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Suite 16
From grid modernization to utility modernization.
Most grid modernization practices are scoped narrowly around the wires, substations, and control systems part of the utility business. But that's not how utility executives actually frame transformation, and it's not where regulators, customer platforms, workforce, cybersecurity, and ESG mandates live. Suite 16 is the framework I built to shift the narrative from grid modernization to utility modernization — covering the full enterprise value chain.
The 16 Domains
Built around how utility CIOs and COOs actually structure their portfolios.
The taxonomy isn't a marketing construct — it mirrors the way utility leadership teams group programs, allocate budget, and report to regulators.
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Renewable Integration / DERs
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Geographic Information Systems
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Advanced Metering Infrastructure
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T&D Network Planning
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Workforce Management
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Customer Experience & Engagement
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Asset Management
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Project Management & Consulting
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Specialized Implementation Services
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Technology Integration & Innovation
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Cybersecurity
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Infrastructure Hardening & Resilience
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Regulatory Compliance & Reporting
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Data Analytics & Insights
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Sustainability & Environmental Solutions
My Role
What I architected.
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The 16-domain taxonomy itself, including the framing shift from grid modernization to utility modernization — the move that opens the conversation utility executives, search firms, and regulators are actually having.
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The modernization overlay across roughly 100 named sub-offerings — the layer that anchors every domain to current standards and embeds AI/ML, DER, ESG, and digital twin capabilities as default expectations rather than premium add-ons.
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Standards anchoring across FERC Orders 2222 / 2023 / 845, NERC CIP 005/007/010/013, IEEE 1547-2018, IEEE 2030.5, IEEE 2800, IEC 62443, IEC 61850 (MMS / GOOSE / SV), NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-82, MITRE ATT&CK for ICS, OpenADR 2.0b, ISO 55000, and the GHG Protocol / SBTi / GRI / CDP / SASB / TCFD sustainability stack.
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The sales battlecards — approximately 45 of them — covering the trigger questions, differentiators, and client benefits for each named offering.
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The go-to-market strategy document and the white paper that supports the framework externally.
Standards Depth
Anchored to the regulations utilities actually live under.
Federal & Reliability
- FERC Order 2222
- FERC Order 2023
- FERC Order 845
- NERC CIP 005 / 007 / 010 / 013
Interoperability
- IEEE 1547-2018
- IEEE 2030.5
- IEEE 2800
- IEC 61850 (MMS / GOOSE / SV)
- OpenADR 2.0b
Cybersecurity
- IEC 62443
- NIST CSF
- NIST SP 800-82
- MITRE ATT&CK for ICS
Asset & Sustainability
- ISO 55000
- GHG Protocol
- SBTi, GRI, CDP, SASB, TCFD
Why It Matters
The conversation utility executives are actually having.
Suite 16 is the framework that lets a consulting practice have the conversation utility executives, search firms, and regulators are actually having — not the narrower one that vendor-driven grid modernization sales motions tend to default to.
Solutions Portfolio
Other solutions I've architected.
Solution 01
GridVISION
The flagship modular system-of-systems platform that overlays existing utility operational systems — no rip-and-replace.
Read the architecture →Solution 02
MC-LLI
Mission-Critical Large-Load Infrastructure — the GREAT 8 strategy targeting data centers, airports, ports, and other high-load sectors.
Read the strategy →Solution 04
The ADMS & DERMS Lifecycle Model
The full sales-and-delivery model I owned at Schneider Electric, 2016–2022 — the career proof point.
Read the lifecycle model →