Juan Macias

General Manager
GE Digital Energy
Panelist: Grid 2020: A Smart Grid Vision For Ontario

Juan Macias is general manager of Smart Substations for GE Energy's Digital Energy business. The Digital Energy business provides integrated smart grid solutions and reliable power delivery to electric utilities as well as the oil & gas, critical infrastructure and industrial sectors. In this role, Juan leads the Substation Automation, Multilin Protection & Control and Substation Project teams.

Juan previously served as general manager of Digital Energy's Protection & Control business. He joined GE in June 2005 as product general manager for GE Consumer & Industrial's electrical distribution construction products group. Prior to joining GE, Juan worked for ABB Inc. for 15 years where he held positions in sales, marketing, product and general management in both the U.S. and Mexico. Juan holds a BS Degree in industrial engineering from New Mexico State University and an MBA from Rollins College in Florida.