Speaker Biographies
Justin Kelly - SERC In September 2019, Justin joined SERC Reliability Corporation as a Senior CIP Auditor. In September 2021, Justin joined the Risk Assessment and Mitigation group as a Senior CIP Engineer. Previously, Justin Kelly was an Electrical Engineer with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, DC. He was a sub-team lead for both CIP Version 5 and CIP-014 FERC-led audits. Justin has also been involved in monitoring Standard Drafting Teams, drafting FERC Orders, reviewing CIP related sanctions filed or posted by NERC, and observing regional entity audits. He primarily focused on CIP Reliability Standards during his time at FERC, but also was a technical team lead for Geomagnetic Disturbance and Electromagnetic Pulse research and standards projects. Justin received a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from Virginia Polytechnic and State University in 2009. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Maryland and is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP). Eric Howell - SERC Eric Howell is the SERC Program Manager, Critical Infrastructure Protection, responsible for the SERC CIPC including the Physical Security Subcommittee and the CIP Tools Working Group. Eric came to SERC from Georgia Systems Operation (GASOC) where he was responsible for designing and supporting the CIP infrastructure and compliance that encompassed the Energy Management Systems (EMS) monitoring and controlling the grid resources for Georgia Transmission, Oglethorpe Power and their member coops. He has also designed and implemented interfacing and communications for GE turbines around the world allowing them to communicate with the Monitoring and Diagnostic Center in Atlanta, GA. Over his career he has had the opportunity to work in many industries including teaching the hardware, software and physics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. He designing and implementing network and computer infrastructures for financial processing companies, heavy equipment manufacturing companies, communications companies, and international governments. Throughout his career Eric has had the opportunity to work with and interact with people and cultures around the world as he brought technology to organizations and taught the skills to maintain this technology.
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