{"678460":{"#nid":"678460","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ECE Student Seminar | A Rewarding Career in Energy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u003C\/strong\u003E A Rewarding Career in Energy\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker: \u003C\/strong\u003EKevin Fletcher, Retired President and CEO of WEC Energy Group\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E Monday, November 18, 2024\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E 12:30 p.m.-1:20 p.m.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u003C\/strong\u003E Van Leer Building, C240\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E My Georgia Tech engineering degree was the foundation that helped me through the leadership and technical challenges I faced running a major utility. I would like to share with you my journey, challenges, and advice from mentors that helped me in an exciting and rewarding career.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio:\u003C\/strong\u003E Fletcher was president of the WEC Energy Group since October 2018 and was named chief executive officer and appointed to the Office of the Chair and board of directors in February 2019. Fletcher retired June 2022 after a 45-year career in the utility industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore the formation of WEC Energy Group, Fletcher served as senior vice president \u2013 customer operations for We Energies. In that role, he had overall responsibility for the planning, engineering, construction, operation and maintenance of the company\u2019s electric and natural gas distribution systems in Wisconsin and Michigan\u2019s Upper Peninsula. He became president \u2013 We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service in May 2016 and president \u2013 Minnesota Energy Resources, Michigan Gas Utilities and Upper Michigan Energy Resources in September 2018. He also was responsible for the supplier diversity initiative across all of WEC Energy Group\u2019s utilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore joining We Energies, Fletcher was vice president \u2013 community and economic development at Georgia Power, Southern Co.\u2019s largest subsidiary. In his 34 year career with Southern Co. in Atlanta \u2013 16 of those as an officer \u2013 Fletcher held leadership positions in operations, customer service, marketing and sales.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFletcher holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. He also completed Harvard Business School\u2019s advanced management program and holds an honorary Doctor of Engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrior to retirement, Fletcher was a member of the boards of directors of the American Transmission Co., Edison Electric Institute and Electric Power Research Institute. He also served on the board of directors for the United Way of Greater Milwaukee \u0026amp; Waukesha County. He currently serves on the board of regents of MSOE.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin retired WEC Energy Group President and CEO Kevin Fletcher for a talk about his journey, challenges, and advice from mentors that helped him in an exciting and rewarding career.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join retired WEC Energy Group President and CEO Kevin Fletcher for a talk about his journey, challenges, and advice from mentors that helped him in an exciting and rewarding career."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-11-15 16:44:51","changed_gmt":"2024-11-15 16:53:49","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-11-18T12:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2024-11-18T13:20:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-11-18T13:20:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-11-18 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-11-18 18:20:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-11-18 18:20:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Van Leer Building, C240","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5617","name":"ECE Student Seminar"},{"id":"213","name":"energy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}