The Intersection of Data, Technology, and Expertise.

Scott Smith is the President of Integral Analytics, responsible for the company’s long-term product strategy and overseeing the development of new business opportunities, partnerships, and team growth. Previously, he was director of product development at IA, responsible for the design and build of new software products. Scott started his career with IA as a research analyst and lead software developer for the spatial electric load forecasting and power systems analysis software, LoadSEER.

Recognized for his innovative spirit and dedication to the advancement of technology, Scott’s interest in the energy industry began during an expedition across the Alaskan Arctic tundra, where he helped design and install remote weather stations powered by solar and wind generators (and lots of batteries, of course).

Before joining IA in 2007, Scott built a mobile application used by emergency first responders, to optimize their response time and equity of service given transportation and hydrological network constraints.

Dr. Skinner has over 20 years’ experience in evaluation and risk measurement, having worked as an energy consultant with PHB Hagler Bailly and Financial Times (FT) Energy, and as the Derivative Structuring Manager for the retail energy supplier Sempra Energy Solutions. He has his Ph.D. from Colorado School of Mines, in Mineral Economics, with an emphasis in Operations Research, an MBA from Regis University and a BS in Engineering from Letourneau University.

Dr. Skinner is a nationally recognized expert in economic evaluation and modeling of energy assets including energy storage, distribution and generation, efficiency and demand response, renewable energy alternatives, financial derivatives and structured contracts using net present value, econometric and statistical methods, optimization principles, and real option valuation techniques. Dr. Skinner is widely published and currently the technology columnist for Wiley Natural Gas and Electricity Journal. He is a noted speaker on energy related topics for organizations such as AESP, IAEE, ACEEE, PLMA, IEPEC, INFORMS, Infocast, EUCI, SNL Energy and PGS Energy Training.

Darrin is tasked with seeking out new opportunities for growth by finding and developing partnerships within the utility analytics industry, as well as staying abreast of new developing markets forming around impacts from new regulation and technologies. He develops IA’s long-term vision as it relates to new features and products, and potential new sales pipelines. He serves as the lead sales engineer and leads the group responsible for developing new business.

Darrin has several years of practical utility experience, mostly as a distribution planning engineer for both investor-owned and municipal utilities, where he was an expert user of IA’s flagship product LoadSEER. He was responsible for long-term electric forecasting, analyzing impacts, and creating plans for hardening and expanding the electric distribution grid. He has a passion for new technologies that help with optimizing T&D capital expenditures.

As the Director of Sales and Marketing, Wes supports our customers who are navigating the energy transformation. He is responsible for building partnerships and driving revenue across IA’s current and future line of products and services. Wes also leads IA’s marketing and branding strategy, both online and at a growing number of industry events.

Prior to joining IA, Wes led the strategic growth of several early technology companies in the clean energy space. After a decade focused on the solar PV industry, Wes steered his passion for solving modern energy challenges toward the largest stakeholder, the utility. In his spare time, you’ll find Wes Mtn. biking, chasing his two little kids, or wrenching on his hobby car. Wes graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Environmental Economics and Policy.

Sarah is responsible for translating IA’s vision into systems and processes that work for our clients and staff. Her focus areas include knowledge transfer and education; internally by supporting staff in their development and growth, and client facing by developing IA’s customer education program and strategy. She leads the team that is responsible for day-to-day operations and works to improve delivery to and success of our clients.

Sarah comes to IA with over a decade of utility planning and operations experience, both in electric and gas. She’s worked for municipal utilities where she’s worn many hats and larger IOUs where she’s delved deep into systems. In all her roles, she was accountable and responsible for safe and reliable energy delivery to customers, performing countless studies to support operations and long-term investment planning, and had a hand in the development of entry engineers. Sarah came to the utility industry with the purpose of facilitating implementation of state-of-the-art energy solutions and is proud to be at IA continuing to work towards this vision.

Michael Ozog has worked in the energy industry for over 25 years specializing in optimization, econometric modeling, demand forecasting, discrete-choice modeling, risk management and program evaluation. He is a recognized expert in power flow optimization, econometric modeling, choice-based agent modeling, and energy efficiency program evaluation. Dr. Ozog also has an extensive background in econometric and time-series modeling for load forecasts, peak-demand forecasts, and short-term retail price forecasting. Dr. Ozog has recently developed programs that optimize DER assets within a distribution system to achieve least-cost operation and volt/var minimization while ensuring reliability.

Dr. Ozog’s research has been published in Environmental and Resource Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Energy Policy, Energy Services Journal, and the Energy Journal, as well as in numerous national conference proceedings. Dr. Ozog holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Boston College, an M.S. the Pennsylvania State University, and a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Ozog holds three international patents on the optimal dispatching of DER assets in an electricity distribution network.

Alex is responsible for overseeing the product development of Integral Analytics products and solutions while establishing and investing in the organization’s long-term technology vision. Alex manages the day-to-day activities for the software development team, the data processing team and the product management team. He also contributes to the company and product vision as part of the executive management team.

Alex has 25 years’ experience as a technology professional, leading teams, delivering results, and building enterprise value for employers and clients. This includes 15 years focused on the built environment and energy efficiency. Alex is a hands-on technology executive with a long history building and integrating enterprise software and is happy working side by side with software architects, business users, executives, and clients to facilitate the communication between business and technical stakeholders. Alex is passionate about relationship building, and believes that focused discourse between people, committed to great technology, produces the best results every time.