Dr. Shaker is an expert in power and energy systems operation and control with a diverse career spanning academia, utilities, consulting and manufacturing. Currently, as a Planning Lead at ERCOT, he is working on providing technical support to various types of grid planning analysis. Dr Shaker has more than 15 years of diversified international experience in the electric power and energy industry and has contributed to a number of white papers for the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), industry workforces relating to Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs) like IEEE2800.2 and several guidelines for the IBR interconnection best practices in North America.

Previously, in Australia he held Associate Professor of Practice role with Monash University and Adjunct Senior Lecturer role with University of Tasmania. He has also worked with Vestas Wind Systems and WSP on connecting large wind and solar farms in the Asia Pacific region where he patented two innovative ideas to enhance wind farms control. He also contributed to a number of innovative IBR technology projects in this field and published several papers on the IBR sizing and control coordination. Dr Shaker has held utility roles with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and Western Power in Western Australia and he is registered as a Professional Engineer with Engineers Australia and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Currently, he maintains an Adjunct Associate Professor role with Edith Cowan University in Australia. Dr Shaker obtained his PhD in application of AI in managing microgrids operation from Edith Cowan University.