Smart Utility Systems today announced plans to add 200 workers this year at its new headquarters in Irvine and an international expansion plan with new offices in Asia.
The company, which makes subscription software geared for utilities and municipalities, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new 35,000-square-foot space at Newport Gateway, a two-tower office campus near the Irvine-Newport Beach border that has attracted several technologies companies, including virtual reality headset maker Oculus VR Inc., interactive development firm and technology startup Cie Digital Labs, and Acorns Grow Inc., a mobile investment software company.
Smart Utility employs about 150 in Irvine and another 150 in India.
Its customers include the City of Glendale Water and Power, Southern California Public Power Authority and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, among others.
Smart Utility provides smart grid integration services and its app and related software are billed to help consumers manage energy and water, pay bills, get alerts and analyze use patterns.
“We took this challenge in front of us to change the world and provide that information and knowledge to everybody so they can help in this energy challenge we have,” founder and Chief Executive Deepak Garg said earlier today before the Cleantech Connect water and energy innovation forum at Smart Utility’s headquarters.
Irvine Mayor Steven Choi took part in the ribbon cutting ceremony.
The forum included talks from 5-Hour Energy cofounder Ravi Sajwan, Planet Water Foundation Chief Executive and Founder Mark Steele, and representatives from the Irvine Public School Foundation, San Diego County Water Authority, and University of California, Irvine researchers, among others.
