• Tim Conway, DOE Contractor for Idaho National Laboratory
• Richard Jackson, Chevron Corporation (retired)
• Henry S. Kenchington, U.S. Department of Energy

Tim Conway, DOE Contractor for Idaho National Laboratory
Presentation and Discussion: What we can learn from the attacks on the Ukrainian electric system

Tim Conway is the Technical Director of ICS and SCADA programs at SANS. He is responsible for developing, reviewing, and implementing technical components of the SANS ICS and SCADA product offerings. Previously, Tim served as the Director of CIP Compliance and Operations Technology at Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO). There he was responsible for Operations Technology, NERC CIP Compliance, and the NERC training environments for the operations departments within NIPSCO Electric. Prior to that, he served as an EMS Computer Systems Engineer at NIPSCO for eight years, with responsibility over the control system servers and the supporting network infrastructure. Tim is a former Chair of the RFC CIPC, Chair of the NERC CIP Interpretation Drafting Team, member of the NESCO advisory board, current Chair of the NERC CIPC GridEx Working Group, and Chair of the NBISE Smart Grid Cyber Security panel.

Richard Jackson, Chevron Corporation (retired)
General Manager of Information Risk Management
Presentation: You can’t do it alone: the power of collaboration

Richard Jackson is the retired General Manager of Information Risk Management for Chevron Corporation, one of the world’s largest Fortune 500 companies. His primary role was ensuring that the company’s diverse and global IT infrastructure complied with regulations and standards. He was also responsible for the identification and management of risks relative to Chevron’s business information and information technology assets.

His expertise in data privacy, records retention management, information technology intellectual property rights management, IT Forensics & process controls security compliance led to Rich becoming a sought after industry speaker and advisor on IT Security best practices. He has appeared at many industry conferences and shows receiving recognition for his contributions to the industry thus far. Richard is a contributing writer to the “Wiley Handbook of Science & Technology for Homeland Security,” offering a critical guide to scientific research that supports global counterterrorism efforts as well as a recipient of Information Security Magazine’s 2005 Security 7 Award.

Early in his career, Rich held many management positions in Chevron’s Marketing organization including McDonald’s Alliance, Global Aviation Fuel Sales, Lubricants National Account Sales and Plant Manager in Lubricants Manufacturing and Distribution Center. His experience of InfoSec in the oil and gas industry has earned him prestigious awards including ISE Luminary Leadership Award Winner in 2011, Visionary Award by Symantec Corporation in 2007 and ISE North America Executive Award Finalist in 2006. He is also a co-recipient of the DHS Undersecretary’s award for collaboration.

He is a founding member of the Executive Committee of the United States Dept. of Homeland Security-sponsored Project Logiic Consortium.  Rich formerly served as Chairperson of the American Petroleum Institute’s Information Technology Security Forum and Executive Director of the FBI’s San Francisco Bay Area Infra-Gard Chapter.

Rich earned a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Howard University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University.

Henry (Hank) S. Kenchington, U.S. Department of Energy
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Advanced Grid Integration
Presentation: Changing energy landscape requires a new way of thinking about cybersecurity

Hank Kenchington is Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Advanced Grid Integration in the Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE).  Hank currently leads OE’s responsibilities in the management of the $3.4 billion Smart Grid Investment Grant program funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to upgrade the nation’s power grid with advanced digital technologies to improve system reliability, security, and efficiency. Previously, Hank served as DAS for R&D with responsibility for development of advanced power technologies in power electronics, energy storage, cyber security, smart grid, modeling and visualization, and synchrophasor technologies. Hank has a BS in mechanical and nuclear engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a master’s degree in engineering administration from the George Washington University.