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Karl Popham
Manager of Emerging Technologies and Electric Vehi, Austin Energy
Karl Popham
Karl Popham is the Manager of Emerging Technologies & Electric Vehicles at Austin Energy, the 8th largest public power utility in the nation. He is also a Principal Investigator for several US Department of Energy funded projects that include smart-grid innovation, renewable energy, energy storage, distributed energy resources, and sustainable transportation.
Popham has published several articles, given talks, and contributed research in energy emerging technologies and trends. Karl has led Austin Energy’s transportation electrification strategy and operations since 2011 to include its award-winning Plug-In EVerywhere™ program. Karl has served as the chair of the Central Texas Fuel Independence Task Force and as a board advisor to SXSW Eco, Austin Forum on Technology & Society, The University of Texas Electric Vehicle Transportation and Electricity Convergence Center, and is a “legacy thought leader” for the Energy Thought Summit.
Previously, Popham was the interim Chief Information Officer and Division Manager of the Program Management Office at Austin Energy, Director with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Outsourcing Executive with HP, and a Captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Karl graduated from The University of Texas McCombs School of Business.
