Dr. Ting Lu is the Business Practice Leader for Digital Solutions at Clean Water Services in Hillsboro, Oregon. Ting leads and directs innovation of digital solutions and oversees day to day IT implementations and the implementation of data management and IT and OT integration. 

She is the Intelligent Water Focus Group Chair for the Water Research Foundation LIFT program and initiated the first international Intelligent Water Challenge to advance the adoption of smart systems into the water sector. Ting is also serving on the Utility Management Committee and the Integrated Planning Subcommittee at WEF. 

Before joining Clean Water Services, Ting worked for the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati and Black & Veatch, where she led the integrated planning effort and developed a quantitative and innovative water quality program with smart sensors and data analytics. Ting has authored over 100 papers and presentations nationally and internationally and coauthored several book chapters for the Water Environment Federation. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Cincinnati.