About David W. Hilt

2024                           Inducted into the Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineering

 EDUCATION

 1977                          BSEE – University of Missouri – Rolla

 WORK EXPERIENCE

2023 – Present             Retired

2014 – 2023                  President and Founder, Grid Reliability Consulting, LLC

2010 – 2014                  Vice President Transmission and Regulatory, Quanta Technology

1999 – 2010                  Vice President Compliance, North American Electric Reliability Corporation

1996 – 1999                  Director of Operations, Mid-America Interconnected Network, Inc.

1986 – 1996                  Planning Engineering Supervisor, Central Illinois Public Service

1983 – 1986                  Senior Substation Engineer, Central Illinois Public Service

1978 – 1983                  Design Engineer, Missouri Utilities Company

 OTHER

 Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Elected Village Trustee, Village of Chatham, 1992 - 1996

Innovators Award, Electric Power Research Institute

Chief Technology Officer, Task Force on Homeland Security, a Congressional Advisory Board authorized under the Ethics Committee

Member, Department of Homeland Security Cybercore Advisory Panel

Technical Lead, 2003 Northeast Blackout Investigation, US – Canada Power System Outage Task Force

1 book chapter, trade journal articles

Licensed Professional Engineer in Missouri and Illinois