Ernie Lewis, Verizon Enterprise Solutions, has over 25 years executive leadership experience working for a fortune 100, large electric utility in the United States, For the last 5 years, since joining Verizon, he has focused on the convergence of advanced communications into the Grid Modernization of the Energy & Utilities Industry. Ernie has designed, developed, and delivered a variety of business and technology solutions related to, among others, process and performance improvement, energy efficiency, regulatory compliance, business continuity management, Outage Management systems, Call Center Optimization Systems, People Management Systems, IT Infrastructure Cost reduction projects and a host of Utility related implementation. This included providing Corporate Project (Technology) Governance processes and Enterprise PMO support for his utility clients, including creating a Project Management Center of Excellence, certified in partnership with the University of California Irvine, USA.