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John McDonald
John D. McDonald, P.E., is Founder & CEO of JDM Associates, LLC. John has 52 years of experience in the electric utility transmission and distribution industry. John received his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degrees from Purdue University, and an M.B.A. degree from the University of California-Berkeley. John is a Life Fellow of IEEE (member for 55 years) and a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). John is Past President of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES), the Past Chair of the IEEE PES Substations Committee, the IEEE Division VII Past Director, and a member of the DTECH Conference Advisory Committee (member for 30 years) and Chair of the Asset Management technical track. John received the 2009 Purdue University Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Award and the 2023 Purdue University Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award. John has published one hundred fifty papers and articles, has co-authored five books and has one US patent.
Sessions
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Shared Data for Smarter Models: How 5 New Zealand Utilities are Revolutionizing Asset Management with Computer Vision02-Mar-2027B202
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From a Spreadsheet to 55,000 Conductors: The Engineering Journey Behind Dominion Energy's Line Risk Intelligence Pipeline03-Mar-2027B204
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Integration of Power Transformer Maintenance Information with Online Monitoring Data for advanced asset health diagnostics and digital twin modelling.04-Mar-2027B201