Laxma Legala is a seasoned consultant with extensive experience in the energy and technology sectors, currently serving as a Senior Consultant at California ISO since January 2010. Prior roles include Senior Consultant positions at Alberta Electric System Operator and California ISO, as well as a managerial role at Compassoft Inc focused on IT product development and quality assurance. Laxma has also held senior software engineering roles at Hewlett-Packard, Net-Linx Publishing Solutions, CenturyLink/Qwest Telecommunications, and AT&T, beginning a career as a Software Engineer at Sritek International Services. Laxma holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Gulbarga University, earned between 1989 and 1993.