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At Avangrid, we’re accelerating transformation for our customers and communities by pioneering a brighter energy future. By balancing decades of experience with a relentless pursuit for forward-thinking innovation, we’re creating a smarter, stronger grid, growing our energy generation system, and pursuing new solutions every day. In honor of National Engineer’s Week, we are highlighting the brilliant minds behind the innovations we’re making. Meet Fred Schiavi, Lead Commercial and Industrial Energy Engineer. What made you pursue engineering? Growing up on a small farm, we were always fixing farm equipment, building structures, and making anything work with

At Avangrid, we’re accelerating transformation for our customers and communities by pioneering a brighter energy future. By balancing decades of experience with a relentless pursuit for forward-thinking innovation, we’re creating a smarter, stronger grid, growing our energy generation system, and pursuing new solutions every day. In honor of National Engineer’s Week, we are highlighting the brilliant minds participating in our early career Engineering Development Program (EDP), which is a two-year rotational program to prepare early-career employees to be future leaders or technical specialists within Avangrid

At Avangrid, we’re accelerating transformation for our customers and communities by pioneering a brighter energy future. By balancing decades of experience with a relentless pursuit for forward-thinking innovation, we’re creating a smarter, stronger grid, growing our energy generation system, and pursuing new solutions every day. In honor of National Engineer’s Week, we are highlighting the brilliant minds behind the innovations we’re making. Meet Ben Shepard, Director for CMP's Lines Projects. What made you pursue engineering? It all started when I was growing up playing with Legos. I even had an entire Lego city built in

At Avangrid, we’re accelerating transformation for our customers and communities by pioneering a brighter energy future. By balancing decades of experience with a relentless pursuit for forward-thinking innovation, we’re creating a smarter, stronger grid, growing our energy generation system, and pursuing new solutions every day. In honor of National Engineer’s Week, we are highlighting the brilliant minds behind the innovations we’re making. Meet MeeNa Sazanowicz, Lines Principal Engineer - HV2 Unit.  How do you see engineers playing an important role in the future of energy? The future of the electric grid is certainly not going

At Avangrid, we’re accelerating transformation for our customers and communities by pioneering a brighter energy future. By balancing decades of experience with a relentless pursuit for forward-thinking innovation, we’re creating a smarter, stronger grid, growing our energy generation system, and pursuing new solutions every day. In honor of National Engineer’s Week, we are highlighting the brilliant minds behind the innovations we’re making. Meet Lourdes Lopez, Unit Manager for Customer Funded Projects.  What made you pursue engineering? I've always been fascinated by the potential of engineering to solve complex problems and drive innovation. Additionally, the idea

At Avangrid, we’re accelerating transformation for our customers and communities by pioneering a brighter energy future. By balancing decades of experience with a relentless pursuit for forward-thinking innovation, we’re creating a smarter, stronger grid, growing our energy generation system, and pursuing new solutions every day. In honor of National Engineer’s Week, we are highlighting the brilliant minds behind the innovations we’re making. Meet Nuria Cortes Moradell, Manager Automation Projects.  What made you pursue engineering? I’ve always been interested by how things work and have had a natural

At Avangrid, we’re accelerating transformation for our customers and communities by pioneering a brighter energy future. By balancing decades of experience with a relentless pursuit for forward-thinking innovation, we’re creating a smarter, stronger grid, growing our energy generation system, and pursuing new solutions every day. In honor of National Engineer’s Week, we are highlighting the brilliant minds behind the innovations we’re making. Meet Marshall Ripley, Principal Engineer in Central Maine Power's Distribution Planning Department.  What made you pursue engineering? I grew up in a STEM family with

Our Avangrid Coalition for Asian Pacific Americans (ACAPA) Business Resource Group is celebrating Lunar New Year! Sooyim Seok, a senior financial accountant for our Renewables division, shares his thoughts about the holiday and a recipe for tteokguk, or rice cake soup, which is believed to bring good fortune and prosperity.Tell us about Lunar New Year. What is its significance? How is it generally celebrated, and when?Growing up in South Korea, as a kid Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year) is a day when the entire family