Mani Vadari

Dr. Vadari is Founder and President of Modern Grid Solutions delivering consulting and training services to a global set of smart grid companies seeking deep subject matter expertise in setting business, technical and strategic direction to develop the next-generation electric/energy system.

Dr. Vadari has been delivering solutions to the electric utility industry focusing on Transmission/Distribution/ generation operations, Energy markets, and Smart Grid for over 25 years. His roles have mostly been Business Architect, and/or Lead solution delivery for major utilities in North America and the world. Dr. Vadari is considered a Smart Grid subject matter expert, offering sought-after perspectives on electric value chain. Dr. Vadari was named Read more

Dr. Vadari is Founder and President of Modern Grid Solutions delivering consulting and training services to a global set of smart grid companies seeking deep subject matter expertise in setting business, technical and strategic direction to develop the next-generation electric/energy system.

Dr. Vadari has been delivering solutions to the electric utility industry focusing on Transmission/Distribution/ generation operations, Energy markets, and Smart Grid for over 25 years. His roles have mostly been Business Architect, and/or Lead solution delivery for major utilities in North America and the world. Dr. Vadari is considered a Smart Grid subject matter expert, offering sought-after perspectives on electric value chain. Dr. Vadari was named a 2012 Smart Grid Pioneer by Smart Grid Today.

Dr. Vadari’s critically acclaimed book “Electric System Operations – Evolving to the Modern Grid” is available at leading book stores like Amazon.

Dr. Vadari delivers

• A strong combination of business savviness backed by technical depth critical to grow a business aggressively.
• A deep understanding of the global industry’s competitive landscape and unique technology architectures.
• A rare combination of technical depth supported by business breadth to deliver solutions to technology and business/strategic issues.
• Training programs from Modern Grid Academy are delivered to sr. executives at utilities and vendors in North American and around the world.

Dr. Vadari’s relevant experiences include
• Building viable and successful businesses
• Building alliances with the marketplace
• Building a network of companies capable of delivering a broad range of services to their clients.

Specialties: Smart grids, Distribution automation, Demand response, Transmission (centralized) and distributed renewables and storage integration, Transmission and distribution operations, Energy and ancillary services markets, EMS, DMS, OMS, Micro-grids and their energy optimization

Strategy for businesses, direction, portfolio, acquisitions, and divestitures

Analysis of power systems, electric markets, economic, markets, and competition

Solutions for system integration, vendor selection, and project management

Design and development of electricity markets and software

Solution life cycle – strategy to implementation through support, and end-of-life

C-Suite skills – BOD presentations and experience managing thousands of employees

We can deliver on the entire life cycle from strategy through implementation Multiple experts under a single contract

We can scale up to deliver a broad range of expertise – based on client needs.

We can deliver our services on a variety of business models - Time and materials – billed monthly, or Fixed price, fixed scope, fixed schedule, fixed deliverables

We can also deliver them onsite, remote, or a combination based on business needs

• AEP
• BC Hydro
• Enmax
• PSE
• NYPA
• SCL
• East China Grid
• CLECO
• Exelon
• 3 DOE labs (BNL, PNNL, and LBNL) NY State SG Consortium and several vendors, cities and consulting firms.

• AEP
• BC Hydro
• Enmax
• PSE
• NYPA
• SCL
• East China Grid
• CLECO
• Exelon
• 3 DOE labs (BNL, PNNL, and LBNL) NY State SG Consortium and several vendors, cities and consulting firms.