Hamid Bardideh graduated with honors in electrical engineering at Politecnico di Milano. His master thesis at ABB was about a novel protection method in industry. During his first career at CESI, he consulted to global transmission system operators (TSOs). Then worked at Terna, Italian TSO, before moving to Belgium, where he led major EU renewable integration projects at EnergyVille. Later, in Germany, he was Power Management Technology Leader at Baker Hughes, leading microgrid and renewable projects. Currently, he is working with HyperStrong as Solution Manager.