Ken has over 30 years of experience in the electric utility industry, most recently as a Principal Engineer at the Bonneville Power Administration. He has extensive experience with SCADA and time-synchronized phasor data collection and use, including collection, system communications, system architecture and design, and applications for protection, control, monitoring, data management and display. Ken’s work covers instrumentation and measurement systems for research, test, validation, and controls, including development of imbedded microprocessor systems, automated measurement systems with remote controls, and diverse communication systems. His accomplishments include:
 

●	Development of the first Phaser Data Concentrator (PDC) which is now the most commonly used unit in North America.
●	Development of the phasor system architecture most commonly used world-wide.
●	Participation in the Eastern Interconnect Phasor Project, the North American SynchroPhasor Initiative, and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council.
●	Teaching extension classes and workshops throughout the U.S. and several other countries including Russia, Spain, and China.

Ken’s principal interests are improvement of wide area measurement systems (WAMS) using phasor measurements and advanced applications.  His interests entail several areas of development including:
 

●	A more advanced PDC, essential to supporting very large WAMS systems
●	Display applications, a step to operations acceptance and a requirement of advanced grid awareness (mandated by NERC).
●	Real time controls, such as the WACS demonstration project at BPA, to improve utilization of the grid and support system security.
●	Dynamic measurement capability, improved testing, and advanced data management, requirements for system improvements

Ken holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University and a M.A. degree in Mathematics from the University of Washington.  He has authored or co-authored over 30 technical papers in his specialty areas.  Ken is a Fellow of the IEEE, and a member of the Power System Relay Committee and the Relay Communications Sub-committee.  He chairs the Synchrophasor Standard working group, and is a member of several other working groups.  He is a registered Professional Engineer in Washington and Oregon states.