LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — SPP announced Monday it has appointed former FBI agent Mark Bowling as its director of compliance and security. Bowling will oversee SPP’s compliance policies and procedures, including national and regional reliability standards and tariff provisions, and he will be responsible for corporate security monitoring and response.

Bowling, who served as an FBI special agent for 20 years, also worked for the U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General. He has investigative experience in computer intrusion, computer fraud, counter-terrorism, national security and counterintelligence. Prior to joining the FBI in 1995, Bowling was a naval nuclear engineering officer with the United States Navy for six years.

Michael Desselle, SPP’s vice president of process integrity and chief compliance and administrative officer, said Bowling’s “expertise in identifying and mitigating cyber threats will be extremely beneficial in leading the effort to protect our critical infrastructure assets.”

— Tom Kleckner