About Us

The Smart Grid Group is led by Brian Golden, an experienced consultant and strategist and a veteran of numerous hi-tech companies.

Mr. Golden has spent over 16 years fostering the growth of early stage companies in roles ranging from sales and marketing to product development to corporate strategy.  Most recently Mr. Golden was Vice President of Corporate Development for GridPoint, responsible for developing key strategic initiatives, including M&A and corporate alliances.  As Vice President of Product Strategy for GridPoint, Mr. Golden was responsible for establishing strategic alliances as well as the planning and development of GridPoint's product roadmap to provide customer value and drive revenue growth. 

Previously, Mr. Golden served as Vice President of Product Development at Trusted Edge, a provider of secure document retention & disposal software, where he was responsible for all software development and product implementation. Prior to that, Mr. Golden was Director of Product Management at Savi Technology, where he directed the development and redesign of the Savi SmartChain Platform, a real-time, distributed logistics platform providing end-to-end asset visibility and security. Before joining Savi, Mr. Golden spent several years at webMethods, a provider of business integration software, serving dual roles in product management and product marketing.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Golden was one of the first employees at Netscape Communications, where he was instrumental in numerous successful projects, including the development and deployment of marketplaceMCI, the world's first Internet-based electronic mall.  Mr. Golden holds a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.