Madhava Utagikar

Executive Vice President of Resilience and Technology
LCRA


Madhava has repeated success guiding global business strategies incorporating emerging technologies to achieve maximum operational impact with minimum resource expense. He is a collaborative communicator with the capacity for launching programs related to training, management development, infrastructure development, procurement, and project management. He is an expert presenter, negotiator, and businessperson; able to cultivate solid relationships with strategic partners and build consensus across multiple organizational levels.

Madhava is a subject matter expert with System Integration, Application and System development, various IT systems, IT infrastructures, IT operations, Project Management, Network, Cyber Security and Information Security.

Madhava offers 25+ years of extensive experience and subject matter expertise in the areas of SCADA, Energy Management Systems (EMS), Generation Control systems (GCS), Distribution Systems (DMS), SmartGrid, and Process Control Systems where he has successfully designed, developed, and commissioned systems for utilities worldwide. He is a leader in designing, implementing, and supporting real-time information systems for many electric utilities.

Madhava has performed various SmartGrid research efforts, including designing applications, enterprise, infrastructure architecture, security architectures, and intelligent communication infrastructure for utilities. He has successfully demonstrated various system architecture implementations for small to large electric utilities.