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Leadership Team
Krish Shetty, Chief Executive Officer
Krish Shetty is the Chief Executive Officer and the Co-Founder of Wiznucleus. He has extensive domestic and international experience in IBM enterprise software business and with multi-product companies. Krish has a successful track record of creating valuable technology companies...
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Prior to forming Wiznucleus, Krish co-founded and was the President & CEO of Nastel Technologies since 1994. At Nastel, Krish led the strategic direction of the company and managed the end-to-end value chain involving design and development of complex enterprise management & transaction software. Nastel has become a key provider of mission critical middleware management and performance software for the Global 2000 customers. During his leadership, the company built important strategic partnerships and profitable OEM relationships with IBM, Hewlett Packard and BMC Software among others. Prior to Nastel, in 1985, Krish was the CEO of Proteus Technology, Inc., one of the first companies to deliver the highly acclaimed desktop systems. The Proteus brand of workstations and systems emerged as the favorites of engineering labs and customers with high performance computing requirements. The company’s products were distributed around the world and received rave reviews for their innovation and engineering.
Krish is a graduate of Harvard Business School and he received his BS degree from Rutgers University. (Show less…)
Robert Gill, Director of Product Management
Robert Gill has over 30 years of experience in nuclear power plant management, including licensing, license renewal, emergency plan, license amendment, merger license amendment request and others...
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He contributed to the development of NEI 10-04, "Scope of Systems for the NRC Cyber Security 10 CFR 73.54 and FERC Order 706-B Compliance, and the development of (NEI 08-09, Revision 6) "Cyber Security Plan for Nuclear Power Reactors" . In addition, Bob has performed a number of training activities for the nuclear industry including: Prepared and presented "Nuclear Regulatory Processes - 101" training to 2009 NITSL Conference, Prepared and presented "Current Licensing Basis" training to nuclear employees. Led the development of enhanced company directive for communicating with the NRC Participated in the NEI review of NRC ISG#6 - Digital I&C Licensing Process Developed industry model template for UFSAR Section describing Heavy Loads licensing basis.
Robert has a BS in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Virginia.(Show less…)
Satish Talekar, Chief Technology Officer
During the last 20 years, Satish has successfully architected & engineered IT solutions to support industrial business operations. His specializations include full lifecycle implementations of SPC, QMS & Compliance Management Solutions as well as QA/QC systems with integrated firmware & software based solutions. Satish has experience in a wide range of industries, including electrical power, industrial & medical electronics, energy management for Plants & Building Automation, Process & Discreet Manufacturing, & Telecom. His knowledge areas include Regulatory Compliance, Quality Assurance & Control, Enterprise Asset Management, Certification & Audits, SPC, Manufacturing Execution System (MES), PLM, Product Configurators, Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI), HMI/SCADA, and industrial automation systems, including PLCs, Industrial Drives, Process Controllers, Sensors & related hardware, and firmware & software based systems...
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Prior to joining Wiznucleus, Satish held positions at large international organizations, including Siemens Ltd, Siemens Information Systems Ltd of India, and Larsen & Toubro Infotech USA.
Satish has a BS in Electronics & Post- graduate diploma in Software Technology from NCST, India... (Show less…)
Michael Echols, Chief Compliance Director
Michael Echols is the Chief Compliance Director. Michael is an accomplished NERC CIP and Smart Grid Cyber Security Expert. He is experienced in all aspects of NERC CIP compliance and Audits, Risk Assessment/ Management, Industrial Control and Information Systems Security, SCADA, and substation automation. He has over 10 years of operational leadership in various areas of compliance including, FERC, NERC CIP, FISMA, FERC, SOX, HIPAA, as well as experience with remediation and governance. Michael has led and managed Cyber Security compliance and remediation at Salt River Project (SRP), Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC),Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)...
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Michael has in-depth experience in establishing and implementing an enterprise-wide information-security program. Overseeing department efforts to identify and evaluate all critical systems. Design and implementation of security processes, procedures and protection mechanisms on agencies certified IT network(s). Michael has collaborated with external auditors to conduct in-depth compliance audits and penetration testing, presenting all results to senior management.
Michael has a BA in Political Science from the University of Michigan, a Masters in Computer Information Systems from the University of Phoenix and is a certified CISSP and PMP. He is the co-author of Smart Grid Security. (Show less…)
Andrew Gallo, Advisory Board Member - Director of Reliability Compliance, Austin Energy
Andrew Gallo is currently the director of reliability compliance for Austin Energy in Austin, Texas. He previously served as the chief compliance officer for Seattle City Light. He led Seattle City Light through its first on-site NERC reliability standards audit and Austin Energy through an on-site audit of its TO, TOP, TP, LSE, and DP functions. Before Seattle, he was assistant general counsel for Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT) where he worked on protocols compliance matters. Before becoming part of the electric industry, he worked in the oil and gas industry for 15 years...
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Andrew received a Juris Doctor degree from the College of William and Mary in Virginia in 1985 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hofstra University in New York in 1982. (Show less…)
Raghu Rao, Director & Co-Founder
Raghu Rao is the co-founder and director at Wiznucleus. He has over 20 years experience in IT strategy, architecture and design, development, outsourcing, marketing and sales. Raghu has successfully managed and implemented complex projects on varied platforms for clients in Government, Publishing, Aerospace, Utilities, Chemicals, Legal, Healthcare and Telecom. He has advised clients on the strategy and rollout of high-profile projects, including the Federal Internet Portal USA.gov (firstgov.gov), National Cancer Institute's cancer.gov and other e-Government initiatives of the President's Management Agenda...
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Prior to Wiznucleus, Raghu was the President of InfoZen, which he founded in 1995. At Infozen, Raghu created a world-class team that filled a critical business gap by providing innovative turnkey solutions that converted data into actionable information. InfoZen has emerged as a leading provider of integrated information management and technology solutions to commercial and government clients. Prior to founding InfoZen, he was a program manager for electronic journals and a member of the R&D group at Reed Elsevier's Technology Information Services, where he helped develop several pioneering databases delivered on CD-ROM, electronic journals and encyclopedias.
Raghu has a Master's in Computer Science from Virginia Tech and an Electrical Engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Raghu has also completed coursework for an MBA in Information Systems at George Washington University and is on the Board of Advisors of eLawForum. (Show less…)
Bruce Hinkley, Managing Director of Nuclear Services
Bruce Hinkley is the Managing Director of Nuclear Services. Bruce has over 30 years of broad-based experience in the nuclear industry which includes executive level responsibilities with nuclear utilities, architect engineers and nuclear services companies. He is responsible for management and direction of regulatory, compliance and business areas...
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Bruce has extensive experience performing management consulting activities with the DOE, NRC as well as commercial nuclear energy clients. He is the Team Leader for over 25 separate nuclear utility safety system reviews.
Additionally, Bruce has been recognized by the American Nuclear Society for his efforts in system engineering and inspection/assessment methodologies. He was a member of the steering committee and oversight panel at Hanford WTP providing support to their broad based review activities focused on technical requirement flow down to implementing processes and procedures.
Bruce has a BS in Analytical Management from the US Naval Academy and was a Certified Chief Engineer of a nuclear submarine. (Show less…)














