Raiford Smith

Board Member

Lives: Savannah, GA

Education: UGA BS Computer Science ‘95; University of Virginia MBA ’02, Charlotte School of Law JD ‘11; Harvard Business Analytics Program, Business Analytics ‘20

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Career: My career has spanned a wide variety of roles at both energy (Southern Company, Duke Energy, CPS Energy, Entergy) and high tech (Google, X) organizations. Currently, I'm the Chief Utility Innovation Officer at AES Corporation

Other boards: ABB (advisory), SAS (advisory), Google (advisory), Intel (advisory), Smart Electric Power Alliance, Build San Antonio Green, Southeastern Energy Efficiency Alliance, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, and Smart Grid Interoperability Panel

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