Smart Energy Water CEO and leadership

As President, Harman leads the strategic growth initiatives at Smart Energy Water. He has extensively advised Energy and Utility companies on commodity management, regulation, Smart Grid, metering, and information technology projects. Prior to joining SEW he worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG for over 11 years where he led the delivery of business strategy and technology consulting services to Fortune 1000 companies. He is passionate about developing impactful technology products and scalable SaaS business models. Harman holds a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Sciences and Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Hands-on leader who delivers growth and measurable, sustainable outcomes and executes on strategies that strengthen competitive position and market leadership.

Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS)Passionate technology and digital executive with 30+ years’ experience leading business transformation programs and large technology teams across sectors that include utilities, energy, government, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and chemicals. Extensive Board and C-Level experience with a successful track record in digital transformation, risk management, cyber security, technology leadership, customer centricity, operational excellence, innovation and program delivery. Most recent role as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Executive General Manager for Australia’s largest water utility, responsible for leading delivery of a ‘once in a lifetime’ digital transformation program placing customers at the heart and driving operational excellence. Primary Skills include:• Cyber and Information Risk, Security, Data and Privacy• Digital and Business Strategy, Governance and Regulation• Innovation, Research and Technology• Customer Centricity and Operational Excellence• Digital Transformation and Major Program Delivery

As Chief Customer Officer at SEW, Darren oversees the client relationship and client success activities for SEW. He works with clients to ensure their success with the SEW platforms in support of digital transformation activities for both their customers and their field force. Darren has held executive roles in the energy and technology industries for over 20 years and brings a passion for working with customers. Darren’s previous work includes roles at companies such as Puget Sound Energy, EnerNOC, Five Point Partners, DEFG, PacifiCorp, Orcom Solutions, and Circle Media Inc. where he helped to scale their operations and services and build and deliver customer centric solutions. In the energy industry, he has spent his career working with utilities, businesses, and consumers to align customer engagement strategies and solutions to enable a more sustainable energy future.

Manoj Singh, VP/CPO, Customer Service Solution, is leading the extremely talented engineering team at SEW which is building the industry’s leading Customer Engagement and Workforce Management platform for Utilities and helping bring SEW technology to the consumers. He has over 15 years of experience developing products and has held various leadership positions in the past. Prior to SEW, Manoj worked in leadership role at Digi India leading SaaS based product development.

Pradeep Akurati, Chief Alliance Officer and Vice President- Global Strategic Partnerships, is responsible for driving strategic growth initiatives through global channels and alliance ecosystem. In this role, Pradeep is focused in developing and executing go-to-market strategy, creating joint solution portfolio, delivering joint value proposition for customer success and overall financial performance of SEW partnership business.

Prior to joining SEW, Pradeep held several senior sales and business development leadership positions at GE Renewable Energy, HPE, and HP Software. His extensive leadership experience includes building multidimensional go-to-market models and developing metric based global partnership ecosystem to drive sales and customer success.

Pradeep has earned an Executive MBA from Henley Management School, UK, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications.

Prasad is responsible for managing global compliance, cybersecurity and risk management at SEW. Prasad has had a 25-year career as a business and technology leader in Healthcare, Utilities, Energy, Government with proven expertise in building compliance and security controls to mitigate regulatory and governance risks. He has strong domain expertise building compliance and security solutions across industry regulations and compliance frameworks for HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST, GDPR, ISO 27001, FedRAMP.

Prasad is a dedicated Security and Compliance leader with significant experience developing and driving vision, strategy, resources, and programs to ensure information assets and infrastructure are protected. Over the years he was instrumental in establishing security and compliance strategies at Philips medical devices, Hitachi, PG&E, Samsung in alignment with key business goals, audit objectives, and regulatory requirements.

As President, Harman leads the strategic growth initiatives at Smart Energy Water. He has extensively advised Energy and Utility companies on commodity management, regulation, Smart Grid, metering, and information technology projects. Prior to joining SEW he worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG for over 11 years where he led the delivery of business strategy and technology consulting services to Fortune 1000 companies. He is passionate about developing impactful technology products and scalable SaaS business models. Harman holds a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Sciences and Master of Business Administration (MBA).