James Heyen is currently a Cybersecurity Systems Engineer working on critical infrastructure protection projects at ViaSat in Carlsbad, CA. His role includes consulting, R&D, security architecture, threat intelligence and cybersecurity assessments. Heyen has an extensive background that includes over 30 years of experience in the utility industry at Salt River Project, Ameren, Duke and Bechtel. His energy experience includes Enterprise Cybersecurity Architect, OT/IT network security architecture and security assessments. James has utility operations experience in transmission/distribution, nuclear and fossil power generation as well as telecommunications and SCADA. He holds an MBA in MIS and a BSEET as well as numerous industry certifications (CISSP,C|EH, L|PT,C|HFI,E|CSA,CCNA,CCDA).