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Rusty Williams
Mgr-Planning & Engineering - Southern Company Services
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Rusty is the Infrastructure Services Manager of Planning & Engineering for Southern Company. In this position, he is responsible for the planning, design and installation of the transport, data network, storage and computing infrastructure facilities for the Southern Company and its affiliates. Rusty graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He has worked in various organizations within Southern Company including Power Delivery, Telecommunications and the unregulated SMR affiliate – Southern LINC . Rusty is a registered professional engineer in the State of Alabama.
| Mon, May 07 |
| 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM |
HOT TOPIC: Disaster Planning and Your Wireless and IT Systems
Room: 19AB
Businesses, including utilities, are missing the key role of wireless communications and IT networks in their business continuity and disaster recovery plans. Few commercial businesses have a comprehensive BC/DR plan: while some have a sketchy idea of procedures to meet basic requirements, many others don’t even have that. This presentation looks at the benefits of a top-down BC/DR plan, including the critical role of wireless, and you will hear from one utility that has been doing serious thinking about how to change its use of technology to meet new emergencies and possible pandemics.
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