Dr. Fred Lee’s research in unit commitment and economic dispatch (UC/ED) revolutionized generation asset optimization techniques and led to the founding of PCI in 1992. His methods allowed utility operators to incorporate fuel constraints, emissions limitations and hydroelectric complications into the already-complex UC/ED problem.

Dr. Lee has a unique ability to leverage academic theory and create practical solutions for the power industry. He joined the faculty at the University of Oklahoma in 1985, where he taught and led research in the areas of optimal power system operation and planning. While still on the OU faculty, he published his original UC/ED research and founded PCI.

Dr. Lee continues to lead PCI today as it further refines and enhances its industry leading software solutions and services.

Dr. Lee’s education credentials are as follows:

• Diploma, Electrical Engineering -Taipei Institute of Technology
• M.S., Electrical Engineering – Kansas State University
• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering – University of Kansas
• Professor Emeritus, University of Oklahoma
• Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Javier Martin joined PCI in 2002 and has more than 14-years of experience in the energy industry. In his current role, he oversees all PCI operations.

Mr. Martin has been heavily involved in all aspects of design and development for PCI’s overall product platform, with particularly emphasis on its market (front and back office) systems which automate the entire bid-to-bill process.

Mr. Martin holds a Master of Science degree in Natural Gas Engineering and Management from the University of Oklahoma as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the Politecnica de Valencia University in Valencia, Spain.

Buck Feng has been with PCI since 1998 and is one of the chief architects of the generation asset optimization model known as PCI GenTrader®. He is also responsible for the development of PCI’s Generation Supply Management System (GSMS), which is a platform that integrates asset optimization, trading and risk management, market communication, bid/offer management, P&L analysis and settlement functions to extract maximum value from an energy company’s asset portfolio.

Prior to joining PCI, Mr. Feng held a number of key positions at PG&E Corporation’s energy trading and utility divisions. He earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (with Power Systems emphasis) at the University of Oklahoma.

Khai Le joined PCI in 2001 and is a preeminent energy industry authority on market-based operations, portfolio optimization, bidding strategies, transaction evaluation and shadow settlement. For more than 35 years, he has worked closely with major utilities in North and South America, Europe and Asia to implement software tools that automate bid management, bid evaluation, shadow settlement, unit commitment, post analysis, transaction management and risk evaluation.

Mr. Le has co-authored over 125 technical papers and articles, 24 of which appeared in the IEEE publications “Transactions” and “CAP”. Mr. Le received his Bachelor of Science degree from Harvey Mudd College and Master of Science degree from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania and was elected to IEEE Fellow in 1994 for significant contributions to computerized unit commitment.

Lei Tian came to PCI in 2006 and since has been very actively engaged in developing, deploying and supporting PCI solutions with numerous market participants in CAISO, MISO, PJM, ERCOT and SPP as well as in non-ISO controlled regions. She currently manages development for PCI solutions in the areas of Energy Accounting, Transmission Operation and Transmission Settlement.

Ms. Tian has more than 10 years of experience in energy industry trading, planning and financial operations. She holds a Master of Science in both Industrial Engineering and Quantitative & Computational Finance from Georgia Institute of Technology. She also earned her Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.

Antonio Lopez joined PCI in 2007 and started as a developer before becoming involved in the Professional Services Organization (PSO) as a technical lead and consultant. From 2011-2014 he served as a senior manager leading PCI’s Software Infrastructure Group, actively working on deployment projects. He later managed the Data Warehouse team and, in 2016 became the architect and technical lead for PCI’s Mexico Market team, which he currently oversees.

Mr. Lopez has over 15-years of experience designing and developing software, most of it in the energy industry.

Mr. Lopez holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Computer Science from Oklahoma State University.