Reed is an engineer at Flint Energies, an electric cooperative located in central Georgia. He received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Mercer University and has been working in SCADA and automation since day 1 of his career, leading the rollout of Flint’s distribution automation system in an effort to reduce outage time. Reed focuses on using the vast amount of operational data available from existing assets to improve safety and efficiency in the control room, as well as aid in system planning.