Experience

PXiSE Energy Solutions

• United States
• Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Advisor

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  San Diego, California, United States Advise on technology and product roadmap, and IP strategy.

• President and CEO

  • Dec 2016 - Jan 2023

  Greater San Diego Area Patrick Lee is the co-founder and CEO of PXiSE Energy Solution, a Yokogawa Company (previously a subsidiary of Sempra Energy with an investment by Mitsui & Co., Ltd). PXiSE offers high-speed and advanced mixed-DER controls and comprehensive Grid DERMS solutions for autonomous control of the modern power grid with up to 100% distributed and renewable resources.



Protexa

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member Of The Board Of Advisors

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico



Sempra

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President - Infrastructure and Technology

  • Feb 2017 - Nov 2021

  Greater San Diego Area Patrick T. Lee is vice president of infrastructure and technology of Sempra Infrastructure, a business unit of Sempra Energy, a San Diego-based Fortune 500 energy services holding company. In this current role, he founded and leads the Sempra Energy investment in PXiSE Energy Solutions, LLC, a patented, high speed advanced grid control technology to meet the evolving needs of the modern energy ecosystem. Previously, Lee was vice president of major project controls, where he supported the… Show more Patrick T. Lee is vice president of infrastructure and technology of Sempra Infrastructure, a business unit of Sempra Energy, a San Diego-based Fortune 500 energy services holding company. In this current role, he founded and leads the Sempra Energy investment in PXiSE Energy Solutions, LLC, a patented, high speed advanced grid control technology to meet the evolving needs of the modern energy ecosystem. Previously, Lee was vice president of major project controls, where he supported the Sempra Energy family of companies, providing oversight and governance for large construction projects, including standardizing processes, controls and reporting. Prior to that, Lee was senior vice president of customer services, innovation and business strategy for SoCalGas.

• Vice President - Major Project Controls

  • Jun 2015 - Feb 2017

  Greater San Diego Area Patrick T. Lee is vice president of major project controls of Sempra Energy, a San Diego-based Fortune 500 energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas and value-added products and services. The Sempra Energy companies' 17,000 employees serve more than 32 million consumers worldwide. In this role, he supports the Sempra Energy family of companies in USA, Mexico, and South America, providing oversight and governance for large construction projects… Show more Patrick T. Lee is vice president of major project controls of Sempra Energy, a San Diego-based Fortune 500 energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas and value-added products and services. The Sempra Energy companies' 17,000 employees serve more than 32 million consumers worldwide. In this role, he supports the Sempra Energy family of companies in USA, Mexico, and South America, providing oversight and governance for large construction projects, including standardizing processes, controls and reporting.



SoCalGas

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President - Customer Service, Innovation, & Business Strategy

  • Aug 2012 - Jun 2015

  Greater Los Angeles Area Lee was responsible for all customer services and programs, as well as strategic planning and development of new businesses and technologies, and gas procurement at SoCalGas (The largest gas distribution company in the United States). In addition, he had direct responsibilities of contracts and material procurement, environmental services, environmental policies, and implementation of 5.6 million advanced gas meters.



San Diego Gas & Electric

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President - Sunrise Powerlink

  • Apr 2009 - Aug 2012

  San Diego In charge of all aspects of a $1.88 Billion new high voltage transmission line including public affairs, environmental, land acquisition, engineering, procurement, and construction. This 117 miles of new transmission line is the most complex environmentally mitigated project in USA. More than 120 environmental monitors were present on daily basis to ensure compliance. The project required more than 25 helicopters daily and flew more than 30,000 hours in order to construct most of the towers… Show more In charge of all aspects of a $1.88 Billion new high voltage transmission line including public affairs, environmental, land acquisition, engineering, procurement, and construction. This 117 miles of new transmission line is the most complex environmentally mitigated project in USA. More than 120 environmental monitors were present on daily basis to ensure compliance. The project required more than 25 helicopters daily and flew more than 30,000 hours in order to construct most of the towers without road access. Not only the project was on budget and on schedule despite numerous permits delay, the project achieved a 1.79 OSHA safety record after 5.5 million man-hours worked. Show less



Sempra

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President - Energy Supply

  • Jul 2007 - Apr 2009

  Greater San Diego Area Lee was vice president of Energy Supply for Sempra Generation, which operates power plants for the competitive market in North America. He was responsible for power supply obligations, marketing the output of Sempra Generation’s natural gas and wind/solar PV renewable power plants, procurement of natural gas supply for power plants and optimizing the generation portfolio through short-term, day-ahead operations, as well as long-term electric and natural gas transactions.



San Diego Gas & Electric

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director - Electric Regional Operations

  • Sep 2005 - Jun 2007

  Greater San Diego Area Led an organization of over 700 and responsible for electric distribution construction, maintenance, field operations, skills and compliance training, and business processes support & performance management. In this capacity, he provided leadership for public and employee safety, electric system reliability, work management, budget management, and workforce management.

• Director - Electric Construction & Maintenance (Transmission - Substation)

  • Apr 2004 - Sep 2005

  San Diego Led a 200+ employee organization to construct, maintain, and operate the transmission and substation facilities within SDG&E (initiated condition-based maintenance practice and commissioned first 500kV Gas Insulated Substation)

• Director - Electric System Protection

  • Oct 2002 - Apr 2004

  San Diego Responsible for electric system protection maintenance and operations in substations, line monitoring & protective devices, and field SCADA installations and operations (implemented new training programs for relay technicians and improved integration of system protection engineers and field technicians)

• Manager of Electric Reliability & Distribution Planning

  • Jan 2002 - Oct 2002

  Greater San Diego Area Responsible for electric system reliability and distribution system planning activities: capital investment for aging infrastructure and capacity improvement, performance monitoring and reliability improvement of the system.

• Manager of Electric Reliability Improvement

  • May 2000 - Jan 2002

  Greater San Diego Area Responsible for electric reliability monitoring, reporting, and performance improvement (managed local reliability in response to energy crisis of California due to imbalanced supply and demand, implemented rolling blacking load reduction program, etc.)

• Manager - Business Process Re-engineering, electric distribution

  • Dec 1999 - May 2000

  Greater San Diego Area Work with Consulting team to re-engineer business processes to reduce cycle time and reduce planning and construction costs.

• Manager, Operations and Engineeing (Northeast District)

  • Nov 1998 - Nov 1999

  Greater San Diego Area Oversaw engineering and operations at the largest district by service area: support troubleshooting and operations of electric distribution systems, initiate electric reliability improvement projects, and respond to customer on power quality problems.

• Manager, Operations and Engineernig (North Coast District)

  • Nov 1996 - Nov 1998

  Greater San Diego Area Oversaw engineering and operations at the coastal district of San Diego: support troubleshooting and operations of electric distribution systems, initiate electric reliability improvement projects, and respond to customer on power quality problems.

• Senior Engineer, Electric Construction and Maintenance (Substation)

  • Jan 1994 - Nov 1996

  Greater San Diego Area Support substation construction and maintenance activities: substation maintenance program management, high voltage equipment testing, field SCADA site installations, customer site equipment maintenance services, substation operations training)

• Engineering - Electric Standards

  • Jul 1991 - Jan 1994

  san Die Responsible for electrical equipment standards, operating practices, and procurement of electrical equipment and structures (transformers, fuses, capacitors, fault indicators, insulators, concrete structures and conduits)



Enova Energy Management

• Senior Engineer (Part Time)

  • Jan 1994 - Nov 1996

  California Conduct site assessment of electrical system at various military bases in California and support business planning for new business opportunities at Military Bases to be privatized (led to operations and maintenance contract at Mare Island in Vallejo, CA)



City of Roseville

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Power Engineer

  • Sep 1989 - Jul 1991

  Roseville, California Responsible for Electric system planning, design, construction, operations, and maintenance in the City of Roseville.



SMUD

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Electrical Engineer

  • Sep 1987 - Sep 1989

  Sacramento, California Area Work as technical staff conducting distribution planning and operation studies and support field investigation of electrical interference and power quality issues.