Akhil Abbas Chief Technical Officer, P.E. After leading Sandia National Laboratories’ energy storage program for 23 years, Mr. Akhil joined HiVE in 2017. Mr. Akhil is a nationally recognized expert in electricity storage, conventional and advanced micro-grids, distributed generation, photovoltaic power generation, and electric utility system planning. Prior to joining Sandia National Laboratories, Mr.  Akhil was a Senior Energy Conversion Engineer with the Public Service Company of NM for 12 years. Other key roles and accomplishments include: member of the International Project Evaluation Panel for the 2015 Energy Storage Grant Call by the Energy Market Authority, Singapore; technical support to Hawaii Electric Company for 180 MW energy storage to support Oahu’s grid during system contingency; lead author, DOE/EPRI 2013 Electricity Storage Handbook; development of energy storage strategies for the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute.