UTC Telecom & Technology 2019

Matt Wakefield
Director
Information, Communication, and Cyber Security, EPRI


Matt Wakefield is the Director of Information, Communication and Cyber Security (ICCS) at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The research focus is on enabling advanced applications and data analytics through standards, communication technology, integration architectures and addressing cyber threats to an interconnected system as well as practical demonstrations to enable a modernized grid. He is the facilitator for the EPRI ICCS Executive Committee – to gain insights and strategic input from CIO’s and senior leaders in the IT and Security domains of the electric power industry. Wakefield started his career in 1986 in the United States Navy serving as a Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Operator and Engineering Supervisor in the Submarine Fleet and specializing in reactor operations and electronic instrumentation and controls. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in technology management from the University of Maryland University College.

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