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Stuart Laval, Ph.D, PE

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Director, Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems at Eaton
📍 Greater Cleveland, United States

Stuart is a technology pioneer and Global Engineering Director at Eaton, where he leads the Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems division. With over 20 years of experience, this MIT-educated Professional Engineer is a respected innovator in smart-grid, IoT, and telecommunications, often described by colleagues as strategic, imaginative, and solution-oriented.

Outside of his primary role, Stuart is a multi-sport athlete, having competed in basketball, cross-country, and track at a high level through college. He enjoys movies and bowling in his spare time.

Unique fact: Stuart was the founder and Co-Chair of the working group that developed OpenFMB, the first IoT standard for the energy industry.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Director, Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Cleveland, United States
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Grid Interoperability
He is the Board Chair at UCAIug and co-chairs the OpenFMB users group, focusing on creating standards for grid-edge technologies and distributed intelligence.
Distributed Energy
His career at both Eaton and Duke Energy has centered on developing and managing Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and microgrid systems.
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Career

Work history

8-2021
Director, Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems
Eaton
2018
Chairman of the Board
UCA INTERNATIONAL USERS GROUP
2015 - 2021
Board of Directors
North American Energy Standards Board
2015 - 2018
Co-Chair of OpenFMB working group
NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP)
2-2013 - 8-2021
Director, Technology Development - Emerging Technology
Duke Energy Corporation
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Education
B.S. & M.Eng.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MBA
Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College
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