Dr. Anna Demeo

Director of Smart Grid R&D
Racepoint Energy

Dr. Anna Demeo is the Director of Smart Grid R&D for Racepoint Energy. She has worked in industry as an electrical engineer specializing in system design for over 20 years. She has worked in numerous industries including telecom, IP network infrastructure, marine systems, power systems and smart-grid technology. Dr. Demeo's current research focuses on monitoring and control of adaptive smart grids with high penetration of renewable energy that leverage current and future markets. A related area of research is utilizing a systems engineering approach to model and design community-scale renewable energy solutions for small businesses and municipalities, compatible with incremental capital investment.

Dr. Demeo has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado, an MS in Marine Bio Resources from the University of Maine and a PhD in Engineering in the Natural Sciences from Mechanical Engineering at University of Maine, Orono. She has consulted with businesses and universities in the U.S. and Europe and was a Visiting Professor at the Energy Center at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2017/2018. Dr. Demeo's academic teaching was featured in the business section of the NY Times.