapa is also an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer under the IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP) and he is frequently invited by IEEE PES chapters all around the world to deliver DLP lecturers.

Dr. Adapa received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Anil Pahwa — Honorary Technical Advisor

Is the head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kansas State University (KSU). He received the Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) degree in Electrical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India in August 1975; the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Maine at Orono in May 1979 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A & M University in December 1983.

Dr. Pahwa has been with KSU since August 1983. His main research interests are applications of intelligent computational methods and advanced computer and communication technology in electricity distribution systems to improve their efficiency, reliability, and quality. He has worked on several projects sponsored by Kansas Electric Utilities Research Program, National Science Foundation, and industrial organizations.