Nick Sellers is the Associate Director and Chief Operating Officer of the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security at Auburn University, where he leads all strategic and day-to-day operations of the institute across its applied research, policy, and communications platforms. Nick serves as the principal executive for the DOE-funded Southeast Region Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (SERC3) and the Alabama Cybersecurity Intelligence Center (ACIC), overseeing McCrary’s unified Edge Lab — a dual-engine platform that pairs OT/ICS testbed research in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory with enterprise-grade field deployment services for state, local, and rural critical infrastructure operators. Under his leadership, McCrary executes state and federal cybersecurity programs with a focus on defending the energy grid, water systems, transportation, state and local governments, and other U.S. critical infrastructure.
Prior to joining Auburn, Nick spent more than 20 years as a senior executive at Alabama Power and Southern Company, where he held multiple vice president and senior vice president roles across operations, regulatory affairs, project development, and federal relations. Nick holds a J.D. from Birmingham School of Law and a B.A. from the University of the Pacific, and is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute.
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