Arup Barat is a veteran in the Cleantech industry, with over 20 years of experience. He currently works as a Senior Product Manager at Itron's Distributed Energy Management group, where he focuses on developing EV fleet solutions for transportation electrification and EVs as DER assets for grid-edge ecosystems. Throughout his career, Arup has held various executive positions, including co-founder & CEO at Infiswift Solutions and Head of Marketing at AutoGrid. He also served as Senior Director of Product Management and Strategic Marketing at SunEdison Inc and managed a complete portfolio of value-added DER software services and solutions at SunPower Corp. Arup is a thought leader with patents in PV power electronics and contributions to IEEE standards.