Mr. Eric J. Charette currently serves as a Senior Vice President and Executive Consultant for Qualus. His responsibilities include consulting with t electric utilities to develop Grid Modernization strategies. Previously, Eric was part of the Hexagon/Intergraph leadership team in the role of Executive Technical Director, where he was the OMS product manager and led a team of business development professionals. Prior to joining Hexagon, Eric worked for Wisconsin Public Service Corporation as a distribution field engineer. Eric has been recognized as a foremost utility industry expert in ADMS and has numerous industry publications and presentations. He serves as track chair on the Grid Modernization Advisory Committee for the DistribuTECH conference. Eric holds a BS in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in Power Systems from Michigan Tech and is a registered professional engineer.