Speaker Biographies
Peter Heidrich - SERC Peter joined the SERC Reliability Corporation in July 2019 as the Senior Coordinator of Certification and Registration. Peter is responsible for the administration of the SERC Functional Entity Registration and Certification processes and is also responsible for the implementation and continued maintenance associated with the NERC Glossary of Terms definition of Bulk Electric System (BES) and administration of the Rules of Procedure (ROP) BES Exception Process. Previously Peter was with the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council, Inc. (FRCC) from August 2008 to June 2019. As the FRCC Director of Reliability Performance & Registration, Peter was responsible for leading the Programs within the FRCC Region to enable the assessment and improvement in reliability performance of the FRCC BES. Responsibilities included Registration and Certification, Events Analysis and Situation Awareness, Reliability Standards Development, and System Operator Training. Within this capacity, Peter was responsible for the administration of the FRCC Functional Entity Registration and Certification processes and was also responsible for the implementation and continued maintenance associated with the NERC Glossary of Terms definition of BES and administration of the ROP BES Exception Process. Peter served over eight years in the United States Navy in the Nuclear Power Program. Following his military service, he joined DTE Energy (Detroit Edison) in 1992 as a Nuclear Power Plant Operator at the Enrico Fermi II Power Plant (Newport, MI). In 1995, Peter transferred to the System Operations Department where he qualified as a System Operator and obtained his NERC System Operator Certification. Peter also served in the position of Control Room Supervisor. From 2004 to 2008, Peter served as Manager- Protection Authority with the responsibilities of managing the Hazardous Energy Controls (Red Tag Protection) programs for the corporation. Peter holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, graduating with Honors, from the University of Phoenix. Peter has been a NERC Certified Reliability Coordinator since 2000 Bill Peterson - SERC Bill Peterson is the Senior Manager, Outreach and Training with SERC Reliability Corporation. Bill has contributed over 20 years to the information technology profession, with 17 years dedicated to securing the bulk power system. He started working with CIP security in 2007 and has helped numerous organizations strengthen their security posture over the years. Previously, Mr. Peterson was the Manager, IT and Assistance, Program Manager, Cyber Security in the Technical Resources department, and a Senior CIP Engineer in the Compliance group. Prior to joining SERC, he worked in security roles for Duke Energy and the New York Power Authority. Mr. Peterson has a Master’s in Business Administration with a concentration on Information Technology Management from the State University of New York at Utica/Rome. Mr. Peterson has a Bachelor’s of Science degree with a dual major in Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering Technology from the State University of New York at Utica/Rome. Bill holds Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and Certified Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certifications and a Leadership Certificate from Cornell University.
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