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John McDonald
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Smart Grid Business Development Leader, Senior Fellow, Grid Solutions
GE Renewable Energy

John D. McDonald, P.E., is Smart Grid Business Development Leader for GE Grid Solutions. John has 46 years of experience in the electric utility industry. John received his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. (Power Engineering) degrees from Purdue University, and an M.B.A. (Finance) degree from the University of California-Berkeley.

John is a Life Fellow of IEEE, and was awarded the IEEE Millennium Medal in 2000, the IEEE PES Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering Award in 2002, the IEEE PES Substations Committee Distinguished Service Award in 2003 and the IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award in 2015.

John was on the Board of Governors of the IEEE-SA (2010-2011), focusing on long term IEEE Smart Grid standards strategy. John was Chair of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) Governing Board (2010-2015), a Founding Board member of the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC), and on the Board, the Executive Committee and Finance Chair of the GridWise Alliance.

John is Past President of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) (2006-2007), Past Chair of the IEEE PES Substations Committee (2001-2002), Past IEEE Division VII Director (2008-2009), and is an IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer.

John has written 150 articles and papers, co-authored five books and has one US Patent.

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