Chris is a nationally recognized NERC Reliability and Security compliance expert. Formerly, Chris was the Director of Compliance Risk Analysis and Enforcement at the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), where he led a team of regulatory professionals, cyber security professionals, and electrical engineers. During his seven years at WECC, Chris created and developed the Compliance Risk Analysis, Mitigation, and Enforcement teams and led the development of all the tools, processes, policies, and procedures, which paved the way for how WECC monitors, audits and enforces all Reliability and Security Standards in the Western Interconnection.  Chris also served as the National Char (8 Regions and NERC) of the Enforcement, Mitigation and Sanction working group for several years.

Prior to WECC, Chris was a Technical Consultant for the State of Utah (Division of Public Utilities) focusing on auditing, ratemaking, and overall utility regulation. Chris has an MBA, with honors, from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah and a BS in Economics and a BS in Communications from the University of Utah.