Todd Beam
SERC Reliability Corporation Senior Lead Compliance Specialist
Todd Beam is the Senior Lead Compliance Specialist at SERC Reliability Corporation, a nonprofit corporation responsible for promoting and improving the reliability, adequacy, and critical infrastructure protection of the bulk power system in all or portions of 16 southeastern and central states. Todd works on the Entity Assessment and Mitigation team, which is responsible for conducting entity inherent risk assessments (IRA), inter- nal controls evaluations (ICE), and providing registered entities a single point of contact for all noncompliance issues. Prior to joining SERC in February 2012, Todd was employed by Duke Energy Corporation in Charlotte, NC for 25 years where he worked in a variety of roles. His most recent role was for four years as the CIP Com- pliance Project Manager for BA/TOP and TO with a focus on transmis- sion substations. Prior to that he spent seven years as the Supervisor of Routine Work and Outage Restoration and Management.
Gaurav Karandikar
SERC Reliability Corporation Manager, RAPA & Technical Services
Gaurav Karandikar is the Manager, Reliability Assessment, Performance Analy- sis, and Technical Services with SERC Reliability Corporation. Mr. Karandikar has been with SERC for more than four years.
The reliability assessment, performance analysis, and technical services group is responsible for providing value-added services to the SERC entities by engaging in a collaborative environment through various technical committees and their subgroups. Mr. Karandikar has over twenty years of industry experience with Siemens PTI, Ameren Services, and Alstom. Mr. Karandikar has a Master’s of Science in Elec- trical Engineering with a concentration in Power Systems from Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri. Mr. Karandikar has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Malviya National Institute of Tech- nology, India. In addition, Bill is a senior member of IEEE and has a Leadership Certificate from Cornell University.
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