Innotap, LLC

Partner Profile

KCC, Inc. with Kent Close, President

Consultant, Systems Engineering

Over the past 17 years, Kent has led engineering initiatives for the design, implementation, delivery, and maintenance of several large software systems. He has hands-on experience working across multiple industries including Energy, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Advertising, and Pharmaceuticals.

Starting in 2000, Kent served for 7 years as the QA Lab Manager and Engineer for over 30 complex software applications, including the Viztrade physical trading and scheduling system for Power Team, the wholesale power marketing division of Exelon. His most recent role was Environment Coordinator for the Advanced Control Center (AC²) initiative at PJM.

In his current role as Systems Engineering Consultant to Innotap, Kent makes recommendations and contributes to the development and operations of Innotap's systems infrastructure, quality assurance, and support services. Kent earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University.