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Portland, OR-based NW Natural has Appointed Ngoni Murandu as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Serving Northwest Communities for over 150 years. In 1852, H. C. Leonard and John Green moved from Astoria to Portland. A few years earlier, after emigrating from the East Coast, they had founded a store serving the frontier community. But believing that Portland was the city of the future, they moved upriver. Among other businesses, they founded a gas company. Their purpose was to bring gas lamps to Portland’s streets, homes and businesses. On Jan. 7, 1859, they obtained a perpetual franchise from the territorial government to distribute gas. Weeks later, on Feb. 14, Oregon became a state. Today, more than 150 years later, NW Natural carries on the tradition started by Leonard and Green and the Portland Gas Light Co. A business that started with 49 customers in one square mile of Portland now serves more than 700,000 homes and businesses in 107 communities in Oregon and Southwest Washington. The company remains headquartered in Portland, just a few blocks from its original site. NW Natural also serves customers out of service centers in Albany, Astoria, Coos Bay, Eugene, Lincoln City, Salem and The Dalles in Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. Our job is to deliver natural gas safely and reliably to customers in Oregon and Southwest Washington. NW Natural buys natural gas from suppliers in the Western U.S. and Canada and distributes it to residential, commercial, and industrial customers throughout our service territory.
About the Person
Ngoni Murandu has been Chief Information Officer of Northwest Natural Gas Company since June 2014. At NW Natural, Murandu is responsible for overseeing its Information Technology Department. Prior to joining NW Natural, he served as the Senior Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of NANA Development Corporation for six years, where he led a global IT organization. He has an extensive personal and professional experience in streamlining corporate informational architecture. For the past 5 years, Mr. Murandu has been instrumental in the establishment of the information technology organization for one of the world's largest manufacturers of generic medications, with locations in 44 countries, serving over 90 markets. He also worked for Mylan Inc., a global pharmaceutical company, West Virginia Health Sciences Center and the National Institute for Occupational Safety. Mr. Murandu began his career with Price Waterhouse Coopers, and then branched out into IT working for three global Fortune 500 companies, including IBM Worldwide. Immediately prior to joining NANA, he was one of the IT leads for the global integration of two large global acquisitions. Additionally, he has Federal government experience including IT administration roles within NIOSH, a CDC division. Mr. Murandu holds a Masters Degree from West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV.
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