Tom Graly

Biography:

Tom Graly graduated with a Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering Degree from Purdue University and after military service began his corporate engineering career.  His first stop was in the nuclear power industry designing control systems for nuclear power plants. A detour into film and video production led to various engineering projects in the entertainment industry.  He worked with a team that developed a video tape editing system that was custom built for Frances Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now.  He designed and built video production facilities for corporate clients.  Working with startup teams, he developed animation controllers for video tape recorders and built the first all digital driver license system for the State of New York.  He then moved into telecom and led development of some of the first commercial interactive Voice Response systems using voice recognition technologies.  He concluded his business career leading a wind turbine company that was developing an innovative vertical axis design.  In retirement Tom made a commitment to electrify his home and did extensive research on available technologies.  He his co-chair of the City of Berkeley Electrification Working Group whose goal is to educate homeowners to reduce their carbon footprint and improve barriers to home electrification.