Okke Verlaat is CTO of ihomer, a Dutch software company specialised in EV charging infrastructure. He leads the engineering of ihomer's smart charging platform and CPMS products, which run on public charging networks in one of Europe's densest and most grid-constrained EV markets. Okke works daily with OCPP, OCPI, OpenADR and grid congestion challenges, and his team is active in the Open Charge Alliance and the EVRoaming Foundation.