Damir Novosel is president and founder of Quanta Technology and was also president of Quanta Energized Services. Previously, he was vice president of ABB Automation Products and president of KEMA T&D U.S. Dr. Novosel served on various boards and is presently a member of the Sandia National Laboratories Energy and Homeland Security External Advisory Board and Mississippi State University Industry Advisory Board. Dr. Novosel is also an adjunct professor at North Carolina State University. Dr. Novosel holds 18 US and international patents, published over 200 articles and reports, and contributed to 8 books.

Damir, a member of the US National Academy of Engineers and IEEE Fellow and Life Fellow, served on the IEEE Standards Board and as IEEE PES President, VP of Technology, Executive Advisory Council secretary, and Industry Technical Support Leadership Committee chair. He received the IEEE PES Meritorious Service and Leadership in Power awards. Damir is the CIGRE US National Committee VP of Nominations and received the CIGRE Philip Sporn, Attwood Associate, and Distinguished Member awards.

Damir holds PhD, MSc, and BSc degrees in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University (where he was a Fulbright scholar), the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and the University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Dr. Novosel was selected as Mississippi State University Distinguished Engineering Fellow and received the Distinguished Alumni Award.