Backer Abu-Jaradeh

Backer Abu-Jaradeh is Director of Synchrophasor Technology and Engineering at Electric Power Group, with wide experience in the field of Power System Operations at the transmission level. Backer who is a licensed Professional Engineer, was formerly a NERC certified Real-Time Operations Engineer at California Independent System Operator (CAISO),providing leadership as a technical advisor, side-by-side with grid operators. Prior to joining California ISO, Backer managed the implementation of synchrophasor projects at Southern California Edison, starting from research and demonstration projects for Phasor Measurement Units at the substation level, all the way to implementing advanced Analytics applications at the production level to introduce synchrophasor technology to control centers.