Sam works with government and private sector organizations to exchange and analyze all-source intelligence in the context of the electric sector, develop mitigation strategies for significant grid threats, and provide technical and business context to E-ISAC’s activities. He is also the executive sponsor for NERC’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Committee (CIPC). Before joining the E-ISAC, Sam worked at NERC since 2012, first leading the Bulk Power System Awareness group and later also NERC’s Event Analysis group and oversight of the ERO Event Analysis Program. He served as the secretary of the CIPC for 2015 and 2016. Prior to coming to NERC, Sam worked for several years with investor-owned utilities in real-time operations and maintenance roles. His professional interests include real-time transmission and distribution operations, organizational behavior, control systems cybersecurity, and emergency management and resilience.