STEVE HAUSER

Steve Hauser is head of market development at GridPoint, a company specializing in smart grid technology to benefit electric utilities, consumers, and the environment. Mr. Hauser is responsible for strategic industry relationships, policy analysis and development as well as government affairs. He has been nationally recognized for more than 25 years as a leader in clean energy technology development efforts. In 2002, he was featured in MIT's Technology Review magazine as a pioneer in the electric smart grid revolution.

Mr. Hauser also serves as President of the GridWise Alliance, an advocacy group supporting a national imperative for modernizing the nation's electric infrastructure. Since 2000, he has brought together more than 200 companies to create a broad industry vision to transform energy systems, markets and technologies. Mr. Hauser has also led the creation of a new national brand called "GridWise," significantly raising the visibility of these issues with federal and state policy makers.

Previously, Mr. Hauser has held various senior management positions at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Battelle and SAIC. During his career he has served as an advisor to numerous clean energy organizations and is former Chairman of the World Renewable Energy Congress. Mr. Hauser holds an M.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Washington and a B.S. in engineering physics from Oregon State University.