Damir Novosel

Damir Novosel is CEO and co-founder at Dash Power Partners. Previously he was President and founder of Danovo Energy Solutions (formerly Quanta Technology) and president of Quanta Energized Services.  Damir was also president of KEMA T&D U.S. and vice president of ABB Global Automation Products. He holds 18 US and international patents, published over 200 articles and reports (receiving several prize paper awards), and contributed to 8 books.

Dr. Novosel, recognized as a global business and technical leader in electrical power systems, is a member of the US National Academy of Engineers and IEEE Fellow and Life Fellow. Damir served on the IEEE Standards Board, several IEEE committees, and as IEEE Smart Cities Chair. He was IEEE PES President, VP of Technical Activities, and Executive Advisory Council and Industry Technical Support Leadership Committee chair. For his leadership and technical contributions, he received the IEEE PES Leadership in Power and Pat Ryan Meritorious Service awards. Damir is CIGRE US National Committee VP of Nominations and received the CIGRE Distinguished Member, Philip Sporn, and Attwood Associate awards.

Damir is a member of the S&C advisory board and Argonne National Laboratory industry advisory board and served on various other boards (e.g., Sandia Energy and Homeland Security, Mississippi State University, North Carolina State University FREEDM Center, and University of North Carolina in Charlotte). Dr. Novosel is an adjunct professor at North Carolina State University ECE department where he was a commencement speaker in December 2025.

Dr. Novosel 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.