Dr. Gers is an electrical engineer with a strong background in Protection and Power System Analysis. He obtained his BSc in Electrical Engineering at University of Valle, Colombia, in 1977. In 1981 he finished his MSc in Power Systems at the University of Salford in England and his PhD in 1998 at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland with research in Distribution Systems Automation. In 1981 he founded GERS which is a consulting engineering company specializing in power systems. The company has offices in the USA, Colombia, Mexico, and Chile. He was lecturer at University of Valle for more than 20 years and the Vice Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia in 2002. He also is an instructor for several Power Systems courses at Gonzaga University. He is the author of several books and over 40 technical papers. Dr. Gers is a Chartered Engineer of the IET, IEEE Senior Member. He currently participates in several groups of the Power System Relaying Committee – PSRC of the IEEE.