Bio:
Dean Sorensen is a Lead Senior Engineer, Protection Standards and Support, National Grid. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Massachusetts with a total of 26 years of investor-owned utility experience in protection and controls, engineering, power quality analysis and investigation, and SCADA/EMS systems. He has previously taught courses including The Basics of Electricity for Non-Engineers, a 2-day in-house training course and System Voltage Control which was an evening module of the Electric Council of New England's (ECNE) Distribution System Operator Training School. He is currently a new adjunct instructor for Worcester Polytechnic Institute for Fundamentals of Protective Relaying, which is an upcoming graduate level course being held at National Grid headquarters. His educational background includes M.S. in Power Systems Management from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA in 2002 and B.S.with Distinction in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA in1984.

Bio:
Alejandro Schnakofsky graduated from FIU with a BS in Electrical Engineering. He has been working  for ABB Inc. since 2005 in areas related to power system's protection, control, and automation. Most recently, he relocated to Raleigh, NC with his family to serve as the Manager of Applications and Support for PSN Substation Automation Products.

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Allen Brown has worked for National Grid as a Lead Senior & Principal Protection engineer since 2000 and in 2006 was appointed Manager of Protection Engineering-New England. Prior to National Grid, Allen worked for Eastern Utilities Associates (EUA) in the Protection & Control in addition to the Substation departments from 1981 to 2000. Allen is a licensed Professional Engineer in Rhode Island & Massachusetts and an IEEE member.

Allen earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (BEEE) from Pratt Institute with a specialty in Power Systems, graduating with highest honors. He also earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Aeronautics from Middle Tennessee State University and is a FAA licensed private pilot.

Allen has a special interest in renewable energy and in 1980 was awarded a grant from the DOE to perform wind-turbine research. Allen is married with 2 daughters, one attending school in North Carolina & another working in the Peace Core as a small business developer in Taza, Morocco.

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James E. Mack has a BSEE degree from Louisiana State University. Jim has held various positions in his 32 years in the electric utility industry, including experience with transmission, distribution, and SCADA systems and nuclear power plant construction. He joined Schweitzer Engineering Labs, Inc. in 1996 as a field application engineer where he assists customers in the application of SEL relays and integration systems

Bio:
Dean Sorensen is a Lead Senior Engineer, Protection Standards and Support, National Grid. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Massachusetts with a total of 26 years of investor-owned utility experience in protection and controls, engineering, power quality analysis and investigation, and SCADA/EMS systems. He has previously taught courses including The Basics of Electricity for Non-Engineers, a 2-day in-house training course and System Voltage Control which was an evening module of the Electric Council of New England's (ECNE) Distribution System Operator Training School. He is currently a new adjunct instructor for Worcester Polytechnic Institute for Fundamentals of Protective Relaying, which is an upcoming graduate level course being held at National Grid headquarters. His educational background includes M.S. in Power Systems Management from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA in 2002 and B.S.with Distinction in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA in1984.

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Babak Enayati received the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY in 2009. After graduation, he joined the Protection Engineering department at National Grid, Waltham, MA.