(hā-kōōp'): See You at Connectivity Week!

Monday, May 24, 2010

See You at Connectivity Week!

Hope to see some of you at Connectivity Week this week. For those of you attending, hopefully I'll bump into you on either/both of the two panels I'm on...

Smart Grid Standards and Innovation, Wednesday 13:30-15:00; we'll be discussing the challenges and tradeoffs in delivering standards-based products on an innovator's timeline
Consumer Electronics Industry Perspectives, Thursday 10:30-12:00; we'll be discussing Smart Grid issues and opportunities for the consumer electronics industry

If you'd like to attend Connectivity Week, feel free to take advantage of the Smart Grid Council of Silicon Valley discount. Click here to register; use discount code CW2010SGC to receive a 10% discount on your registration.

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Who is Coop?

After 20+ years in high tech, in positions ranging from systems engineering to sales to marketing to business development, I decided in 2007 it was time to put my accumulated knowledge to use for more than one organization at a time, while also evolving my focus from pure networking to the emerging Internet of Energy--the Enernet. From my time at places such as Microsoft/WebTV, Cranite, and Tzero, I've developed a unique perspective on Smart Grid, wireless, mobile, and the digital home, some of which I'll be sharing with you here.

I'm active in a number of professional organizations, including serving on the SGIP Board of Directors, IEEE, the Bluetooth SIG, UPnP Forum, the FBI’s InfraGard, and AFCEA.

Learn more at www.linkedin.com/in/mikecoop

Why Coop?

Quite a few folks have asked what prompted me to launch my own consultancy. While you can imagine that answers exist on about a million different levels, the net-net is that I'm a consumer electronics guy, a digital home guy, a service provider guy, a retail guy, a military security guy, and for the last four years, a Smart Grid guy. Precious few "jobs" allow a person to keep one foot in the CE world and the other in the DOD and utility worlds. One moves at the speed of light; the others move much more deliberately, but with decidedly more in-depth strategic analysis before stepping off the curb. More often than not, utility- and military-focused solutions simply can't fail--a desire in the CE space, but definitely not a design characteristic.

Since I wasn't looking for my next "job", I chose instead to step off my own figurative curb and make a career out of what I love most--working with customers and partners to define markets and solutions, enabling delivery of world-class capabilities to end users. Consulting is the best method for me to do so. Interestingly, some of the capabilities needed by a consumer electronics user, by a Smart Grid system of systems, and by a warfighter are one and the same, so the disconnect is often less than you might think...

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Monday, May 24, 2010

See You at Connectivity Week!

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