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John Dirkman

John Dirkman

John Dirkman

Vice President of Product Management at Resource Innovations


John Dirkman, P.E., is an adjunct professor within Northwestern's Master of Science in Energy and Sustainability (MSES) Program.

He is Vice President of Product Management for Resource Innovations, and has over 25 years of experience as a Product and Program Manager, developing and implementing leading edge solutions with over $250M total valuation. Dirkman provides products and manages programs for advanced integrated Smart Grid systems from concept through marketing, business development, design, coding, testing, implementation, and maintenance. His experience includes development of ADMS and DERMS solutions that include a transactive market platform to enroll and contract for services to leverage and accelerate adoption of distributed energy resources. He has experience integrating systems including ADMS, OMS, SCADA, AMI/MDM, IoT, GIS, and CIS. He is responsible for driving Nexant’s Smart Grid vision and strategy and ensuring product success in the marketplace.

Dirkman has been with Resource Innovations (via Nexant acquisition in 2021) since 2015, and was previously with Schneider Electric for 13 years, James W. Sewall Company for 3 years, and the US Army Corps of Engineers for 8 years. He is a registered Professional Engineer and a Senior Member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society.