Tom Ortmeyer began his career at Commonwealth Edison Company in the Operations Analysis Department. He then returned to Iowa State University to pursue graduate studies. Upon completion of his PhD degree, he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering department faculty at Clarkson University, where he is currently Research Professor. At Clarkson, he has taught many courses in the power engineering area. He is currently involved in research in the areas of power distribution, distributed generation interconnection, microgrids, and power system protection. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE.