Jason Geogroulis is a CIP cyber and physical security analyst at Texas RE. Prior to joining Texas RE he worked as an IT security consultant for atsec Information Security, where his role included CAVP and CMVP testing and certification. He has also worked as a lab instructor at the Texas State University science department. He has a bachelor's degree in computer science from Texas State University and holds Network+ and Security+ CompTIA certifications.

Rebekah Barber is the compliance team lead at Texas RE. Prior to that role she worked as a CIP cyber and physical security analyst. Before joining Texas RE Rebekah was an IT technician for Texas State University and Capsum Inc. Rebekah has a bachelor's degree in computer science from Texas State University and holds CompTia Security+ and CISA certifications.

Blake Ianni is a senior O&P compliance engineer at Texas RE. Prior to joining Texas RE he worked at the Public Utility Commission of Texas as an engineer in the infrastructure and reliability division, and an engineer for an oilfield service company in west Texas. Blake has a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a master of business administration degree from Texas State University. He is also an ASQ certified quality auditor.

Kaitlin Van Zee is the enforcement and registration director at Texas RE. She joined the company as an enforcement attorney in November 2016. Prior to joining Texas RE, Katie spent six years as an attorney in the Oversight and Enforcement Division of the Public Utility Commission of Texas where she litigated and negotiated administrative penalties for violations of the Public Utility Regulatory Act, ERCOT Protocols, and the Texas Water Code. In 2014, Katie served as an expert for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ Energy Regulatory Partnership Program with Mexico where she advised regulators at the Energy Regulatory Commission as they established new regulatory and compliance procedures. Katie holds a bachelor of arts degree in history and international studies from the University of South Carolina and a JD from the University of Texas at Austin.

Deepak Ramlatchan is the deputy director of the Office of Electric Reliability and has been with FERC since 2011. Prior to being named OER’s deputy director, Mr. Ramlatchan served as the director of the Division of Engineering and Logistics in OER, and in leadership and senior advisor roles in the Office of Enforcement and the Office of Energy Market Regulation. Prior to coming to FERC, Mr. Ramlatchan worked at Consolidated Edison Company of New York as a field supervisor in electrical operations and as a senior advisor in energy markets policy. Mr. Ramlatchan served in the U.S. Navy in enlisted and commissioned officer roles. Mr. Ramlatchan is graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in nuclear engineering and holds an MBA from New York University.

Harsh Naik is senior manager of transmission planning at Oncor Electric Delivery. He is a strategic leader with deep expertise in ERCOT's stakeholder process, large load interconnections, and system planning studies. Harsh oversees the development of transmission projects across a wide range of scopes, leads major large load interconnection efforts, and manages the team responsible for building planning models and performing transmission studies. He actively represents Oncor in critical ERCOT stakeholder working groups. He earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University and is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas.

Nick Santora serves as the vice president of Growth at NovaSync, focusing on awareness and educational content strategies supporting NERC GRC activities for registered entities. Nick spent 7 years at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) in various roles supporting NERC CIP and cybersecurity. Nick supported regional compliance audits, auditor education, industry lessons learned, and cybersecurity advisory for regional entities. In 2015, Nick left NERC to build the industry leading NERC CIP compliance training and security awareness platform, Curricula. After Curricula’s acquisition, Nick spent several years investing and advising artificial intelligence startups. Nick enjoys speaking about emerging technologies, AI, cyber security awareness training, and marketing strategies for startups. Nick earned his bachelors degree and MBA from Rider University.

Brent Castagnetto co-founded NovaSync, a NERC governance, risk, and compliance platform in 2020. Prior to NovaSync, Brent served for more than a decade as senior security consultant and managing partner at Archer Security Group. He is a frequent instructor, regularly delivering NERC CIP training programs on behalf of EnergySec.

During his tenure as Manager of Cyber Security Audits at the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), Brent played a pivotal role in developing the nationwide CIP audit methodology. His leadership was instrumental in implementing significant enhancements to the Technical Feasibility Exception (TFE) process and contributing to revisions of the NERC Rules of Procedure. At WECC, he also served as co-chair of the Compliance Monitoring Functional Group (CMFG) and actively participated in several additional committees.

Before joining WECC, Brent held roles as a security architect and senior sales engineer, where he successfully led large-scale infrastructure implementations and managed teams of security professionals. He also administered enterprise network, security, and server infrastructure for major financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies.

Talmo Martins is an account manager, specializing in cybersecurity and digital solutions for critical infrastructure, with a focused practice spanning the energy, oil & gas, and water utilities sectors. He brings deep industry knowledge across power generation, transmission and distribution, utilities, and independent power producers, as well as extensive experience serving O&G clients across upstream, midstream, and downstream operations. This breadth of exposure gives Talmo a nuanced understanding of the operational environments, regulatory pressures, and technology challenges unique to these industries.

Talmo partners with organizations to address their most pressing cybersecurity needs, including operational technology (OT) and IT cybersecurity, incident response retainer programs, and executive-level tabletop cybersecurity exercises. Talmo engages effectively across all levels — from C-suite executives and operations leadership to procurement teams — bringing a strategic perspective that aligns cybersecurity investment with long-term operational and compliance objectives. Talmo holds a master of science in management from Purdue University and an undergraduate degree in civil engineering.

Eric Reddel is a cyber security executive and vice president in Booz Allen’s global commercial practice with over 25 years of specialized experience in the commercial and government domains. Eric has led teams of cyber security experts in the assessment, design, and implementation of cyber fusion center constructs for some of the largest commercial clients in the world.  Additionally, he has experience establishing and running incident command structures for clients impacted by security incidents, including initial investigation and response, recovery and remediation, and resiliency activities.  He serves as a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 clients, and partners with CSOs and CISOs in briefing their boards of directors.

Prior to joining Booz Allen, Eric worked for Fiserv, where he led a global team of security professionals in network security operations, key management, identity and access management, threat management, and a security operations center. He also spent time at Bank of America, where he served as the information security officer for a $2 trillion tax collection system on behalf of the U.S. Treasury. Eric attended the University of Texas and Trinity University, where he earned a master of public affairs and bachelor of arts in international studies and French literature and studied European community law at the University of Nancy in France. He holds a CISSP certification.

Nate Beach-Westmoreland leads Booz Allen’s strategic cyber threat intelligence capability, which examines the impact of geopolitics on cyber threats to help senior government and commercial leaders navigate associated risks. Over his 15-year cyber career, he has profiled government-backed and for-profit threat actors, developed innovative methods and tools to improve investigations, examined how emerging technologies shape cyber threats, and more. In 2016, the FBI awarded him a special commendation for his threat investigations, and his reports have been used as exemplar training materials in the intelligence community. Nate holds an M.A. in international relations from Yale University and a B.A. in history from Cornell University.

Matthew Prater is the director of operations and a senior penetration tester at AXE.AI, bringing over a decade of experience breaking and securing complex systems ranging from medical devices (IoMT) and AI-enabled IoT to enterprise web applications, APIs, cloud environments, mobile platforms, and physical facilities. He co-hosts Hack Dayton and holds multiple certifications from SANS and other leading security organizations. Over the past year, he has expanded into security-focused development, building offensive tools that augment modern penetration testing and AI-assisted IoT research. His work now centers on the intersection of artificial intelligence and security—assessing AI-integrated technologies and challenging how organizations adopt and govern AI.

Jake Brandau brings 12+ years of cross-disciplinary security experience spanning cybersecurity operations, physical security, social engineering, and law enforcement. With industry certifications including OSCP, GIAC GCIH, and practical physical exploitation, he specializes in comprehensive security assessments that address digital, physical, and human threat vectors. As an industry speaker and penetration testing expert, Jake shares knowledge on modern security challenges and effective defense strategies. He develops AI-powered software for hardware hacking, social engineering, and security operations that augments engineering teams, with particular focus on IoT, OT, and ICS environments to dramatically accelerate security assessments, vulnerability discovery, and complex analysis that would traditionally require lengthy development cycles.