Ralph Mackiewicz is Vice President of SISCO, a developer ofcommunications and integration products for electric utility applicationslocated in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Ralph is an active participant inseveral IEC standards activities and has expertise with IEC 61850, ICCP –TASE.2, Common Information Model (CIM), OPC and ISO 9506 (MMS). Ralph participatesin CIGRÉ, IEEE and UCA International Users Group activities including the CIMUsers Group and the IEC 61850 Users Group and is currently vice-chair of theboard of directors of the UCA International Users Group. When Ralph is notpursuing his passion of interoperability, and when the water is not frozen, heand his wife enjoy their boat by fishing on beautiful Lake St. Clair which issituated between the US and Canada north of Detroit.
