Douglas Proudfoot Chief Operating Officer

Douglas Proudfoot, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Processes, and Project Management, has over 30 years of utility experience in various leadership positions, including product development, marketing, engineering, operations, and business management. During the course of his career, he has held a wide range of technical and managerial positions in South Africa and the United States in the fields of power automation and medium voltage distribution equipment and solutions.

Experience and Background

  • Years of experience in the electric power industry……………………………………………….. 1991–Present
  • Chief Operating Officer, Quanta Technology………………………………………………………. 2022–Present
  • Vice President, Advisory Services, Quanta Technology………………………………………………. 2013–2022
  • Director, Global Industries and EPCs, Siemens…………………………………………………………. 1996–2013
  • Product Manager, Integrators of System Technology, South Africa……………………………….. 1991–1996

Industry Accomplishments

  • 10+ papers published/presented, including:
    • Conferences: DistribuTECH, IEEE T&D, Western Power Delivery Automation, Beijing International Conference on PT&D Technology, NRECA Conference, Int-PEC conference in New Zealand, Carilec Conference, IAS IEEE Conference, Latin America Power Conference, Energy Council of New England, America Power Conference and the Canadian Electricity Association Conference.
    • Topics: Substation automation, substation integration, IT technologies for substations, IEC 61850 protocol, among others.
  • Past Member, Coordination Committee for the Western Power Delivery Automation Conference.

Areas of Expertise

  • Substation and distribution automation
  • Project and process management
  • Development of rules-based engineering tools
  • Medium voltage products and solutions

Education

  • MBA, University of Pretoria
  • BSEE, University of Pretoria