The success of The Green Grid is dependent on the dedication and active contributions of members. To recognize those individuals who have made significant contributions in the Committees, Work Groups, Sub Work Groups, and Task Forces, the Board established The Green Grid Key Contributor Award. The contributions may be in various forms: incremental work over an extended period of time or a single contribution of obvious merit. The award is limited to active participants in the Committees, Work groups and Task Forces from member companies. To nominate a fellow member, please download the application and submit it to TGG Administration.
Recent Recipients Henry Wong, Intel
Henry ML Wong is a senior staff platform technologist at Intel Corporation, enabling and evangelizing energy efficient power and thermal technologies. Mr. Wong is a 25+ year Intel veteran, with over 16 years of industry experience in digital and mixed signal processor development and over 9 years enabling power, thermal, and server platform technologies.
Henry’s work within The Green Grid has been instrumental in building TGG’s credibility with many of The Green Grid's government and national lab stakeholders. Notably, he is being recognized for driving and providing guidance on numerous TGG responses to ENERGY STAR specifications, being a frequent go-between on discussions between LBNL and TGG, and assisting with the promotion of TGG metrics worldwide. Henry has also been a constant participant in the DC&A Work Group since its inception in 2007, championed a number of deliverables, while participating in many others, and assisted as Active Vice-Chair of the Technical Committee.
Victor Smith, Dell
With 25+ years experience in the computer industry, Vic Smith is a Senior Technologist with the Strategic Technology Group at Dell Inc. EMEA headquarters based in the UK. Dell Technologists provide industry & technical knowledge, best practices, guidance and pre-sales support throughout EMEA. With Dell since 1997, Vic is responsible for strategy relating to Datacentre matters including Energy Efficiency & Environmental solutions (Green IT), Virtualization and Management Solutions for EMEA.
Vic was selected for this award based on his leadership as the Chair of the EMEA Technical Work Group and the time and effort he devotes to further The Green Grid’s mission, to support the needs of EMEA members, and to create content for world-wide consumption. Vic is being recognized for his diligent leadership in the effort to help plan the EMEA Technical Forums and organize successful attendance levels of members and non-members. At three of the four forums, he was the primary presenter enlightening the audiences about what The Green Grid has recently delivered and exhorting members to become involved in TGG works in progress. Vic was also the editor on a white paper the EMEA TWG recently delivered on the effects of carbon trading legislation that educates members on what is soon, very likely to be, a wide-spread global business reality.
Rey Rodriguez, IBM
Rey is a Senior Managing Consultant in IBM's Systems & Technology Group Lab Services and Certified Master IT Specialist by The Open Group. He specializes in data center transformation and strategy and planning. With 25 years of system management and system engineering experience and production experience in manufacturing, food, and drug companies, Rey is a valuable asset to The Green Grid.
Rey is a vital member of the Data Collection and Analysis Work Group and has played a key role in the successful completion of number of projects since engaging with The Green Grid. Most notably, Rey has diligently led the effort to provide The Green Grid’s input on the IT section of the DOE's Data Center Energy Profiler (DC Pro) tool. Members of The Green Grid will be able to use the information to plan for their evaluation, adoption and use of the DC Pro tool. In recognition of his leadership in this project and his ongoing commitment to The Green Grid and advancing energy efficiency, the Board of Directors decided to make Rey the first recipient of the newly established The Green Grid Contributor Award.