Dr. Melissa Chan (Director of Grid Solutions & Strategic Partnerships) leads and scales Fermata V2X solutions to maximize benefits to end users and the grid. She has over 20 years of experience advising, planning, deploying, and evaluating energy infrastructure deployment from centralized coal to microgrids. A two-time entrepreneur and industry consultant before joining Fermata Energy, Melissa has launched new grid edge technologies that deliver benefits to utilities and their customers. She holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon.