Speakers

Dr. Rafael Ochoa is currently a Director of two innovative companies in the electric utility industry: 1) KES/Sentient Technologies (San Francisco, CA) and 2) Reactive Technologies (London, UK). In late 2020, Rafael retired from Accenture as a Managing Director, and he is now a proud "Accenture Alumnus". While in Accenture, Rafael focused on utilities and grid operations. Rafael was Accenture's Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and Distribution Grid Operations Global Practice Lead. Rafael has more than 29 years of experience in the transmission and distribution segments focusing on the design, planning and operations of integrated operations and planning solutions. Rafael has emerged as one of the leaders in the evolution and implementation of advanced Distribution Management Systems including the implementation of both distributed and centralized self-healing network schemes and voltage optimization capabilities.