Speaker Biographies
Chris Holmquest - SERC Chris Holmquest joined SERC in July 2019 as a Reliability and Security Advisor. Prior to joining SERC, Chris was with the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC) Regional Entity. He joined FRCC RE as a CIP Compliance Auditor in 2013, and was promoted to Manager, Risk Assessment and Mitigation in 2014, as part of the new NERC initiative for Risk-Based Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement. Chris was the FRCC RE representative on the CIP V5 Transition Study, where he worked with the SERC representative and the two SERC utilities selected for the study. Chris has 37 years of electric utility experience, serving over 30 years with a medium-sized electric utility before joining FRCC RE. Chris spent 8 years in fossil generation and 23 years at the transmission and generation control center. During his time in the control center. Chris spent several years as an Energy Management Systems (EMS) Engineer and later joined the newly formed NERC Compliance and Training group as a System Operator training engineer. During that time, Chris became NERC certified as a Reliability Coordinator (RC) as he built and delivered training programs for operations personnel. Chris was instrumental in starting and building his company’s CIP compliance program and became the manager of CIP Compliance in its new NERC Compliance and Operations Technology group. Chris was also the manager of his company’s NERC Training Department through the PER-005 compliance implementation effort, as well as the manager of both the EMS and Applications teams and the CIP Compliance group. Chris is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified in Risk and Information System Control (CRISC), and a GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH). Chris is also NERC certified as a Reliability Coordinator. Corey Sellers - Southern Company Corey Sellers is the General Manager of Transmission Policy and Services / Energy Policy with Southern Company based in Birmingham, AL. In this role Corey is responsible for strategic policy activities related to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and wholesale transmission customer service through the administration of Southern Companies’ Open Access Transmission Tariff. Corey began his career with Southern Company as a cooperative education student in 1993. He has held various positions during his career including roles in Energy Management System Services, Generation IT, Energy Trading, Transmission, and as the Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer. Corey attended the University of Alabama where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics. Originally from Dora, AL, Corey and his wife Leigh Ann live in their hometown and enjoy spending time with their two daughters, Brooke and Braden.
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