Craig Rutfield Email & Phone Number

Andover, Ma, Us

London, London, Gb

Head of Engineering for the next generation of Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) providing the foundation for grid modernization while enabling intelligence at the edge of the power grid.Engineering Lead for $300M transformational initiative deploying the next generation of metering infrastructure and edge intelligence. Methodology leverages digital transformation and the product delivery model to provide a foundation for grid modernization and automated distribution optimization.Lead Architect for a $500M multi-cloud solution using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology.Initial deployments were for gas business enablement with platforms serving as shared services across the entire U.S. organization.

Andover, Ma, Us

Provide software strategy, design, and execution focusing primarily on the energy sector.Migrate battery inventory/analytics and workforce deployment management applications to the AWS platform and multi-platform mobile devices.Lead technology and operations for an early stage startup managing the life-cycle of digitized assets: http://www.mpinarada.com/oms-mpi/.Designed software interfaces and specifications for integrators to utilize a flow battery.Solutions Architect for cloud and DER integration for National Grid (including secure network design).Application and Network Security, Zscaler, CISSP, NERC CIP compliant design.Project consulting via Modis and Jetsweep.Provide strategy and design of overall unified architecture for integrated grid and Distributed Energy Resource (DER) network management solution platform residing in the cloud using AWS.Researched and proposed implementation plan for Smart Energy Profile (SEP) 2.0 integration.

Westborough, Massachusetts, Us

Manage the full life cycle of the software and control applications for advanced batteries for electric grid, backup power and lead-acid replacement applications.Propose both the software and data strategy and lead its implementation.

Lead the architecture and design of the software components of the Solution of a multi-vendor smart grid pilot for National Grid. (HAN devices, Zigbee, user behavior, demand response, AMI, SaaS, Mobile, Analytics, Grid Modernization)Lead the data strategy derivation, modeling, and analytics of disparate sources across business units.

Andover, Ma, Us

Project for a leader in diagnostic test instruments and knowledge services for electric power.Brought in to a sister company of Aclara (below) below to manage and facilitate new initiatives.* Define Criteria and Plans to migrate company hosted applications to the public and private cloud* Establish application security requirements (cybersecurity), best practices, and policies for products to adhere to new industry regulations and guidelines. * Design the architecture and approach to packaging various web solutions (and web services) into one cohesive product offering regarding protection of assets: circuit breakers, transformers, bushings.

Saint Louis, Missouri, Us

Aclara Software applications provide utilities with value-added software solutions that unlock the power of AMI systems and underlying billing and metering data to deliver benefits to the utility and customers alike.

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Led a team of software security experts to provide products and services for ensuring software, devices, and communications are secure.

Andover, Ma, Us

Establish technical operations for two firms in the energy sector.

Responsible for the technology required to provide the services for New England’s largest direct marketing solutions provider

Andover, Ma, Us

Define the technical architecture and implementation plans for early stage startups. Bring from concept to reality.

Boston, Ma, Us

Starting as the first full-time hire after the founders, led the design, development, implementation, and support to have a functional end-to-end power monitoring and management system in six months. During the next year, the system evolved to become the industry leader in automated demand response with a patent submission for a unique end-to-end automated solution.Major accomplishments:• Carry a concept from an idea to a full-production revenue-generating solution• Implement methodology in Engineering organizations to reduce both costs and time-to-market while increasing quality• Lead the design and development of completely automated end-to-end scalable demand response system

Bs, Computer & Systems Engineering

Mba, Business Administration

Ms, Electrical Engineering