Smart Wires announced the appointment of Arvind Krishna as Chief of Engineering. With more than three decades of engineering leadership spanning advanced hardware development, product innovation, and R&D organizations, Krishna will lead the company’s global engineering team to oversee new product development and expand SmartValve™ advanced power flow control deployments.

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Arvind Krishna, Smart Wires' Chief of Engineering

Arvind Krishna, Smart Wires’ Chief of Engineering

Electricity demand is rising and power flows are changing faster than traditional grid infrastructure can be planned and built. Utilities and transmission operators increasingly need solutions that can unlock additional capacity and strengthen reliability using existing transmission networks on timelines measured in months rather than years.

“Arvind joins Smart Wires at a pivotal time as utilities look to make better use of the existing grid while electricity demand continues to grow,” said Joanna Lohkamp, CEO of Smart Wires. “He brings deep experience commercializing complex hardware for mission-critical applications, and he will strengthen our engineering foundations – especially reliability, validation, and execution – as we advance our technology and deployments.”

Prior to joining Smart Wires, Krishna served as Senior Vice President of Hardware and Advanced Engineering at HEVO, where he led OEM relationships, reduced system size and complexity by consolidating hardware assemblies into compact structures, and owned the product roadmap for wireless power transfer. Throughout his career, he has led multidisciplinary engineering teams across the automotive, renewable energy, satellite communications, wireless EV charging, and advanced manufacturing industries. This background will support Smart Wires as utilities integrate grid-critical hardware and software at scale.

“Grid operators need practical ways to connect new loads on timelines that new transmission cannot match,” said Krishna. “My focus is on utility-grade reliability, bringing innovation, collaboration, and disciplined execution to product development and deployment while using field learnings to accelerate continuous improvement.”

As Chief of Engineering, Krishna will strengthen Smart Wires’ engineering across the product lifecycle, from design and validation to deployment support, while advancing the next generation of grid-enhancing technologies that help utilities unlock more capacity from existing transmission infrastructure.

About Smart Wires

Smart Wires helps utilities and transmission operators solve urgent grid reliability and capacity challenges by unlocking firm, controllable capacity from existing transmission infrastructure. Using advanced power flow control, the company enables a faster, lower-cost path to connect new loads, reduce congestion, and improve system performance without waiting for new lines or major substation builds.

With more than a decade of deployments in 15+ countries and across four continents, Smart Wires has delivered more than 5 GW of firm, controllable capacity on more than 40 transmission circuits worldwide. The technology has been selected through rigorous, regulated processes and is operating on critical networks in the U.S., Europe, and Australia, supporting load growth, reducing congestion costs, and strengthening grid reliability.

Headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Smart Wires partners with utilities and transmission owners to deliver flexible, proven solutions that perform under real-world operating conditions and continue to create value as the grid evolves.

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