Speaker Biographies
Richard Becker - SERC Richard Becker is the Senior Program Manager of Engineering with SERC Reliability Corporation. The Engineering program at SERC promotes the reliability and adequacy of the bulk power system though collaboration in the areas of planning, engineering and reliability assessment. Mr. Becker has been at SERC since 2019. He has also worked at Florida Power and Light, LakelandElectric and the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council. Mr. Becker has over 21 years of industry experience in the areas of distribution design and planning, transmission planning and Regional reliability assessment. Mr. Becker has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida, with a focus on strategic and risk management. Mr. Becker received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of South Florida.
TomColeman –NERC ThomasColeman is Chief Technical Advisor at NERC. He works with industry and stakeholders to assess, report on, and provide recommendations to ensure the reliability of the North American Bulk Power System. Mr. Coleman leads the efforts around NERC’s natural gas risk strategy and is the NERC lead for NERC’s Electric Gas WorkingGroup. He has led initiatives for the NERC Reliability Issues Steering Committee as well as efforts around long term, short term and historical reliability assessments. Mr. Coleman joined NERC in 2014. Prior to joining NERC Mr. Coleman traded power and natural gas commodities and directed long term origination at JP Morgan and Williams Energy. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida and his MBA from Vanderbilt University .
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