Smart Energy Expert Pens Roadmap to "The Advanced Smart Grid"

SAN DIEGO; August 9, 2011– Andres Carvallo, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for Proximetry, draws from his 25 years of experience in the energy, telecommunications, computer, and software industries to share his views, lessons learned, and best practices on smart grid design, deployment and management in “The Advanced Smart Grid: Edge Power Driving Sustainability,” published in June 2011 by Artech House. In “The Advanced Smart Grid,” Carvallo and co-author John Cooper, president of Ecomergence, comprehensively illustrate the smart grid’s origins, what it is today and how best to actualize its potential. At Proximetry, Carvallo is at the forefront of the smart grid evolution, delivering solutions to the new wireless communication challenges facing oil, gas and electricity network operators as they deploy advanced smart energy systems.

“The average person is familiar with the term smart grid,” said Carvallo. “But for most, the meaning behind the term is still ambiguous. How does it work? Who’s involved? How does it affect me? We answer these questions in ‘The Advanced Smart Grid,’ but we also take it a step further and discuss the ultimate goal: interconnected advanced smart grids.”

“The Advanced Smart Grid illustrates in detail the importance of network, security, interoperability, and architecture design to successfully realize the investments to be made in modernizing the electric grid,” said Tracy Trent, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Proximetry.
Dynamic technology allowing operators to manage energy demand response and distributed generation across multi-network, multi-protocol and multi-frequency wireless networks is essential to deploying an advanced smart grid. Using the deployment of the first citywide smart grid in the US as a case study, Carvallo and Cooper suggest that this technology, when coupled with deployment best practices, can overcome varying technological and organizational challenges.

The book has already been identified by industry leaders from the Pecan Street Project, IDC, Utilities Telecom Council, Cisco Systems, Global Smart Grid Federation, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, as well as academic leaders from the University of Kansas, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of California Los Angeles, as the preeminent resource for understanding, architecting and deploying a functional smart grid.

“The Advanced Smart Grid: Edge Power Driving Sustainability presents a compelling roadmap for anyone who wants to learn how they can participate in building this future", said Brewster McCracken, Executive Director, Pecan Street Project

"The Advanced Smart Grid by Carvallo and Cooper should be required reading for anyone attempting to
get up to speed quickly with respect to the smart grid," said Rick Nicholson, Group Vice President, IDC

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“The Advanced Smart Grid is the visionary book on smart grids,” said William R. Moroney, just recently
retired president and chief executive officer at the Utilities Telecom Council. “It is the right book for
these times. If you read only one book on the smart grid, you have already picked the right one.”

“Carvallo and Cooper deliver in The Advanced Smart Grid a practical approach and candid opinions that
bring clarity to the advancement of Smart Grid,” said Guido Bartels, Chairman, Global Smart Grid
Federation; Board Member and Former Chairman, Gridwise Alliance; and Member of the Electricity
Advisory Committee, US Department of Energy.

“Carvallo and Cooper have written a thought-provoking and holistic view of the future history of the
smart grid. This is an important read for anyone interested in the intersection of innovation with the
democratization of energy,” said Laura Ipsen, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Connected
Energy at Cisco Systems.

“Carvallo and Cooper have written a book that is long overdue, as smart grid made its way into the
public lexicon before it had a chance to be understood or defined,” said Laura Doll, ERCOT Board of
Directors Chairman. “Their cogent explanation and perspective will help both technical and nontechnical
players navigate the confusing world of smart grid. Public policy around this multi-billion
dollar industry could benefit significantly.”

“The emergence and growth of the Smart Grid is a development that affects us all and requires our
ongoing attention and understanding in order to fully realize the benefits and opportunities. Carvallo
and Cooper deliver in The Advanced Smart Grid: Edge Power Driving Sustainability an excellent resource
to heighten our understanding and bring this important infrastructure integration concept to the next
level and beyond,” said Stuart R. Bell, Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Kansas.

"The Advanced Smart Grid represents a valuable perspective for utility executives and engineers,
investment bankers, technology vendors, university professors, and graduate and undergraduate
engineering students working on Smart Grid," said Rajit Gadh, Professor at the Henry Samuel School of
Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of California Los Angeles.

"Carvallo and Cooper share an excellent introduction to Smart Grid technologies, focusing on the
essential role of a systematic approach to telecommunications, and including visions of future exciting
scenarios," said Ross Baldick, Professor at the Department of Engineering and Computer Engineering at
The University of Texas at Austin

“The Advanced Smart Grid: Edge Power Driving Sustainability” is now available for purchase.
For more information on Andres Carvallo, Proximetry or its patented AirSync™ technology, please visit
www.proximetry.com.

About Proximetry

Proximetry is a leading global wireless network and performance management solutions provider for the energy, public safety, telecommunications, and transportation industries, with customers in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Proximetry enables wireless operators across multiple industries to easily and seamlessly visualize, provision, and optimally manage their multi-network, multi-frequency, and multi-protocol infrastructure, resulting in lower network operating costs, higher revenues via new powerful service offerings and higher customer satisfaction. AirSync™, the company's carrier-class software system, allows state of the art dynamic monitoring, control, and management of wireless networks from a single network operations center. AirSync supports 4G LTE, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, 3G and multiple flavors of RF-Mesh networking technologies. Founded in 2005, Proximetry is privately held, headquartered in San Diego, California, and backed by Munich Venture Partners, Aeris Capital, Investec and Rembrandt Venture Partners. For more information, please visit www.proximetry.com.