Sandip Sharma is Senior Vice President, Demand Response and Markets, for Shell Energy Solutions (SES). Sandip joined Shell Energy Solution in July of 2022. In his current role, he is responsible for managing SES’s Demand Response portfolio, QSE (Qualified Scheduling Entity) Services, Day-Ahead Market (DAM), Real-Time Market (RTM) Operations and Business Development. Prior to joining SES, Sandip worked at ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) and in his last role in ERCOT he was a Director of Market Operations overseeing Day-Ahead Market, Congestion Revenue Right (CRR) auctions, and Demand Response programs. During his more than 16 years at ERCOT, he led ERCOT’s energy storage initiative to write market participation rules to integrate battery energy storage systems into ERCOT grid, redesigned the ERCOT’s existing Ancillary Service products, and was instrumental in setting up rules and requirement for integrating wind and solar resources in ERCOT. Sandip Sharma holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Rice University and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) specializing in Power Systems from University of Texas at Arlington. He has also written several publications relevant to the electric utility industry which have been published in many journals.