Glenn Algie of AT&T

The digital transformation of many connected Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) control plane endpoints around a distribution grid’s energy bearer plane has similar technical dimensions and challenges to those of the multimedia control plane’s digital transformation at scale.  
Distributed energy and distributed multimedia control plane architectures share key common technical dimensions that includes generation, storage, adaptation, and consumption.  The presentation discusses a proposal of integrating the “Session Initiation Protocol” (SIP) a part of the Internet Protocol architecture layer, into the DER connected energy control plane. An example is provided to demonstrate an energy transfer session among connected DERs using SIP’s key features that includes capability discovery and negotiation, followed by a dynamic autonomous energy transfer session setup and teardown method. This energy transfer process occurs among multiple connected DER types of generation, storage, adaptation, and consumption. 
As a next step the presenter seeks a collaborative exploration by interested parties in the IEEE (Power Engineering Society) PES to help prove the value of the SIP protocol layer integration elements discussed in this presentation.

Biography:

Mr. Glenn Algie is a Energy, Security, IoT, Telecom gateway convergence innovator and technical leader, many hands-on software/firmware/embedded R&D experiences, includes end-end design of client-server networked systems design, solutions engineering scope, customer premise device, hub, enterprise gateway and video engineering and prototyping with focus on API and messaging between software components, layers and end-to-end networked software nodes. Residential and Enterprise Gateway device engineering using WiFi, Z-Wave, Zigbee, 433 Mhz proprietary, EPON, Ethernet, DOCSIS, CAT-M technologies, quad-play solutions. He is highly effective in translating customer needs & technology opportunities into detailed software requirements, chip to cloud-connected and device to device and cross-cloud solution specs of software component layers, APIs, service flow e-e message sequences. Glenn has strong Passion for solving Microgrid Energy monitor and control challenges. Mr. Algie quickly sees the big picture, often when it escapes others. Recent IEEE2030.5, IEE1547, Sunspec SCADA course completion and ongoing He has a creative synthesizing thinking style. Proven novel outside the box perspectives and innovations applied to inside the box software product integrations. He is an articulate and charismatic speaker with an easy-to-like manner. Internal and external technical public speaking. Cross-team collaborator – award. Glenn is focused, results-driven, product-enabling hands-on lead architect with a proven track record of motivating teams to deliver differentiating, profitable products. He is a proven innovator with over 14 patents granted plus patents pending. He has an industry innovations and impacts in IEEE 802.1, 1588 and 802.1 AVB precision timing for use in IoT, wireless base station, last mile, and home network solutions. Mr. Algie has over 8 years of hands-on IOT like digital telephony audio processing of real-time software control of rack-mounted multiple line cards with integrated sensors and actuators. Glenn has over 10 years as an end-end solutions architect on close to the hardware firmware and software R&D. He in the last 15 years in hands-on Linux/Java/Embedded Device Engineering Manager, Wireless and Wired Voice Video and Data Solutions Architect, Converged Communications Entertainment staff engineer, Prototyping. He is experienced in both Agile and Waterfall technical program design and collaborative scheduling. He uses Atlassian tools: JIRA, CONFLUENCE, BITBUCKET, Waterfall and SCRUM/SPRINT Agile. Software/Firmware development using GIT, SVN, BITBUCKET code reviews and merge. 3rd party supply technology requirements and integration testing leadership.