Mr. Zafuto has been a leader and catalyst for improving T&D grid operations and catalyst for corporate and industry change for the past 28 years. During this time, he has focused on driving business process changes with technology innovations in energy utility operations to address reliability and workforce efficiency. Mr. Zafuto’s career highlights include establishing and executing strategy at the corporate level, aligning line of business objectives to the corporate strategy and tactical execution of strategic objectives at Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, ABB and Xcel Energy and most recently as Chief Commercial Officer for Cyberhawk, Inc.

In 2013, Mr. Zafuto was appointed vice chairman of the Board of Directors for the Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster (RTCC) and he has also served on the CleanTX Economic Development Board of Directors. Both organizations bring together industry, government and academia leaders to accelerate economic and technological growth in smart grid, smart water, advanced transportation, alternative energy and energy efficiency.