Michael Thow Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Manage and lead an amazing team who performs cutting-edge R&D technology for the Instrumentation and Control (I&C), Electrical, and Procurement Engineering Program in the development and application of products and services designed to improve Equipment Reliability (ER), minimize risk, and optimize overall plant performance.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Led efforts in nuclear power plant digital control systems and cyber security research and development. Managed the development and application of products and services within the nuclear industry through contractors and cross-functional teams. Planned and directed project schedules and budgets to ensure successful completion of projects or products.

- Oversee cyber security technical experts across multiple nuclear utilities providing strategic guidance and direction of work activities to implement cyber security engineering activities in order to meet 10 CFR 73.54. These activities included:o Security Control CDA Assessments (Direct and Indirect)o Security Control Implementation Strategy, Common Control, Grouping and Alternate Control Strategy Developmento Digital Equipment / Supply Chain Procurement Program Implementationo Portable Media Mobile Devices Program Developmento Cyber Security Monitoring Networking Engineering Studieso Cyber Security Incidence Responseo Tamper Indication Program IntegrationAs Cyber Security Engineering Supervisor, my responsibilities and duties also included: •Assisting in development and capture of business opportunities within the energy sector domestically and internationally.•Creating technical strategies and proposal development that led to several successful captures.•Formulated cyber strategies to best meet evolving technological and regulatory requirements.•Actively participated in Industry organizations, such as ANS, NEI and NITSL, to assist with the development of best practices.•Developed requisite training programs for organizational and team member development. •Act as a project mentor, subject matter expert and interface with both internal/external customers and technical subject matter experts.

Hartsville, Sc

Assigned to implementation of NEI 08-09 Milestones in support of 10CFR § 73.54 (Protection of digital computer, communication systems, and networks.)Completed Milestones 1 thru 7 on time. Performed over 160 self assessments on plant systems. Chair of the Cyber Security Assessment Team (CSAT). Perform cyber security reviews of new digital plant modifications.Fleet Technical lead for LP Turbine Digital Instrumentation upgrade. Identified vendor system malware prior to install. Technical lead in forensic investigation. Wrote formal industry OE on incident which was determined to be non-malicious. Strengthened internal supply chain and contracts.Preparing to develop cyber security common controls, implement employee cyber awareness training, and implement log and network monitoring. Portable media controls will also be tightened and procedures are being modified to comply with the new cyber regulations.

Hartsville, Sc

Qualified Computer Engineer for Digital Process Systems. Technical lead for LP Turbine Digital Instrumentation upgrade across multiple facilities. Technical lead for installation of Waterfall Security's TCP, FTP, OSI/PI, and System1 Connectors for their Unidirectional Data Diodes.Project Manager for wireless network study at Progress Energy Nuclear Facilities. Documented existing frequencies at each site to ensure critical systems would not be negatively impacted by the implementation of an 802.11x based wireless network.Nuclear computing systems technical reviewer for digital plant modifications, 10CFR50.59 review and root cause team qualified . Lead Assessor for assessments in SQA and Cyber Security, Outage Coordinator for Process Systems Group.

Hartsville, Sc

OSI/PI Server Administrator, data architect for Progress Energy Nuclear and Generation fleet. Supported Windows servers and several interface nodes with multiple protocols throughout Progress Energy connecting to other control systems. Worked closely with control system engineers to ensure data validity and design is appropriate for each site's needs while maintaining corporate fleet standardization. Served as nuclear subject matter expert in Software Quality Assurance. Project Manager for implementation of WebEOC for emergency preparedness across the nuclear fleet. Coordinated and developed web pages using HTML and CSS. SQL Server Administrator and architect.

Latta, Sc

Team leader, managed and controlled annual IT budget. Responsible for disaster recovery, backup, network and cyber security policies that minimized system downtime and maximized plant and department efficiency.Project manager for several projects including Novell to NT server NOS migration, consignment warehousing, maintenance management software system, plant communications overhaul, year 2000 project, and plant floor data collection (SCADA). Designed and implemented a network for satellite sales/design centers that connected to the main manufacturing facilityNetwork administrator of AIX and NT Server Environment on a 160 node switched Ethernet local area network (Apple and Windows Clients)System/Domain Administrator for Windows Server, Lucent/Avaya Definity G3si PBX, Intuity Audix, MS Exchange, SQL Server, and IIS.