Prisma Photonics, which leverages optical fiber to monitor large-scale power utility infrastructure, appointed Tiffany Menhorn as Head of Sales, North America.
Most recently, Menhorn served as Vice President of Utility Solutions at Palmetto, a leading provider of energy intelligence data, where she helped utilities drive consumer adoption and commercialization of utility-sponsored third-party ownership of clean energy. Previously, Menhorn led business development for North America at LineVision, a grid-enhancing technology company, where she worked with a variety of American power utilities to integrate power line monitoring sensors while opening global markets. Tiffany also spent five years leading sales for the western United States at Enel X, where she helped change how electric utilities procure commodities, allowing them to source gigawatts of thermal and renewable power with more efficiency and transparency.
Founded in 2017, Prisma Photonics works with leading power utilities in the United States, Europe, Israel and other regions to deploy solutions that identify faults and threats like icing or wildfires on transmission assets in real time while offering hyper-accurate line ratings. Prisma Photonics also helps utilities comply with U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulations by increasing capacity on congested networks.
- Focus : Prisma Photonics specializes in advanced optical fiber sensing technology to monitor and protect critical infrastructure. Their solutions help power utilities identify threats to transmission assets in real-time and offer hyper-accurate line ratings to comply with regulatory requirements and increase network capacity
- Funding : Prisma Photonics has secured over $50 million in funding to date, with the most recent $20 million Series C round.
- Location : Prisma Photonics is headquartered in Israel and recently expanded its operations by opening its first US office in Austin, Texas. This expansion aims to strengthen their presence in the North American market
- Projects and Clients : Prisma Photonics is actively involved in significant projects, such as monitoring more than 1,000 km of Israel’s national transmission electrical grid.
