Dr. Choueiki serves as the Principal Technical Advisor for NARUC International Programs, where he guides NARUC’s in-house advisory team of experts in assisting partner energy regulators in countries with transitioning and emerging economies throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eurasia, and other regions. He also leads the collaboration and strategic implementation of NARUC’s advisory services, including the oversight of technical documents produced by outside consultants and the establishment of strategic partnerships with other donors and/or in-field experts.

Prior to joining the NARUC team, Dr. Choueiki was the Director of the Office of the Federal Energy Advocate and the Director of the Forecasting and Market Monitoring Unit at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). He has contributed to numerous rule-making proceedings in the gas, electric, and telecommunications industries, and has testified in energy forecast hearings, alternative regulation hearings, and utility merger hearings. Additionally, he has co-authored several energy forecasting and telecommunications reports, and has lectured at the PUCO, national and international technical conferences, and USAID/NARUC energy workshops all over the globe. He has published in peer-reviewed engineering journals, and currently serves as a reviewer on several engineering journals.

Between 1996 and 1998, Dr. Choueiki was on sabbatical from the PUCO and took the opportunity to become a visiting faculty member in the College of Engineering and Petroleum at Kuwait University. During this time, he taught operations research, design of experiments, and forecast modeling.

Dr. Choueiki is a Registered Professional Engineer in Ohio and obtained a Philosophy Doctorate in Industrial and Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University.