Grand River Dam Authority
Kevin Pritchett has a strong background in network engineering and IT. Kevin started their career in 2009 as a System Administrator at Cherokee Nation Health I.T., where they handled trouble calls and diagnosed equipment problems until 2014. In 2014, Kevin joined Grand River Dam Authority as an Assistant Superintendent Communications Technician, where they were responsible for programming, installing, troubleshooting, and repairing network infrastructure and equipment. Later, they advanced to the position of Network Engineer at the same company in 2018. In that role, they designed, engineered, implemented, and supported complex network infrastructure, including routers, switches, WAN and Internet circuits, firewalls, and monitoring tools. Kevin also provided 24x7 call out support to mission-critical network operations and collaborated with the Cyber Security and SCADA teams to ensure reliable and secure network design and infrastructure.
Kevin Pritchett attended Tulsa Community College from 2012 to 2014, earning an Associate of Science (AS) degree in Business Applications Processional. Prior to this, from 2001 to 2005, they attended Rogers State University, where they studied Information Technology. No specific degree was mentioned for their time at Rogers State University.
Grand River Dam Authority
GRDA utilizes a diverse portfolio of electric generation assets to keep rates low and reliability high. This gas, coal, water and wind portfolio includes Oklahoma’s first hydroelectric facility; the state’s only pumped-storage project; the first M501J gas turbine deployed in the Western Hemisphere and other generation assets. GRDA transmits and delivers this wholesale electricity across its 24-county service area in Northeast Oklahoma via a sophisticated energy delivery system. GRDA sells electricity to three customer classes: municipals, electric cooperatives and industries. GRDA also manages 70,000 surface acres of lake waters in Oklahoma, including Grand Lake, Lake Hudson and the W.R. Holway Reservoir. GRDA also fulfills this stewardship mission in its management of the waters of the scenic Illinois River.