Ken is an Electrical Engineer in the Advanced Development Group, Systems Engineering Section,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). He is a Senior Systems Engineer and Research Principal
Investigator. Throughout his career, Ken has pursued a wide range of assignments, positions, and roles in
numerous technical domains and environments that require mission critical systems planning,
engineering, defensible design, and resilient operation.

He is a practicing engineer engaged in the assessment and design of standards-based, scalable systems and infrastructure. He also pursues and conducts applied R&D and is a leader in resilience engineering. He has performed vulnerability and risk assessments in thirteen of the sixteen national critical sectors with particular emphasis on the power grid and the defensible design of the communication, networking, and supervisory control (SCADA) supporting infrastructures. He is also actively involved in the assessment and design of secure building automation systems including facility process controls, water/gas/electric utility delivery and metering, emergency power, and building remote access and supervisory monitoring & control.

He has developed the SHARP Risk-to-Resiliency (R2R) framework and evolved it to become a comprehensive foundation and roadmap for asset owners to manage risk. It has notable application to the National Nuclear Weapons Complex Access Control & Alarming security infrastructure which was endorsed by the Chief of Defense Nuclear Security for DOE/NNSA at the time of its implementation.

Career highlights pertaining to the Controls, Communications, Security, and Resilience areas:

1. 20+ years experience as a systems development and integration engineer, system manager, project
manager, and applied R&D principal investigator executing and delivering secure, standards-based,
and scalable mission critical systems and infrastructures
2. 15+ years performing vulnerability assessment, risk mitigation, and system hardening of mission
critical infrastructure in sectors ranging from energy and power systems to transportation, facilities,
emergency communications, nuclear systems protection, and critical IT and computing capability
3. 10+ years involvement with the ISA/IEC Process Control, Supervisory (SCADA) Control standards
committees developing national and international engineering and security standards.
4. Development and application of the SHARP Risk-to-Resiliency (R2R) framework, a comprehensive
and phased engineering approach to system assessment, hardening, architecture, and resilience
5. Design and operation of secure remote access, monitoring, and management systems for critical
assets, systems, and facilities based on defensible design and resilient operation principles
6. Extensive experience with Building Automation and Control systems in all lifecycle phases including
system planning, assessment, architecture, design, testing, commissioning, and management
7. Expertise in Cyber-Electronic assessment, system hardening, and defensible design with emphasis
on attack path analysis, identification, and mitigation of critical control & communication systems
8. Served as Principal Investigator on research projects and conducted business development activities
to propose ideas, develop strategic partnerships, and seek funding opportunities and sponsors.
9. Wide ranging, multi-domain knowledge in networking, telecommunications, security, controls, and
electrical power fields with advanced educational engineering degree credentials and numerous
career certifications and specialized training schools for mission execution
10. Published 25 articles in both peer-reviewed and industry trade magazines in multiple domains
including power, communications, security, networking, and automation. Pieces include cover
articles, trade show editions, and large scale infrastructures such as the national power grid.