Steve Rupp is an executive management consultant with 30 years of experience in project management, strategic planning, organizational transformation, change management, technology planning and implementation, transmission and distribution system planning, and transmission, substation and distribution engineering, design, construction, operations and maintenance.

Mr. Rupp works with utilities of all sizes to develop and implement grid modernization strategies including advanced distribution management, distribution automation, outage management, and advanced metering. His involvement with technology implementation includes strategic planning and road-mapping, business requirements, technical requirements, organizational impact, business cases, procurement, change management and owner’s engineering support during implementations. He also leads project teams to assess and improve organizational performance, assess the impacts of distributed generation on transmission and distribution systems; manage diverse stakeholder groups to reach consensus on issues and strategies affecting the utility industry; and manage the engineering design and construction of electric transmission and distribution system projects. His experience is broad-based and includes assignments with electric utilities, consulting firms, and power system design and construction companies.

Areas of Expertise

Grid Modernization Roadmap and Strategy
Technology Planning and Implementation
Transmission and Distribution System Planning
Project Management