Speaker Biographies
Andrew J Arana - Florida Power and Light Dr. Andrew Arana is the senior manager of Transmission Planning at Florida Power & Light (FPL). Prior to this position he was a principal transmission planning engineer at FPL with focus areas in stability analysis, transfer capability analysis, design of remedial action schemes, and inverter-based resource modeling. Andrew represents FPL in NERC, EPRI, IEEE, and ESIG working groups. Andrew spent his first 4 years at FPL working in Operations Engineering before moving to Transmission Planning. He continues to support Operations Engineers and provide training to control center operators. He received his Ph.D. and MSEE from Virginia Tech, and BSEE from Dalhousie University.
Mark Givens - SERC Mark joined the CIP Compliance audit team at SERC Reliability Corporation in December 2021.
Mark entered the electric power industry in 2007 and has more than 15 years of experience in energy and utility related regulatory compliance, including FERC, NERC and United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) regulated environments. Mr. Givens began his career in the industry working at NRG Energy, ultimately becoming a NERC Certified System Operator. He later joined Entergy’s Nuclear Operations business unit, continuing with success in the Nuclear Security organization as a Program Manager/Supervisor. There he was responsible for ensuring compliance to the Code of Federal Regulations enforced by the USNRC. There, Mr. Givens achieved much success as exemplified through outstanding regulatory performance, exiting rigorous NRC inspections and quality assurance audits without violation. There he gained notoriety with NRC inspectors and industry peers as an advocate for excellence. Keeping with his desire to contribute and add value, when the opportunity presented itself, Mark desired to return to the world of NERC Compliance. In 2016, he joined Entergy’s NERC Compliance team as a Sr. Compliance Specialist. Capitalizing on his previous experiences as a NERC Certified System Operator and as a Nuclear Security Program Manager, Mark’s focus was given to CIP Compliance, primarily working with the physical standards. He was later promoted to the Ethics & Regulatory Compliance team, providing oversight of Entergy’s FERC Compliance program. Mr. Givens attended Southern University, Baton Rouge where he studied Civil Engineering. Through his experience, he has demonstrated a consistent track record of outstanding work performance.
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