Speakers

Derek Burns has been with LCRA (Lower Colorado River Authority) in Austin, Texas for  8 years. He currently serves as the SOCC Systems Compliance Program Manager and Supervisor over the Substation Wide Area Network group. In this role, he is responsible for ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations related to LCRA's medium impact systems, and managing the Substation Wide Area Network group. Previously Derek held the roles of EMS/Control System Administrator, coordinating and documenting compliance for all LCRA Medium Impact Systems. Performing IP Management and maintaining remote access to LCRA BES Cyber Assets. Derek’s earlier experience also includes his work as Substation SME lead for LCRA during the last NERC audit in 2019 and SCADA technician Commissioning and Configuring RTUs.