Richard Burt

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer @ Midwest Reliability Organization

About

A versatile and strategic energy executive with experience in multiple disciplines of power grid reliability and security. Excellent project management skills with the ability to build relationships and solve problems efficiently while maintaining high quality standards and a positive team culture.

Country

United States

City

St Paul

Industry

Utilities

Skill

NERC, CIP, Electrical Engineering, Power System Studies, EMS, SCADA, Cyber Security, State Estimation, Contingency Analysis, Energy Management, Power System Operations, Project Management, Demand Response, Reliability, Risk Assessment, Standards Compliance, Technical Writing, Management, Technical Presentations, Smart Grid

Experience

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Midwest Reliability Organization

2018-8 - Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Develop and lead MRO's strategies to ensure the reliability and security of the power grid being implemented by extremely talented staff in MRO's technical departments: reliability analysis, cybersecurity, risk assessment and mitigation, external affairs, enforcement, compliance monitoring, and engineering.

Vice President of Risk Assessment, Mitigation, and Standards

Midwest Reliability Organization

2015-4 - 2018-8 · 3 yrs 5 mos

As a member of MRO's executive team, led a team of approximately 10 experienced power system engineers and security practitioners responsible for assessing risk of noncompliance with NERC Standards, collaborating with utilities on mitigating the risks and process deficiencies that led to those noncompliances, and performing outreach to the power industry on best practices and emerging technologies.

Principal Risk Assessment and Mitigation Engineer

Midwest Reliability Organization

2012-2 - 2015-4 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Review individual noncompliances with NERC security and reliability standards, determine potential and actual risk to the grid, and ensure effective and efficient mitigation is implemented.

EMS and Compliance Manager

Minnkota Power Cooperative

1998-12 - 2012-2 · 13 yrs 3 mos

Managed the EMS (Energy Management System) and NERC compliance departments to develop corporate policy and implement tools ensuring reliable operation of the Minnkota system, comprised of over 3,000 miles of transmission up to 345kV, 250 substations, and a diverse generation fleet. Prior to joining management, had opportunities to gain experience in multiple engineering roles throughout the organization, including system planning, power quality studies, load forecasting, telecommunications, cybersecurity, network system administration, and control systems engineering.

Instructor of Electrical Engineering

University of North Dakota

2004-8 - 2005-5 · 10 mos

Grand Forks, North Dakota Area

Taught 12 credits, while employed by Minnkota, in the EE department over 2 semesters, assisting students in taking an idea from inception to development and critiquing their public speaking and technical writing skills.

Applications Engineer

Lattice Semiconductor

2001-1 - 2002-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Austin, Texas Area

Assisted customers with technical product and design issues using CPLDs (Complex Programmable Logic Devices) and FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), created reference designs and application notes for showcasing products, and developed IP (Intellectual Property) cores.