Clint Carter
VP of Nuclear Innovation & Industry Relations
Utilities Service Alliance
Clinton Carter is the Vice President, Nuclear Innovations and Industry Relations at the Utilities Service Alliance and the Principal Investigator for the Advanced Remote Monitoring Project, a collaborative initiative between the Department of Energy and multiple nuclear utilities.
Mr. Carter has 40 years of utility experience, including expertise gained through a variety of positions at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, where he was a licensed Senior Reactor Operator.
A pioneer of the industrial internet, Carter led the deployment of the world’s largest wireless industrial infrastructure supporting voice communications, mobile computing, and equipment condition monitoring at Comanche Peak.
Carter was the original visionary and architect of Vistra’s Power Optimization Center. Today, the POC is recognized as the gold standard delivering advanced monitoring and diagnostic services to over 100 generating assets across the nation, including multiple nuclear facilities.
In collaboration with the Electric Power Research Institute, Carter was involved in the development of numerous industry standards and guidelines for deploying advanced technologies in power stations. He also is a member of an executive working group at the Nuclear Energy Institute, facilitating regulatory acceptability of advanced digital technologies.
Carter is presently serving as the United States’ Lead Delegate to the United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency for modernizing nuclear power operations around the globe.
As an entrepreneur, Carter was a founder and board member of Azima DLI, now SymphonyAI Industrial, an internet-based predictive technologies services provider. He has also successfully commercialized advanced monitoring and diagnostics services across both domestic and international energy markets.
In the academic sector, Carter has served on Engineering Advisory Boards at the University of Texas at Arlington and Lehigh University.
Mr. Carter holds a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Kansas State University, an M.S. in Engineering Technology from the University of North Texas and an MBA from Texas Christian University.
