W.O. (Bill) Kennedy (Member, 1970, Senior Member, 1981) has thirty-five years of professional experience. He received the BScEE from the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., Canada in 1969. Currently, he is an independent consultant in the electric power industry. His previous employment experience includes principal engineer with the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) the independent system operator for Alberta as well management positions in a major electric utility, and national and international work with a consulting engineering firm. He is an expert in power system protection and has published technical papers in IEEE and other journals. He has ongoing executive experience with community, sport and technical organizations.

He is a registered Professional Engineer in the provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. In addition, he holds Permission to Consult from the province of Saskatchewan. In 1998, he was elected a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada. In 2000, he was awarded the first EF Glass Merit Award for service to IEEE Canada.

He has been an active member of the Papers Committee for the Western Protective Relay Conference since 1999 and previously from 1983 – 1987. In 2004, he was appointed a member of the NERC System Protection and Control Task Force tasked with implementing the recommendations of the NERC and Joint Canada US task force reports on the August 2003 Blackout.

An active IEEE volunteer since the 1980’s, Mr. Kennedy has held the following positions at the Section, Region and Board levels. Section: Saskatchewan Section; Secretary Treasurer, 1983 - 1985, South Saskatchewan Section; Chairman, 1985 - 1987, Past Section Chairman, 1987 - 1989, Chairman WESCANEX ’91, 1990 – 1991, Interim Section Chairman, 1996, Southern Alberta Section; Secretary, 2001 – 2001, PES/IAS Chapter Interim Chair, 2001. Region: Western Canada Council Awards Committee Chair; 1998, 1999, 2000, Treasurer; 1996 – 1998, Western Canada Council Chair; 1991 – 1992, Secretary; 1993, Member Volunteer Audit Committee; 1992, Member Region Forward Planning Committee; 1992. Board: Region 7 Director; – Elect; 2002 – 2003, Member RAB FinCom; 2002, Membership Development Committee; 2003, Section/Chapter Support Committee Review (Chair); 2003, Region 7 Director; 2004 – 2005, Member Audit Committee; 2004 – 2005, Member Finance Committee; 2005, RAB Strategic Planning Committee; 2004 – 2005, Member Transnational Committee 2004

He is presently serving as IEEE Canadian Foundation Director, past IEEE Canada President, and IEEE Director for Division VII- the Power Engineering Society.