Shawn Chandler is the Executive Vice President of Innovation & Markets. Shawn applies his 30 years of expertise contributing to QGEMS strategy, product development, industry partnerships and client relationships. Shawn is a frequent contributor to industry thought leadership and currently serves as the Vice Chair of the U.S. Dept. of Energy sponsored GridWise Architecture Council, supporting innovation and development of infrastructure, resilience and distributed energy systems in the North American power grid. He is a member of the editorial board of the IEEE Internet of Things Magazine as an Associate Editor,and served as Chair of the Interoperability Taskforce for the IEEE 2418.5 Blockchain for Energy standard. Past roles include serving as the founding Chair of the IEEE PES Smart Buildings, Loads and Customer Systems technical committee, and Chair of the IEEE Smart Cities consortium.