2022 System Operator Conference #1

Speaker Biographies

Benjamin Gibson - E-ISAC Benjamin Gibson is a Senior Physical Security Analyst at the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC). Benjamin analyzes incidents and threats affecting the North American power grid, and constantly writes and briefs on those topics to electric utilities across North America. Prior to joining North American Electric Reliability Corporation, he was an exercise analyst contracting with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to develop all-hazards emergency preparedness exercises for critical infrastructure. Benjamin has a Bachelor’s degree in Government from Patrick Henry College.

Brandon Cutter - Entergy Brandon has been working in the electric industry for over 20 years for Entergy. He worked as a System Operator for the first 7 years in Real-time operations. Brandon then moved off shift to take an engineering/support role for Real-time analysis. For the last 10 years he has been a member of Entergy’s Transmission Operational Planning group, where he has been the supervisor of outage coordination for the last 4 years. Brandon has Bachelor of Science degrees from Louisiana Tech University in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering.

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