What Happened?
North Palm Beach, FL-based NextEra Energy/Florida Power & Light hired Lakshman Charanjiva as Chief Information Officer.
About the Company
NextEra Energy is North America`s top producer of energy from the wind and the sun, with a greenhouse gas emissions rate among the lowest of any large power company.
About the Person
Lakshman is vice president and chief information officer at NextEra Energy, Inc., headquartered in Juno Beach, Fla. He has company-wide responsibility for all aspects of information technology, and serves on NextEra Energy’s Operating Committee, Corporate Risk Committee, and Smart Grid Steering Committee. Previously, Lakshman held multiple executive roles, including vice president & global chief information officer for AES Corporation, and vice president in Capgemini’s telecom, cable, media/entertainment consulting practice in New York. Lakshman holds a master’s in business administration from Tulane University and is a Chartered Accountant from India. He is a also graduate of AES's Senior Executive Program at Darden School of Business, University of Virginia. Lakshman has served on advisory boards of the Palm Beach County School District, Tulane Energy Institute, Cisco, SAP, and venture capital-backed start-ups. He also serves as co-chair for the electric industry association’s CIO committee. In 2009, Lakshman was named to the Top 100 Executives Under 50 List by Diversity MBA Magazine. In 2011, he was recognized by his CIO-community peers with the Top Ten Breakaway Leaders Award. In 2012, he was named to ExecRank’s 150 Most Distinguished CIOs list, and was also named to Computerworld’s 2013 Premier 100 IT Leaders list.
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