Speaker Biographies
Michael Kuhl – SERC Since joining SERC Reliability Corporation in January 2013, Michael has made significant strides in the field of operations and planning monitoring, currently serving as Manager since September 2015. His journey at SERC began with a role as a Compliance Assessment Specialist, leveraging his extensive 24-year background at Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company/Cinergy/Duke Energy, where he focused on electric generation and transmission operations and NERC Reliability Standards program management. Michael's career kicked off in 1989 at W.H. Zimmer Station, leading to roles as a NERC Certified System Operator and project manager for energy market integrations. He played a pivotal role in developing and managing the initial compliance programs for reliability standards at Cinergy and Duke Energy. Michael holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Cincinnati, is a Certified Internal Auditor, a NERC Certified System Operator at the Reliability Coordinator level and has an undergraduate certificate in Renewable Energy from Clemson University.
Vijay Naik – SERC Vijay joined the CIP Compliance audit team at SERC Reliability Corporation in January 2019. Previously, Vijay joined the Georgia System Operations Corporation (GSOC) in 2014 as Principal Engineer – Security & compliance. While at GSOC, he worked in the areas of Cyber Security, audit & compliance, System administration. Vijay has more than 19 years of information technology experience in system/threat intelligence, network infrastructure monitoring and compliance. Vijay holds several certifications, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and Internal Control Certificate (COSO). Vijay holds a Bachelor of Computer Science degree.
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