Masood Parvania University of Utah Director, Utah Smart Energy Laboratory https://profile.usu.edu/images/utah-energy-conference/speakers/masood-parvania.jpg Masood Parvania is the Roger P. Webb Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director of Utah Smart Energy Laboratory (U-Smart) at the University of Utah. Dr. Parvania is the Principal Investigator and Director of the U.S.-Canada Center on Climate-Resilient Western Interconnected Grid (NSF WIRED Global Center), co-funded by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). He is also the Founder and President of the Energy-AI company, Grid Elevated, which specializes on developing and commercializing AI technology for resilient and efficient power grid operation.