Michael E. Legatt

Michael E. Legatt, Ph.D. is the Founder and CEO of ResilientGrid, Inc., whose mission is to empower critical infrastructure operations to continually strengthen resiliency and reliability. Dr. Legatt has PhDs in both Energy Systems Engineering and Clinical Health Psychology/Neuropsychology. He has used the integration of these fields in his approach to building software solutions and management techniques that focus on optimizing human performance in complex technical operating environments.

Prior to founding ResilientGrid, Dr. Legatt spent a decade as the principal human factors engineer for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), where his development of the Macomber Map® software system has been helping ERCOT operators for over ten years, and Southwest Power Pool operators for over three years maintain situational awareness and manage transmission operations. The results of which include achieving a new record for integration of wind generation (62% SPP, 54% ERCOT), maintaining increasingly complex real-time operation, and providing advanced tools for operator training and grid simulations.