Gerry Abad

Associate Consultant

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Gerry Abad is an Associate Consultant with over 45 years of experience in the energy industry. He has held key operational roles within electric utilities, including customer care, gas and electric system operations, Bulk Transmission System management, NERC CIP compliance, and SCADA and Energy Management Systems. His expertise also extends to Nuclear Power Plant data center design and implementation.

 

Since 1981, Gerry has led a wide range of projects focused on Gas SCADA, electric power systems, control systems, market operations, grid modernization, data warehousing, and analytics. Notably, he was part of the startup team for the California ISO in 1997 and played a key role in transitioning customer systems to support Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP) and Simplified Market Design (SMD).

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​Gerry's areas of expertise include:

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•  EMS/ADMS/SCADA Consulting

•  Transmission and Distribution Power Systems Operations

•  Control Center Operations and Design

•  North American Electricity Markets

•  Electric and Gas Industry Restructuring

•  Operational Readiness and Change Management

•  Project and Program Management

•  IT/OT Integration with middleware platforms and data warehousing

•  eBusiness platform development, design, and implementation​

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Years of Experience

Over 45 years

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Countries of Work Experience

USA

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Education

M.S. / Electronic Commerce / National University, Sacramento, CA (1999)

B.S. / Applied Economics / University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (1996)

  

Professional Certifications

​Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI) (since 2006)

Program Management Professional (PgMP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI) (since 2012)

Scrum Master Certified (SMC) with VMEdu (since 2022)

 

Languages

English, Tagalog