COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- American
Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) has added three new leaders to its
information technology group. The company named Joe Brenner vice president of Application
Development & Business Solutions, effective Nov. 2. Sanjay Terakanambi has been named vice
president of Technology Infrastructure, Operations & Support
and Christopher D. Johnson has been
named managing director of Enterprise Innovation & Technology,
effective Nov. 9. All three positions
report to Therace Risch, senior vice
president and chief information & technology officer.
Brenner will be responsible for planning and delivery of
customer technologies and will oversee Charge, AEP's digital
innovation hub. Terakanambi will be responsible for infrastructure
technologies, technology operations and support. Johnson will work
with AEP's utility operating companies and business units to seek
out and assess new technologies that expand or enhance business
opportunities for the company.
"The addition of Joe, Sanjay and Chris to our existing
leadership team will allow us to accelerate the advancement of
technology and innovation at AEP as we transform the way our
employees work and deliver new technologies to our customers while
driving down costs," Risch said.
Brenner, 52, most recently was chief information officer at
Sally Beauty Holdings, where he drove a digital transformation
through the rapid advancement of digital and mobile technology
platforms, implemented new core software packages and transitioned
to modern infrastructure technologies. Previously, he was chief
information officer at Signet Jewelers and served in technology
leadership roles at Target and Best Buy. Brenner served as an
aviation officer in the U.S. Army. He holds a bachelor's degree in
aerospace engineering from the University of
Notre Dame and an MBA in business and IT from Eastern Michigan University.
Terakanambi, 51, joins AEP from Best Buy where he served as vice
president of Infrastructure Services. Prior to Best Buy, he held
roles of increasing responsibility including vice president of
Systems Engineering & Support for Pearson PLC, a global media
company. While at Pearson, Terakanambi was responsible for
infrastructure and support and led IT activities supporting mergers
and acquisitions. Previously, he held technology roles at ACT, Inc.
Terakanambi has a bachelor's of engineering in telecommunications
from Bangalore University, a
master's degree in electrical engineering from Southern Illinois University and an MBA from the
University of Iowa.
Johnson, 37, returns to AEP from Amazon where he led an Amazon
Web Services Innovation Advisory team. From 2007 to 2019, Johnson
held roles of increasing responsibility at AEP, most recently as
director of Enterprise Innovation & Technology. Previously, he
worked at Battelle Memorial Institute. Johnson has a bachelor's
degree in environmental, safety and occupational health management
from the University of Findlay.
American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, is focused on building a
smarter energy infrastructure and delivering new technologies and
custom energy solutions to our customers. AEP's approximately
17,000 employees operate and maintain the nation's largest
electricity transmission system and more than 221,000 miles of
distribution lines to efficiently deliver safe, reliable power to
nearly 5.5 million regulated customers in 11 states. AEP also is
one of the nation's largest electricity producers with
approximately 30,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity,
including more than 5,300 megawatts of renewable energy. AEP's
family of companies includes utilities AEP Ohio, AEP Texas,
Appalachian Power (in Virginia and
West Virginia), AEP Appalachian
Power (in Tennessee), Indiana
Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of
Oklahoma, and Southwestern
Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana, east Texas and the Texas
Panhandle). AEP also owns AEP Energy, AEP Energy Partners,
AEP OnSite Partners, and AEP Renewables, which provide innovative
competitive energy solutions nationwide. For more information,
visit aep.com
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