Protection & Controls Support
Relay settings support, protection scheme review, one-line and schematic review, coordination analysis, and field troubleshooting.
Grid Services applies advances in technology to help you meet NERC requirements ahead of enforcement deadlines.
Utility protection · Controls · Automation
Field experience.
System insight.
Grid confidence.
Principal-level technical support connecting protection and controls, commissioning, and modern substation automation.
PROTECTION / CONTROLAUTOMATION / INTEGRATION
FROM THE RELAY PANEL TO THE DATA PIPELINE
Since 2004Protection & controls experience
13 kV–765 kVEquipment experience in résumé
M.S. / Georgia TechElectrical & Computer Engineering · 2025
Technical capabilities
Expertise where
your project needs it.
Focused support for utilities, project teams, and service partners—from relay logic and field testing to integrated substation systems.
Substation Automation & Integration
SEL environments, Blueframe communications, SCADA, DNP3, and IEC 61850 support connecting equipment, controls, and operational data.
Testing & Commissioning
Relay and scheme testing, CT checks, equipment commissioning support, in-service phasor checks, and energization readiness coordination.
Forward-Deployed Technical Support
Embedded technical expertise to resolve implementation challenges alongside your field, automation, and project teams.
Principal Consulting & Technical Leadership
Scope development, technical review, team guidance, troubleshooting, and coordination between project management and field execution.
Specialist Staff Augmentation
Experienced P&C and automation support aligned to your project scope, schedule, standards, and existing delivery team.
How we engage
Understand the system.
Clarify the scope.
Support delivery.
Practical technical judgment informed by work in the field, protection analysis, and team leadership.
- 01 — Define the needAlign on equipment, interfaces, deliverables, and responsibilities.
- 02 — Connect the disciplinesBring protection, controls, automation, and commissioning into one technical conversation.
- 03 — Work with your teamProvide scoped consulting, embedded support, or specialist capacity.
Principal expertise
A career built
around the grid.
Tariq Jilani
Protection and controls specialist with experience spanning utility substations, relay settings, commissioning, SCADA, and technical team leadership.
His background includes field and consulting roles supporting transmission and distribution protection, microprocessor and electromechanical relays, and complex protection schemes.
Master of Science, Electrical & Computer EngineeringGeorgia Institute of Technology · June 2025
Bachelor of Science, Electrical EngineeringFlorida International University · August 2004
Start with your scope
What does your
next project need?
Tell us about the service area, project context, and schedule.
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