Harry Istepanian

Harry Istepanian is a PMP-certified, independent Energy Expert with more than 30 years of experience in the energy and water sectors. He worked for major international engineering consultancy firms, including Parsons Brinckerhoff, AECOM, and Power Engineers Inc. in different capacities. He was also appointed by many international organizations, including the World Bank, USAID, and USTDA to work on several development projects in Asia and Africa.

Mr. Istepanian has published over 30 op-eds, articles, peer-reviewed papers, and conference presentations in international energy and think tank journals such as the Brookings Institute, the Atlantic Council, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Power Engineering International, and the Electricity Journal.

Harry is the founder of Iraq Climate Change Center (IC3+), a non-profit think tank based in Washington D.C.

Hovik Manucharyan

Hovik Manucharyan is an information security engineer who moved from Seattle to Armenia in 2022. He co-founded the ANN/Groong podcast in 2020 and has been a contributor to Groong News since the late 1990s.

Disclaimer: The views expressed by Hovik Manucharyan on the ANN/Groong podcast are his own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of his employer or any other organization.

Asbed Bedrossian

Asbed Bedrossian is an IT professional, and for years oversaw the central IT enterprise infrastructure and services at USC. His decades of experience spanned across IT strategy, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, enterprise applications, data center operations, high performance computing, ITSM, ITPM, and more.

Asbed founded the Armenian News Network Groong circa 1989/1990, and co-founded the ANN/Groong podcast in 2020.