Dr. Nat Horner

Dr. Nat Horner is the Director for Grid Cybersecurity and Communications in the Office of Electricity at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), where he oversees technology R&D programs focused on securing the information networks that underpin the electricity system. His career has spanned the energy and national security domains, including previous roles in systems analysis, policy analysis, program management, and software engineering at the Pentagon, DOE, the RAND Corporation, and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

Dr. Horner holds a PhD in engineering and public policy from Carnegie Mellon University and master's degrees in systems engineering and computer science. He started his civil service career as a Presidential Management Fellow and completed the Cyber Leadership Development Program at National Defense University as a member of its inaugural cohort.