Mel Gehrs

Mel Gehrs With degrees in nuclear and electrical engineering from Kansas State University and a passion for building high-performance servers for data mining, Mel brings a uniquely broad and deep skill set to the smart grid. Initially, Mel spent 30 years at ComEd/Exelon working in all areas of the utility as Director of Strategic Planning. He then spent four years in his “dream job” at NASA that included projects like installing and testing super capacitors in an electric dragster. For the past 10+ years he has been working for SSN/Itron and is currently researching high speed metrology and the appropriate math algorithms to build the next generation of DI agents. Mel is a Technical Sales Engineer for Itron and for the past ten years, he has been working for Itron and is currently researching high-speed metrology and the appropriate math algorithms to build the next generation of DI agents. Mel brings a uniquely broad and deep skill set to the smart grid. Initially, Mel spent 30 years at ComEd/Exelon working in all areas of the utility as Director of Strategic Planning. Mel has degrees in Nuclear and Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University.