Speakers

Dustin Tessier is the Managing Director for Tesco Automation, a Canadian-based company specializing in power system design and consulting services. In his 15-year career, Dustin has taken on a broad range of roles throughout his 15-year career; including hands-on experience as a technician, network planning engineer, station design engineer, IEC 61850 system integration engineer, and project manager.  He was an early advocate for IEC 61850 during his days with a Canadian Utility as a stations design engineer and spent a number of years working for Siemens where he was involved in Australia’s first IEC 61850 applications. He has since moved back to Canada to pursue his entrepreneurial dream and has been involved with IEC 61850 on a global context ever since.  Dustin actively contributes towards the standardization in the field of substation and distribution automation, and provides systems level standardization, coordination and consulting services within the Smart Grid domain.