Ed Koch is a co-founder and CTO for Akuacom, Inc., Mr. Koch is responsible for managing and developing Akuacom’s engineering resources and R&D activities, as well as leading all technology, intellectual property and architectural decisions.

Mr. Koch served as the Leader for the Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR) Standards Working Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).  Working in partnership with LBNL, Mr. Koch helped drive development of the Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR) protocol, endorsed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as a key Smart Grid interoperability standard.  Mr. Koch continues to be actively involved in various Smart Grid standards efforts within NIST, UCAIug, OASIS and NAESB and the OpenADR Alliance.