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[edit] Mark Gabriel
[edit] Executive Management Consultant and Principal
Mark Gabriel is an executive management consultant and principal with R.W. Beck, a national engineering-based consulting firm. Mark has worked across a broad set of industry issues from advanced metering and intelligent infrastructure to advanced generation, gas and oil technology deployments. His clients include some of the nation’s largest investor owned utilities as well as a number of co-ops, G&Ts, municipal entities, NASA and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. His new book, Visions for a Sustainable Energy Future was published by Fairmont Press in January.
Mark was the president and founder of Positive Energy Directions, which was acquired by R.W. Beck in 2006. Prior to founding Positive Energy Directions, Mark spent eight years as the Electric Power Research Institute’s Chief Marketing and Sales Officer. He was acting President of EPRI Traditional, where he led the external and client relations for the nation’s largest industry-wide R&D consortia, whose members represent over 90% of the electricity sold in the U.S. as well as representing 40 countries worldwide. On behalf of the EPRI Board, Mark led the Electricity Sector Framework for the Future (Summary[1], Volume 1[2], Volume 2 [3]), a collaborative effort to shape the technical, economic and regulatory future of the U.S. electricity industry.
Mark’s career built upon 20 years experience in the energy business. Prior to joining EPRI, Mark served as Senior VP of Sales and Marketing for Electronic Lighting Inc. a start up funded by seven utilities. Before that, he was Vice President and General Manager for SmartEnergy, an unregulated subsidiary he founded for Central Vermont Public Service.
Mark attended Fordham University for his undergraduate work and St. Michael’s College for graduate studies. In addition he completed executive education programs from Stanford University and the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Authored or edited 500+ magazine articles and technical papers as Publisher and Editor of national magazines (e.g., Ski Racing Magazine; Ski Business Magazine; Paterson Evening News).
Keynote/Featured Speaker at more than 30 events over the past five years including:
Transmission & Distribution World Expo, 2002 – Energy Crisis in the West – Paving the Way to a Sustainable Energy Future
Power Investment Conference, 2001 – The Future is Already Here, Building the Electricity Technology Roadmap
North American Gas Strategies Conference, 2001 – Powering the Digital Economy - It’s Not Just the Internet
National Electric Manufacturers Association Annual Executives Conference, 2000 – The Future is Already Here; It’s Just Not Widely Distributed Yet
American Public Power Association Marketing & Customer Service, 2001 – The Digital Landscape
Tennessee Valley Public Power Association Annual Convention, 2001 – The Digital Landscape: Energy Moves to the Internet
Recent Papers and Presentations (available at [4])
The Destiny of Intelligent Infrastructure (Link to article from EnergyPulse, Jan 2008) [5]
The Destiny of Intelligent Infrastructure (Link to article from T&D Automation, Jan 2008) [6]
Technology advances are bringing advanced metering infrastructure within reach for more utilities (Link to article from Public Power, Nov-Dec 2007)[7]
Evolving Toward Intelligent Infrastructure (Oct 07)
Energy Megatrends – Impacts and Opportunities (Sept 07)
Advanced Metering Infrastructure: What Public Power is Doing (7.24.07)
Successful AMI Planning: Who Needs to be at the Table? (3.27.07)
Market Challenges and Barriers to AMI Adoption (9.19.06)
Why the Big Boss Suddenly Cares About Advanced Metering (9.18.06)
Wide Ties, Polyester and the Demand Side (2.2.06)
Fuel Diversity and the Real World (12.14.05)
Resource Planning and the Social Contract (11.14.05)
Selling an Intelligent System in the Face of $12 Natural Gas (10.17.05)
Rebuilding the Power System for the 21st Century in a Post-Katrina World (9.15.05)
Why We’re Selling Advanced Metering All Wrong... And How to Sell It Right (8.20.05)
Customer Engagement for the 21st Century (8.3.05)
The Future is Already Here … It's Just Not Widely Distributed Yet (5.13.05)
Paving The Way To A Sustainable Energy Future (5.10.05)
Western Energy Regulatorss (6.15.04)
Developing the Electricity Infrastructure for the 21st Century (5.25.04)
The Future Energy Delivery System: Providing for Economic Progress and National Security (4.28.04)
Electricity Sector Framework for the Future (8.6.03)
The Regulatory Maze (5.20.03)
The Coal Option in a Boom - Bust Market (4.7.03)
The Future is Already Here ... Building the Electricity Technology Roadmap (9.20.01)
