Andres
is currently the Chief Information Officer at Austin Energy,
where he is responsible for the technology vision,
planning, development and operations across the enterprise. Since
February of 2003, he has been driving a wireless and SOA
transformation to deliver a fully-integrated and self-healing
enterprise. Our current strategic plan is to deliver the first
smart grid in the US by 2009. In addition to
his responsibilities as CIO, he is a member of the
8 person executive team, and a member of the Innovation and
Opportunity Development executive board. Outside of Austin
Energy, he is a board member for the Center for
Commercialization of Electric Technologies, chairman for the Large
Public Power Companies’ CIO Task Force, chairman of the
Operations, Systems Integration and Systems Modeling Team for the
Pecan Street Project, and an advisor to several
companies.
Andres is a
requested speaker on Smart Grid, CleanTech, Green IT, SOA,
Wireless and Running IT as a Business. And he has been
awarded IT Executive of the Year by AITP in 2005, Premier 100 IT
Leader and Best in Class of Premier 100 by Computerworld in 2006,
CIO 100 Award by CIO Magazine in 2006, InformationWeek 500 in 2007
and 2008, Top 12 Green IT Company by Computerworld in 2008 and
2009, and Computerworld Honors Laureate, Finalist, and 21st
Century Achievement Award in 2009.
Andres has great
knowledge of the Energy, Wireless, Software, and Computer
industries. Andres has held c-level and senior
management titles at Austin Energy, four start-ups, Philips
Electronics, Digital Equipment Corporation, and
Borland. Andres started his professional career as a
product manager for Windows and DOS at Microsoft in Redmond,
WA.
Andres'
human dimension and character are defined by being a former
member of Governor Bush's IT National
Steering Committee, a board advisor to several companies and
institutions, a former president of his Home Owners
Association, a member of the Knights of Columbus,
a spiritual
director at his Church, an Eagle Scout and a 1st Dan Black
Belt in Tae-Kwon-Do with
successful competitions (national sparring champ in 1977, 1978, 1983).
Andres received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
from the University of Kansas, completed the Utility Executive
Course at the University of Idaho, and completed executive
management programs at Stanford University and the Wharton School
at the University of Pennsylvania.
Awards
Honoree:
Computerworld Honors
Laureate
Honoree: Computerworld Honors Laureate
Finalist
Honoree:
Computerworld Honors 21st Century
Achievement Award
Computerworld
Honors Program 2009
http://www.cwhonors.org
Finalist:
UTC Apex
Award
UTC
Telecom 2009
http://www.utctelecom2009.utc.org/
Honoree:
Top 12 Green IT
Company
Computerworld
2008 and 2009
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