Astrid Atkinson is CEO and Co-Founder of Camus, a flexible grid connection software platform for data centers and electric utilities. Astrid built her career managing complex, distributed systems where performance and reliability were paramount.
Before founding Camus, she spent 15 years at Google in systems reliability, most recently as Senior Director of Software Engineering. She led the development of Google’s global web-serving platform and the common, performant, scalable set of infrastructure frameworks that now power all of Google’s major product lines.
A respected expert on the clean energy transition, Astrid is frequently quoted in top energy and climate publications. She serves on the Gridwise Alliance’s Board of Directors and speaks globally as a thought leader on distributed systems and reliability engineering.