About This Virtual Event

Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Sustainability Officer, General Manager of Sustainability Group, Head of Global Environment Division, and Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer and Head of Environment at Hitachi, Ltd. She also serves as a Board Director of Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems on a global level, Hitachi Europe Ltd and for several Hitachi Group Companies in Italy operating in the fields of energy, water, transportation, and healthcare.
Previously serving as Country Manager of Hitachi Italy, her role has grown internationally, initially appointed Finance Director of the Group for Southern Europe in 2007, and then in 2010 she became the inaugural Director of the Shared Services business of the Group for Europe based in UK in the Hitachi European HQ. From April 2020 she has relocated to Tokyo, Hitachi Head Quarter in Japan and leading a global role.
She has been part of the integration process of Ansaldo Breda and Ansaldo STS, now Hitachi Rail, understanding the importance to lead an efficient integration process to make a successful M&A.

Scott Gibson is the Energy Storage Program Manager at Snohomish County PUD. He is a Professional Engineer and a 1987 graduate from the University of Wyoming where he received a BSEE. After graduation, Scott worked for Boeing and then with a consulting company designing building electrical systems. In 2000, Scott joined the PUD and is now working on new electrical generation projects. Scott worked on the development of a tidal generation project, and helped to design and construct two “run of the river” hydroelectric projects. He is now the project manager for the PUD’s latest energy storage project - The Arlington Microgrid. The microgrid was just recently commissioned in January 2022 with Hitachi Energy.

Sean Ackley has had a career focus on electrical infrastructure technologies and execution projects. As the Hitachi Social Innovation Business resident expert on EV technologies, Sean leverages his background in cloud managed services, product development, testing interoperability, and construction project management in facilitating critical thinking around the transition of large fleets to electric powertrain. His previous experiences in data center power supply and backup, micro-grid power generation, and SCADA/PLC system integration also help in thinking through the total power ecosystem that is necessitated during a scaled EV fleet deployment.

Justin furthers the mission of social innovation and building a more sustainable society through technology and business innovation. Justin has worked with both Silicon Valley startups and fortune 500s that are applying AI, IoT, and other disruptive technologies to improve our cities, commutes, and daily lives. He has worked in the US, Japan, and South Africa on projects that include sustainability, smart cities, electric vehicles, renewable energy, machine learning, and smart transportation. Justin was the recipient of the THINK Prize for the Financial Empowerment Challenge from renowned innovation and design firm IDEO and holds an MBA in sustainable management.

John specializes in strategies for clean, low-cost, reliable power combining energy storage, electric vehicles, microgrids, and distributed energy resources (DER). His global experience includes grid edge solutions enabling reliable renewables for remote areas, resilient renewable power for critical infrastructure, and grid modernization to support transportation electrification. An accomplished speaker, he has led training workshops for thousands of people. John also serves as affiliate instructor at the University of Washington.