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GridPoint Appoints Smart Grid and Utility Industry Veterans Michael T. Donohue and Michael Hearney
ARLINGTON, VA – Oct. 20, 2009 − GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart grid software, announced that it has appointed smart grid and utility industry veterans Michael T. Donohue and Michael Hearney to its corporate development group. Donohue, formerly Managing Partner in Accenture’s North American Utilities Practice, will be responsible for coordinating the company’s interaction with customers, systems integrator partners, and state and local regulators. Hearney, formerly Vice President of Global Alliances for eMeter, will lead GridPoint’s partnership and alliances initiatives.
“We are extremely pleased to welcome two executives of such unparalleled expertise in the smart grid, utility and software sectors,” said Peter L. Corsell, CEO, GridPoint. “I am certain our customers and partners will appreciate their considerable knowledge and skills as we work together to build a clean, efficient grid.”
Donohue has extensive experience in the North American power market with deep skills in smart grid strategy and implementations, as well as retail strategy and business transformation. At Accenture, he developed smart technology strategy and smart grid business cases for North American and multinational utilities and power companies including Duke Energy, E.ON, National Grid, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Xcel Energy. He also assisted in creating the World Economic Forum’s smart grid initiatives and has presented at its meetings in Zurich and Jordan.
Prior to Accenture, Donohue served in the senior category manager position for a consumer products manufacturer focusing on new product development and marketing effectiveness. He was named Marketing All-Star by AdWeek and received the Edison Award.
While at eMeter, a provider of meter data management software to utilities, Hearney was responsible for building and managing the company’s global alliance and partnership strategy, which produced a significant portion of the company’s revenue. He established and extended the company’s global strategic relationships with companies such as SAP, IBM, Accenture, Logica, Oracle, Tibco and Siemens.
Prior to eMeter, Hearney was Vice President of Sales for Waterfield Technologies, where he created or expanded customer relationships with Centerpoint Energy, Dominion Resources and Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). He has also held executive sales, marketing and business development positions at Mobilearia and Altitude Software. Hearney began his career with PG&E, where he served in a variety of management roles in customer service and operations management.
GridPoint is working with utilities nationwide including Austin Energy, Duke Energy and Xcel Energy. The company was recently named to the Global Cleantech 100 and in 2008 was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer.
GridPoint is committed to building a clean, efficient energy future. We empower key stakeholders in the energy ecosystem with the visibility and control required to more efficiently consume, generate and distribute energy. Our smart energy solutions consist of hardware, software and services that integrate, aggregate and manage sources of energy consumption, generation and storage. An enterprise-class platform provides a shared foundation for our products, creating a common point of integration, asset provisioning and real-time management. GridPoint customers include Fortune 100 retail and restaurant chains, leading North American utilities and thousands of residential energy consumers.