Dr. Johan Enslin has combined a balanced industry and academic career with 38-year leadership experience in industry and academia throughout the USA, Europe and South Africa. He served as an executive, with P/L responsibilities, for private business operations and a professor in electrical engineering at several universities. Dr. Enslin initiated and led renewable energy teams, incubate startup companies and the lead PI for large multi-disciplinary power system research, system planning and construction projects.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Sunday U. S. adversaries currently have the capability to shut down the nation’s power grid, as the Biden administration and the energy industry race to upgrade outdated technology and secure critical infrastructure against rapidly evolving cyber threats. “I think that there are very malign actors who are trying,” Granholm said on CNN’s “State of the Union.
There is a shortage of qualified, skilled workforce to counteract these intrusions. A renewed effort to support graduate education programs that train the workforce for security and resiliency needs to be the top priority.