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Max Parness
Director, Grid Services,
Toyota Motors North America
Max Parness is Director of Grid Services at Toyota North America, where he leads a rapidly scaling initiative to align Toyota’s electrified vehicles with grid innovation, energy affordability, and customer value. With over a decade at Toyota, Max has advanced energy and climate policy, product development, and partnerships that support vehicle-grid integration. His expertise bridges engineering, policy, and commercialization. He holds a master’s degree in Technology and Policy from MIT and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University.