Company Names Jim Beechey Vice President,
Aaron Rajda Chief Digital
Officer
JACKSON,
Mich., May 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers
Energy today announced leadership changes in its information
technology (IT) department. Tamara
Faber, chief digital officer, is leaving the company
effective May 31. Faber's role will
be split into two distinct IT functions: strategy and operations.
Jim Beechey was named Vice
President, IT and Security and Chief Information Officer effective
Feb. 15, and Aaron Rajda will join the company as Vice
President, Applications and Analytics and Chief Digital Officer
effective Monday, May 20.
"Jim's expertise in the compliance, risk, privacy, cyber and
physical security space will set our information technology teams
up for success as the two teams are integrated to improve the
customer experience," said Brian
Rich, Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer. "I'm
thrilled to have Aaron join the company and apply his wealth of
experience in global digital product delivery, application
management and digital customer experience that aligns well with
our customer service vision."
Jim is responsible for the company's information technology
strategy, investments and operations. He also leads all aspects of
physical and cyber security. He previously served as Consumers
Energy's Executive Director of Security. He has also held roles
within the company as IT Security Manager and Information Security
Director. Before joining Consumers Energy in 2011, Beechey held
several increasingly responsible managerial IT and security roles
at Northwood University.
Jim holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and business
management from Northwood University
and a master's degree in information security engineering from the
SANS Technology Institute.
Aaron comes to Consumers Energy after serving over 20 years at
Ford Motor Company holding several increasingly responsible
leadership positions. Aaron joined Ford as its Senior Manager of
Business Systems before serving as an IT Executive Director leading
global technology teams that supported multiple business units and
functional skill teams. He most recently held a leadership role in
Ford's digital marketing, sales and customer products area, where
he delivered complex, high-value digital customer solutions.
Aaron earned a bachelor's degree in management information
systems from Wayne State University and
master's degree in business administration (MBA) from the Ross
School of Business at the University of
Michigan.
Consumers Energy is Michigan's
largest energy provider, providing natural gas and/or electricity
to 6.8 million of the state's 10 million residents in all 68 Lower
Peninsula counties.
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SOURCE Consumers Energy