Bob Dumas, PhD, PE

Experience

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  Dominion Virginia Power

  Sept 1977 - Dec 1994

  Senior Staff Engineer

  Instrumentation and control work on nuclear, fossil and hydro generating facilities

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  North Carolina State University

  Jan 1995 - Nov 1999

  Senior Researcher

  System Analysis, Operations Research and Air Pollution modeling in support of doctoral research

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  Elster Solutions

  Jan 1999 - Jul 2014

  Responsible for global implementation of Elster AMI smart metering systems, Elster Meter Data Management systems and Energy Management sytems. Metering Systems project deployment

  • VP - Program Delivery

    Sept 2012 - Jul 2014

  • VP - System Projects & Support

    Jan 1999 - Sept 2012
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  Smart Grid Consulting Associates (SGCA)

  Oct 2014 - Apr 2024

  Managing Partner

  At SGCA, we are an AMI and DA consultancy aimed at aiding customers through the complete life cycle of electric/gas/water metering & DA system implementations - from feasibility evaluations through RFP preparation/evaluation through complete project implementation including field deployment.We have a network of trusted partners in the installation, system integration and meter data management system implementation areas that we can bring to customer projects, regardless of how complex.

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  Quanta Technology, LLC

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  Principle Advisor

  Power systems consulting company focused in areas such as transmission and distribution systems. Program manager for multi-year wide area protection coordination study for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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  Itron, Inc.

  Jan 2017 - Jul 2018

  Director - Solution Delivery
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  Quanta Technology, LLC

  Aug 2018 - now

  Power systems consulting company. Currently focused on consulting in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI).

  • Executive Advisor

    Apr 2016 - now

  • Principle Advisor

    Aug 2018 - Apr 2024