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georgia Power Company responsible for
AM/FM/gis, distribution automation,
and construction management systems.
During his career with georgia Power,
he served as a field distribution engineer,
field transmission engineer, research engineer, network underground test supervisor, research manager, and manager
of network underground. he received his
B.e.e. and M.s.e.e. degrees from the
georgia institute of technology and
is a registered Professional engineer
in georgia.
IEEE Accomplishments

Mr. Lambert has served on the Pes
governing Board as vice president of
Chapters since 2014, where he is responsible for providing support to 244 local
Pes Chapters and 240 Pes student
Branch Chapters in Regions 1-10. During this time, 21 new Pes Chapters and
107 new Pes student Branch Chapters
have been created. Prior to his current
Pes duties, he served as Region 1-7
representative on the governing board
from 2010 to 2013 and Region 3 representative from 2007 to 2009. he was the
chair of the Atlanta Pes Chapter when
it was named Outstanding Chapter of
the Year in 1994.
he has also been actively involved
in Pes technical activities since 1982,
serving on a variety of working groups
in both the Distribution subcommittee and switchgear Committee. he
was most recently vice chair of the
working group for C37.302-2015 and
a member of the working groups for
ieee 1695-2016 and C37.41-2016. he
is also actively participating in the
Pes scholarship Plus and smart Village Programs.
Candidate Statement

Our most important mission is to address the unprecedented changes to
the grid required to successfully integrate renewable resources and energy
storage. these advances in technology
have also given us a great opportunity,
bringing electricity to the 1.2 billion
people who are living in the dark.
We need to be out front in our power
and energy sector to bring together all
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of our global stakeholders to work together as a team to address the following:
✔ engaging the next generation of
students and young professionals
in our society
✔ facilitating teamwork with our
academic and practitioner members to develop standards to
integrate renewable resources/
storage into the grid while improving reliability and resiliency,
lowering costs, and maintaining safety
✔ providing high-quality education services and publications
to drive the research and deliver
actionable results, products, and
standards to the industry.
i look forward to continuing my
work with our governing Board and
Pes members in Regions 1-10 to address these challenges for the benefit
of humanity.

Treasurer
Nirmal K.C. Nair
nirmal K.C. nair
received the B.e.
degree in electrical
engineering from
Maharaja sayajirao
university, Baroda,
india, in 1990 and
the M.e. degree in high voltage from
the indian institute of science, Bangalore, in 1996. After a decade of professional engineering and lecturing, he
relocated to the united states, where he
completed the Ph.D. degree in electrical
engineering from texas A&M in 2004,
after which moved to new Zealand.
During his career, he has held various
industry, research, and academic positions. Currently, he is an associate professor at the university of Auckland, engaging
with generators, distributors/metering,
retailers, system operator, regulators,
ven dors, and engineering associations
through consultancy and Pes/CigRe
activities. his contributions are in protective relaying, electricity markets,
blackouts, and resilience. he is passionate about life-long learning, energy
policy, innovation and energy media

outreach. he is generally a stickler for
details. in addition to Pes roles, he is
the secretary for CigRe new Zealand
and represents new Zealand in sC B5
(Protection and Automation).
IEEE Accomplishments

Dr. nair joined the ieee as a student
Member during 1989-1990. During his
early career, he used Pes relaying standards and transactions for high-voltage
impulse testing. he attended the 2001
Pes Winter Conference and reconnected as a graduate student Member,
and, ever since, Pes has been his professional home. he has been contributing through various Chapter, section,
and Regional volunteer roles.
Pes activities:
✔ candidate for ieee Division Vii
director-elect in 2017 (at the request of Pes nominations and
Appointments Committee)
✔ Long-Range Planning Committee, 2014-present
✔ Constitution and Bylaws Committee chair, 2011-2016
✔ IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy editor, 2014-present
✔ IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery guest editor, 2015-2016
✔ Region 10 south Chapter representative, 2015-present
✔ nominations and Appointments
Committee member, 2011-2013
✔ Chapter chair ieee new Zealand north, 2011-2014
✔ Life-Long Learning subcommittee secretary, vice-chair, and
chair, 2009-2014
✔ member: Power system Operations, Power system education,
Power system Dynamic Performance, Power system Communication, 2000-present.
ieee section new Zealand north
activities:
✔ section vice-chair, 2007-2008
✔ section chair, 2009-2010
✔ section immediate past chair,
2011-2012
✔ section student Activities coordinator, 2011-present
✔ university of Auckland student
Branch counselor, 2005-2016.
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