Nathan Wallace, PhD, CSSA

Nathan has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, B.S. in Physics, a M.S. in Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Cyberspace from Louisiana Tech University. He started his career as an Intern with Entergy’s Relay Settings and Configuration group. He then joined a small utility as an Associate Engineer performing field maintenance of system protection and communication equipment. After seeing the grid’s growing reliance on cyber technologies, he pursued a graduate degree focusing on power system cybersecurity where he also worked as a digital forensics examiner. Nathan currently is a Staff Engineer at Ampirical and a Co-founder of Ampirical’s sister firm Cybirical, where he is the Director of Cyber Operations. He is a member of the Power & Energy Society, the Computer Society, and currently Chairs two Tasks Forces in the Power System Communications & Cybersecurity (PSCC) technical committee.