Chuck Filewych is presently the CEO of SGiC (SmartGrid interConnect). In this capacity, Mr. Filewych has assisted utilities on deploying high performance Grid Operations business capability leveraging smart grid technologies with a focus on restoration, outage management situational awareness.  Formerly, Mr. Filewych was Managing Director for Accenture and consulted to leading utility companies for over 25 years. He has significant experience in all aspects of the utility value chain from customer care through generation. He has extensive knowledge in large scale deployments of emerging technology in the utility industry.