Thomas Owen Bialek (M’82) received a B.Sc.(EE) and M.Sc.(EE) from the University of Manitoba in 1982 and 1986 respectively. He also obtained a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Mississippi State University in 2005. He is currently employed by San Diego Gas & Electric Company ("SDG&E") as a Chief Engineer on the Smart Grid Team. His present responsibilities involve smart grid strategy and policy for transmission and distribution issues including equipment, operations, planning, distributed generation and development of new technologies.