Electric utilities
Product professionals in Electric utilities
These ten product leaders have held product management and product development roles at electric utilities and utility technology companies. A reader can learn how these teams decide which customer and grid products to pursue and how new products move into utility operations.
Professionals to explore
01—10Chris Shelton
LinkedInExperience: AES Senior Vice President Chief Product Officer President, AES Next · The AES Corporation
AES Senior Vice President Chief Product Officer President, AES Next at The AES Corporation since 2020, and AES Chief Technology Innovation Officer President, AES Next there (2014–2020). Also listed: President and Co-Founder of Maximo (since 2025) and Member Board of Directors at Fluence (2018–2026). The summary describes building teams and companies at the intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics and clean power.
Christian Gruffman
LinkedInExperience: Head of Product Management and Development · Vattenfall
Head of Product Management and Development at Vattenfall since 2026. Other listed Vattenfall roles include Programme Manager - Transformation programme (GenAI for R&D) (2025–2026), Programme Manager Fleet Electrification (2022–2026) and Programme Manager - R&D E-Mobility (2017–2026). The headline focuses on turning energy innovation into scalable products in decentralized energy and flexibility.
Curtis Kirkeby
LinkedInExperience: Director of Product Management · Open Energy Solutions Inc
Director of Product Management at Open Energy Solutions Inc since 2023. Also listed: Fellow Electrical Engineer - Technology Strategy at Avista Utilities (1982–2022). The headline reads Technology Strategist - Electric Utility Sector, and the highlights describe Open Energy Solutions Inc as a utilities company.
David Huynh
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of AI Product Management · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Senior Director of AI Product Management at Pacific Gas and Electric Company since 2026, and Director of Product Management there (2023–2026). Other listed roles include Chief Product Officer at Plume (2022–2023), Chief Executive Officer at NOISEFIGURE RESEARCH (2021–2022) and Director, Management Consultant at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (2012–2016).
Jarrod Maddox
LinkedInExperience: Director of Product Development · Vistra Corp.
Director of Product Development at Vistra Corp. since 2024. Other listed roles include Sr. Manager, New Product Strategy & Development (2021–2024) and Manager, New Product Strategy & Development (2018–2021) at Vistra Corp., and Manager, New Product Development, Innovation & Strategy at TXU Energy (2014–2018). The headline places the current role in retail energy transition products: DG, EVs, batteries and virtual power plants.
John Lin
LinkedInExperience: Product Manager, Principal · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Product Manager, Principal at Pacific Gas and Electric Company since 2022. Other listed Pacific Gas and Electric Company roles include Expert Product Manager (from 2019, no end date listed), Senior Product Manager, Data Platforms - Residential Commercial (2016–2019) and Consultant for HAN Smart Energy (2008–2010). The summary cites development of communication products and services including smart energy and demand response software and devices.
Katrina Polk
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Product Management · Itron, Inc.
Vice President Product Management at Itron, Inc. since 2020. Other listed Itron, Inc. roles include Director Product Management - Platform Hardware (2018–2020), OpenWay Business Outcome Manager (2017–2018), Sr. Product Line Manager (2014–2017) and Sr. Engineering Program Manager (2011–2014). The summary describes a smart grid and IoT professional with a history of working in the utilities industry.
Kim Friebel
LinkedInExperience: Head of Product Management · Exelon
Head of Product Management at Exelon since 2019. Other listed roles include IT Manager, Digital New Products & Services (2018–2019) and Principal Product Manager (2017–2018) at Exelon, and Manager of Digital Business at ComEd (2016–2017). The highlights say the current role led a 5-year planning process that translated customer strategy into a roadmap of investments and established an investment of over $800M over five years.
Mike Kiser
LinkedInExperience: Product Director · Duke Energy Corporation
Product Director at Duke Energy Corporation since 2019. Other listed Duke Energy Corporation roles include Senior Information Technology Manager (2015–2019), Lead Business Analyst (2014–2015), System Architect (2012–2014) and Information Technology Manager (2009–2012). The highlights list strategy, innovation, human-centered design and engineering, and IT Lighthouse Products under the current role.
Partha Natampalli
LinkedInExperience: Principal Product Management Leader - AI ML · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Principal Product Management Leader - AI ML at Pacific Gas and Electric Company since 2024. Other listed roles include Product Management Leader - Advanced Analytics (Beckman Coulter Diagnostics) (2022–2024) and Product Management Leader - AI ML (Danaher Digital) (2019–2022) at Danaher, and Sr. Director - AI Product Management at Baker Hughes (2017–2019). The summary describes more than 20 years across enterprise software development, product management and product strategy.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did regulatory approval or rate case timing shape which products you could launch?
- 02When operations teams and customer teams wanted different things, how did you decide what to build first?
- 03Tell me about a product or program that saw low adoption. What did you change afterwards?
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