Ronnie S. Mauldin
Montgomery, Texas · linkedin.com/in/ronniemauldin · ronniemauldin.com
Executive Profile
Grid modernization and AI solutions leader combining utility operations, platform development, systems integration, consulting, and AI strategy. Currently NVIDIA Solutions Director, Power & Utilities at SoftServe. Architect of GridCORTEX, a full utility intelligence ecosystem for sales and grid planning. Brings more than three decades of industry experience, including 22 years in Austin Energy's real-time transmission and distribution control center. That operating background informs how he evaluates technology, leads modernization work, and advises utility executives.
Career Highlights
- Architected GridCORTEX, a full utility intelligence ecosystem for sales and grid planning: nine modules, ten agent categories, 24 operating domains and 190 catalogued use cases, built on NVIDIA Earth-2, Isaac ROS 2, Jetson Orin, Omniverse, NeMo, and more.
- Built UtilityIQ, SoftServe's utility AI use case library for the NVIDIA Power & Utilities practice.
- NERC certified system operator, reliability credential, across 22 years of real-time transmission and distribution operations leadership.
- Recruited from the control room onto the vendor side, then fed operator experience back into the products, including an ADMS and DERMS hybrid architecture and wildfire mitigation built into ADMS. Set new sales records every year, 2016 to 2022, leading SME work for a major ADMS and DERMS platform vendor.
- Led Schneider ADMS implementation and upgrade work at 14 utilities across North America and Australia.
- Architected GridVISION and Suite 16 at Wipro, and developed the MC-LLI market framing for mission-critical large-load infrastructure.
- Built and ran Austin Energy's blackstart restoration program across 22 years in real-time transmission and distribution operations.
- 39 documented engagements across 19 utilities in four countries, the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
Core Expertise
Enterprise AI Solutions Leadership · Grid Modernization Strategy · ADMS / DERMS / OMS / DMS / SCADA / EMS / GIS / AMI · NVIDIA Accelerated Computing (Earth-2, Isaac ROS 2, Jetson, Omniverse, NeMo, Metropolis) · Utility Control Center Operations · DER Integration & FERC 2222 Readiness · Digital Grid Architecture & Digital Twin · Physical AI & Autonomous Robotics for Utility Infrastructure · IT / OT Integration · Executive Advisory & Practice Building
Platform Architected
GridCORTEX is the intelligence layer above the grid, and a complete ecosystem that carries utility work from market and account intelligence through pursuit, planning and grid planning. Nine modules, ten agent categories, 24 operating domains and 190 catalogued use cases, extending into physical AI and robotics. Built on NVIDIA Earth-2, Isaac ROS 2, Jetson Orin, Omniverse, NeMo/NIM, Metropolis, cuOpt, RAPIDS, and Morpheus.
Professional Experience
SoftServe
Leading the NVIDIA Power & Utilities practice: go-to-market strategy, the NVIDIA alliance motion and utility client engagement. Built UtilityIQ, the practice's utility AI use case library and solution ecosystem, mapping NVIDIA accelerated computing to the operating problems utilities are funding today.
Wipro
Architected GridVISION and Suite 16, and developed the MC-LLI market framing for mission-critical large-load infrastructure. Led grid modernization consulting engagements with National Grid, on GridVISION 2.0, AI for Operations and FERC 2222, and with Avangrid on FERC 881, while growing the utilities consulting business across grid modernization and energy transition.
Qualus Technology Solutions
Led Hydro One engagements spanning operations change management, ADMS upgrade assessment, and AMI 2.0 and ADMS integration strategy, within strategic consulting and modernization development for utility grid management solutions.
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Built and led a team of senior utility subject matter experts supporting consulting and systems integration. Led PSEG Long Island DER SCADA and DERMS work, and Duke Energy OMS and DMS migration and support engagements.
Schneider Electric
Led a global SME team across ADMS and DERMS presales, product development collaboration, deployment, and services, spanning OMS, DMS, SCADA, EMS, GIS, and AMI. Pioneered the cloud-based ADMS demonstration environment that became Schneider's global default. Set new sales records every year, 2016 to 2022. Schneider ADMS work at PG&E, APS, Austin Energy, Hydro One, Toronto Hydro, Nova Scotia Power, Puget Sound Energy, Xcel Energy, CLECO, Liberty Utilities, EPCOR, SAPN, Endeavour Energy, and Ausgrid.
Austin Energy
Built and ran Austin Energy's blackstart restoration program during a 22-year career in real-time transmission and distribution operations. Led NERC and ERCOT compliance audits, emergency response readiness, and operator development. Contributed to successive control system implementations: ABB EMS, GE OMS and its upgrade with distribution SCADA, and Schneider ADMS.
Certifications and Professional Training
- NERC Certified System Operator, reliability credential, number RA200406162, 2004 to 2018.
- FEMA Emergency Management Institute coursework in incident command, NIMS, public works emergency response, emergency planning, and emergency operations centers.
- Coursework at Tarleton State University and Austin Community College.