Integrated Systems Architecture

AI is transforming energy demand. Energy transformation demands workforce transformation. Workforce transformation requires new models of leadership architecture.

MDT GROUP

An advisory firm
operating at the
architecture level.

MDT is not a staffing firm, a technology integrator, or a training provider. We operate as a partner to leadership teams responsible for infrastructure-scale transformation.

Our work is research-informed, systems-oriented, and delivered exclusively at the architecture layer — never at the level of tactics or implementation.

THE MDT FRAMEWORK

Integrated Systems Architecture

AI is transforming energy demand. Energy transformation demands workforce transformation. Workforce transformation requires new models of leadership architecture.

Leadership & Organizational Architecture

  • Executive advisory & governance design
  • Accountability systems for technical enterprises

Workforce Systems Strategy

  • AI-era skill architecture & capability modeling
  • Talent systems modernization

Energy & Infrastructure Strategy

  • Grid modernization & large-load planning
  • Generation integration

AI & Intelligent Systems Integration

  • Digital twin & systems-level modeling
  • Decision architecture for complex environments
Travis M. Smith, P.E.
Leadership

Travis M. Smith, P.E.

Executive Consultant

Travis M. Smith, P.E., is a senior power systems advisor and consultant with more than 35 years of experience across generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure. His work focuses on protection architecture, advanced grid modeling, and deterministic evaluation of complex energy systems undergoing accelerating load growth and digital transformation.

At MDT Group, Mr. Smith advises utilities, infrastructure developers, and institutional stakeholders at the systems level on MW-scale interconnection strategy, infrastructure readiness, and structured modernization of grid evaluation methodologies.

He previously served as Director of Research and Special Projects at DRG Technical Solutions and later as Executive Consultant. From 2008 to 2021, Mr. Smith was Senior R&D Staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Mr. Smith is a licensed Professional Engineer in Tennessee and Hawaii, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a current member of the NCEES Licensure Examination Development Committee. He holds U.S. Patent No. 12,170,441.

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