Wayne Bishop Jr. is Vice President of Industry Outreach and Strategy at Quanta Technology and has worked in the electric power industry for over 30 years. Wayne is a Senior Member of IEEE and since 2011, Wayne has served as a member of the IEEE PES Long Range Planning Committee. From 2019-2023, Wayne served as IEEE PES Vice President Conferences and was a member of the IEEE PES Governing Board. In addition, Wayne currently serves as a Senior Advisor to LUMA Energy, the electric utility in Puerto Rico. Previously, Wayne worked at OMICRON electronics for 13 years where he was Head of Marketing for North America. Prior to that, Wayne was employed at Doble Engineering for 20 years in several senior management positions. Wayne is a graduate of Merrimack College, Harvard University, and the Executive MBA Program at Suffolk University in Boston, graduating with honors. He speaks regularly at industry conferences, has moderated more than 75 panels, and published several articles and papers in industry publications including IEEE Power and Energy Magazine and T&D World Magazine. Wayne is also a member of the Board of Advisors for the College of Science and Engineering at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts.