George Koutitas

Dr. George Koutitas is an academic and entrepreneur in electrical and computer engineering. He has more than 10 years of academic and business experience in Smart Grids, Internet of Things, Energy Efficient Networking and Wireless Networks.

Dr. George Koutitas is an Assist. Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ingram School of Engineering, Texas State University where he applies his scientific expertise on optimization algorithms, game theory and signal processing for the benefit of the community and the environment. His vision is to develop innovative and impactful services and technologies in the energy and wireless industry.

Dr. George Koutitas is also the CEO & CoFounder of Gridmates. Gridmates (www.gridmates.com) is the world’s first cloud platform for Smart Energy Donations and Energy Gift Cards that helps electric utilities and retailers transform their bill assistance programs and billing services to digital innovation. Gridmates cloud platform is one of the first implementations of Transactive Energy technologies applied to alleviate the problem of energy poverty in the U.S. but also around the world. His work as the founder of Gridmates was recognized by important media such as Forbes, CNBC, MSNBC, FastComany as well as the U.S. Dept. of Energy and Sunshot Catalyst program that provided a grant indicating Gridmates as one of the most innovative energy startups.

Dr. George Koutitas holds a B.Sc. degree in Physics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, an M.Sc. degree (with Distinction and prizes from 'Nokia') in Mobile and Satellite Communications from the University of Surrey, UK and a PhD in Electrical Engineering under EPSRC scholarship from the Centre for Communications Systems Research, UK. His post-doctoral studies were funded from the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaly and the European Union. George is a member of IEEE and IET and has published more than 40 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals and conferences and 2 books. His research is cited in more than 700 scientific publications (src. Google Scholar).