Speaker Biographies
Pat Everly - OES-NA, LLC Pat Everly is the president of OES-NA, LLC, which is a training-consultant company. He has over 40 years serving many roles in the electric industry. Pat started his career with Philadelphia Electric Company and spent 11 years in nuclear and fossil generation. Upon leaving PECO, Pat moved on to the PJM Interconnection as a System Operator and eventually the Operations Training Supervisor. Pat left PJM in 2001 to fill the newly createdNERC CertificationManager position. In this role, he was responsiblefor the administrativeduties for the NERC, WECC,and PJM certificationprograms.In 2003, heresignedhis position at NERC to startOES-NA. Pat has previously servedsystem operators as: Vice Chair - NERC ExaminationWorkingGroup,Vice-president andTreasurerfor APDA – NortheastArea,and is currentlytheChair for theIEEE Working Group for System Operator Training. Pat has been a guest speaker at previous Short Courses, American Power Dispatcher Association Meetings, the IEEE and various Regional seminars aroun.und North America Patrick Stier - SERC Patrick Stier is a Senior Reliability and Security Advisor at SERC Reliability Corporation. Mr. Stier has 34 years in the security industry as a National Security leader, specializing in high-profile technical security, risk management, financial leadership, operational efficiency, and crisis management. Prior to joining SERC, Mr. Stier served in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Secret Service, providing physical and technical security for numerousU.S. Presidents and Foreign Heads of State to include over 1200 differentprotectedvenues andNational Special SecurityEvents. Mr. Stier has a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration. He also holds Board Certifications in Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Physical Security Professional (PSP), Professional Certified Investigator (PCI), Enterprise Security Risk Management (ESRM), Certified Technical Investigator (CTI), Network Intrusion Investigator (NITRO) and Enterprise and Broadband Network Administration.
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