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Stephen C. Hadden, a Principal and Vice President at Plexus’ Boston office, is a seasoned system engineer and project manager. He is expert in development of electronic instrumentation, monitoring and control systems for mechanical and electrical systems. He has published regularly and been recognized for important contributions to technology advancement and business development. Mr. Hadden joined Plexus Research in 1988. As a member of the Plexus team, he has conducted market and technical research for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), supported utilities applying advanced customer and distribution communications, defined demand-side technology programs, and guided developments in home automation. He also has been a frequent speaker at national utility industry meetings and has written for major utility industry publications. He has been instrumental in several successful commercialization and acquisition engagements for commercial clients.
Mr. Hadden was principal investigator for numerous studies of the value produced by AMR. Commissioned by utilities considering AMR procurement, this work identified the business benefits for each utility client and supported top management strategy deliberations. Some of this work also defined the value produced by load control in newly restructured regional energy markets. Comparing value to cost allows informed decision-making that clarifies benefits and risks.
Steve was a key contributor to the definition of utility technical requirements for advanced end-use and demand-side management programs. He directed design and integration of the 1991 NAHB Electric Smart House advanced home automation system demonstrating comprehensive energy management and customer interaction. Mr. Hadden spearheaded numerous utility projects in prepayment electric metering and service. He is intimately familiar with the technical, economic and business issues of prepayment service for both the utility and its consumers. He has analyzed the implications of prepayment for more than half a dozen utilities, and has presented results at national utility meetings.
Under Plexus contract to EPRI, Mr. Hadden managed the UCA Exchange for seven years. The Exchange was a national clearinghouse for information on utility communication protocols and related database standards. These EPRI initiatives encouraged uniformity in utility data communications. In this role, Mr. Hadden was a key contributor to strategy to deploy systems that maximize utilities’ future opportunities to serve customers, at acceptable technical risk, within economic constraints, and compatible with existing systems.
From 1979 to 1988 Mr. Hadden was a Design Engineering Manager at the General Electric Automated Systems Division, where he was responsible for all aspects of system design from concept to production. He joined the technical staff there in 1972 and advanced rapidly to senior positions. He conceived innovative approaches to electronic sensing, monitoring and signal processing for mechanical and electrical systems, and he led and managed engineering teams implementing them in hardware and software. His efforts included system conception, specification, implementation, and test in laboratory and field use.
Mr. Hadden has published many papers, one winning the prestigious inter-national SAE Vincent Bendix Award for excellence in electronics engineering. He has been an invited speaker at national and international meetings, and has taught courses to industry audiences covering the areas of his expertise. He served on the Industry Advisory Committee to the University of Massachusetts as it formulated the engineering physics curriculum for its U. Mass Boston program.
Mr. Hadden received the Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics from Cornell University in 1970. Later study included graduate work at the University of Michigan, and formal corporate training in management and software engineering, and the Program on Negotiation for Senior Executives at Harvard Law School. He holds seven patents in sensing and signal processing. Mr. Hadden is a member of the Automated Meter Reading Association and the Power Engineering Society of the IEEE. He serves on the Program Committee for the AMRA national meeting, Autovation. He lives with his wife in Acton, Massachusetts. | 