Speaker Biographies
Robert Vaughn - SERC Robert Vaughn joined SERC in April of 2018. Prior to joining SERC Robert was a Senior Compliance Auditor for the Southwest Power Pool Regional Entity (SPPRE) for three years. Prior to joining the SPPRE, Robert was a Senior IT Auditor for the Windstream Communications Internal Audit Team for 3 years where he focused on Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) IT risk areas. Robert acquired a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems with Quantitative Analysis from the University of Arkansas Fayetteville in 1998. Robert is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
Matt Stryker - SERC Matt joined the CIP Compliance audit team at SERC Reliability Corporation in January 2019.
Previously, Matt Stryker was a Supervisor of CIP with Georgia System Operations Corporation (GSOC) in Tucker, Georgia. He worked in the Security Operations department on both physical and electronic security processes in support of Georgia Transmission (GTC) and GSOC’s compliance with the NERC CIP Reliability Standards. Mr. Stryker performed similar roles as a Group Lead of CIP for Georgia Transmission Corporation (GTC) since 2012. Previously, Mr. Stryker held positions as a Senior CIP Compliance Auditor and later as the Manager of CIP Compliance Monitoring at SERC Reliability Corporation. He served as an Audit Team Lead or team member during audits of compliance with NERC Reliability Standards in the SERC Region. Matt has more than 15 years of security experience in asset management, physical security, network operations, and compliance. Matt holds the ASIS Physical Security Professional (PSP) and the ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certifications. Matt holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Georgia Tech
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