Speakers

Casey is a National Grid veteran with two decades of experience in electric design and engineering, distributed generation interconnections, and resiliency.  Currently serving as the Group Strategic Engineering Director for National Grid, his role focuses on climate change resilience, engineering delivery at scale, stable operation of renewables-based electricity, and the future of heat.  He is working on identifying the risks of climate change and what innovative tools are available to mitigate its impacts.  He works with the Company’s US and UK business units to understand challenges around scaling up capability and capacity to meet projected growth in the utility industry.  His goal is to ensure National Grid is positioned to meet future challenges in a clean and resilient manner. 

Throughout his career, he has worked in renewable interconnections policy, innovation, planning and asset management, reliability and resiliency, and performance excellence.  He holds an MBA in Business Management from Clarkson University, a Masters in Power Systems Management from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a Bachelors in English from the United States Naval Academy, and a Certificate in Business of Energy from Clarkson University.  He also serves as board president of the Upstate New York Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and as a board member of the Clarkson Center for Electric Power Research, and he participates as a Senior Member of the IEEE and the FBI Citizen’s Academy.