Ryan Egidi is a Technical Project Officer for the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory. He is responsible for ensuring the effective stewardship of 12 Smart Grid Investment Grant projects and activities totaling over $1.3 billion dollars of Recovery Act funding. These projects primarily involve advanced metering infrastructure, communication infrastructure, distribution automation, demand management and cybersecurity. Ryan has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech.