Michael E. Bryson, Senior Vice President – Operations, is responsible for PJM’s Operations Division, overseeing 24/7 transmission operations for real-time systems. This includes scheduling, transmission dispatch, generation dispatch, reliability coordination, training, and all engineering analysis required to run the system and support the critical energy management systems. 

Bryson also held the positions of executive director of system operations, general manager of dispatch operations and manager of the Transmission Department for the System Operations Division. He was responsible for PJM’s transmission operations

support for real-time operations to include transaction scheduling, transmission analysis and regional and seasonal studies.

He serves on the board of PJM Technologies Inc. and was formerly on the board of directors of the ReliabilityFirst Corporation. Bryson is a member of the ISO/RTO Operating Committee as well as past member of the Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions. Bryson serves on the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC) Gas-Electric Alignment for Reliability initiative, also known as GEAR.

Bryson is currently the board chair of The House, a Women’s Outreach in Phoenixville, PA. and was the former chair of the board of Pope John Paul II High School. Prior to joining PJM, Bryson held various senior-level positions with DIMAC DIRECT Inc. in St. Louis, including vice president of information services, manager of operations and technical services, and manager of applications development.

Bryson has nearly 10 years of military experience as a pilot. He was awarded the Bronze Star for Combat Service in Desert Storm. His responsibilities in the United States Army included operations planning and support, supervision and training of pilots and mechanics, and tactical computer systems training

and maintenance. 

Bryson earned a Bachelor of Science in general engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, focusing on computer science and electrical engineering, and has a Master of Business Administration from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Bryson also earned a graduate certificate in power engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.