ABSTRACT
John D. McDonald, PE, is the director of technical strategy and policy development for GE Digital Energy. In his 38 years of experience in the electric utility industry, he has developed power application so¢ware for both supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)/energy management system (EMS) and SCADA/distribution management system (DMS) applications, developed distribution automation and load management systems, managed SCADA/EMS and SCADA/DMS projects, and assisted intelligent electronic device (IED) suppliers in the automation of their IEDs.
