Khalid Saddique Akbar Email & Phone Number

I am a highly motivated individual with the ability to work well in a group or on my own. I have a keen eye for detail, and work very hard at keeping up to date with new technology and innovations that may increase the efficiency of processes. My objective is always to achieve the best possible outcome and do my bestDuring my twenty-six (26) years career in the Digital Transformation, Smart Grid, Energy Storage, Energy Efficiency, Information Technology (IT), Spatial Data Management, GIS Technology, SCADA and DMS arena, I have acquired a wealth of expertise working on a wide range of projects. The expertise and skill areas consist of the following: Project Management of Demand Response Regulatory Framework and Policy Development Extensive knowledge of Energy Management, Energy Efficiency and Energy Performance Contracting; Sustainability Planning, Energy Business Strategy and Business Plans  Extensive knowledge of Smart Utility Specific Initiatives; Smart technologies (planning, procurement and deployment) Build quantitative business cases & budgets for smart utility initiatives  Utility Demand-Side Management Planning and Implementation Super ESCO institutional setup Capacity building & Training Knowledge & experience in grid OT and IT integrations (AMI, OMS, DMS, MWMS) Extensive knowledge of Energy Storage System’s Study and Battery Energy Storage System Implementation Prototyping Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Prototyping Electric Vehicle and Solar PV Internal & external stakeholder management and decision support Organization setup, Business planning and Operations Strategic Transformation, Organizational restructuring & capacity building GIS Specialist and expert of Schneider® ArcFM™ and ESRI® ArcGIS™ products. SCADA, DCS and DMS Specialist of Electrical Power Generation and Distribution for power plants of SIEMENS®, Allen Bradley®, ABB® & Omron®. Management of DMS/GIS/IT projects ranging from departmental efforts to enterprise-wide implementation  Excellent ability to produce system designs and program specifications for Electric, Water, Severage, Irrigation, Landbase and Communication Network Models using CASE Tools with Microsoft Visio and Unified Modeling Language (UML). Excellent analytical ability and documentation capability In-depth understanding of spatial analysis concepts, spatial data management techniques, and database design.