Michael has over 10 years of experience in utilities with a focus on power system operations and distributed energy resource (DERs) integration both at distribution and transmission systems domains. He previously worked as a principal investigator & research engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.  Dr Emmanuel's area of expertise includes DER hosting capacity analysis, DERMS, ADMS, market operations, and production cost modeling. In addition, he has led the development of regulatory aspects in a transformational platform to enable a true end-to-end monitor, control, and orchestration of DERs within both transmission and distribution systems.