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Archie Collins

President and Chief Executive Officer

Archie Collins is president and chief executive officer of Tampa Electric.

Archie has more than 30 years of experience in the energy industry. He began his career at Nova Scotia Power in 1990, and he has held increasingly senior roles since then. Prior to joining Tampa Electric, he served in leadership roles at Nova Scotia Power and Emera Energy, as president and chief executive officer of Grand Bahama Power Co., and as president and chief operating officer of Emera Caribbean. Before becoming CEO at TECO, he served as chief operating officer from January 2018 until January 2021.

Archie是一名专业的化学工程师,他持有St. Francis Xavier University and a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Dalhousie University.

He chaired the 2023 Tampa Bay Heart Walk for the American Heart Association. He serves on the boards of the Florida State Fair Authority, Florida Council of 100, Florida Chamber of Commerce and Tampa Bay Economic Development Council. 他还任职于坦帕医疗和研究区咨询委员会以及爱迪生照明公司协会和坦帕剧院的董事会.

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Carlos Aldazabal

Vice President Energy Supply

Carlos Aldazabal is vice president of Energy Supply for Tampa Electric.

Since joining Tampa Electric in 1999, he has held multiple leadership positions in areas ranging from Accounting, Regulatory Affairs for Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas, Investor Relations, and Transmission Engineering and Operations. Most recently, he served as the director of Transmission Engineering and Operations, as well as Support Services.

Aldazabal持有南佛罗里达大学会计学士学位和会计硕士学位. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

他任职于佛罗里达水族馆董事会和国家西班牙裔能源委员会董事会.

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Greg Blunden

Senior Vice President Finance and Accounting and Chief Financial Officer

格雷格•布伦登是TECO能源公司财务与会计高级副总裁兼首席财务官,也是Emera公司的首席财务官.

Blunden joined Emera in 2000 and has held financial leadership roles at Emera Inc., Emera Maine and Nova Scotia Power. 他在Emera业务的各个方面获得了宝贵的经验和行业洞察力, including corporate finance, business development, utility operations, customer service, renewable energy and regulatory policy.

Most recently, he was Emera's vice president of Corporate Strategy & 在此之前,他曾担任客户业务执行副总裁 & Financial Services at Nova Scotia Power.

Blunden is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a graduate of Mount Allison University.

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Marian Cacciatore

Vice President of Human Resources

Marian Cacciatore is vice president of Human Resources for Tampa Electric.

Cacciatore joined TECO after a lengthy career in human resources. Before joining TECO in 2020, she served as vice president of Human Resources for a satellite communications company. Her background also includes HR leadership roles in manufacturing, financial services and high-tech organizations.

她拥有南佛罗里达大学工商管理学士学位, and a master’s degree in Human Resource Management from Rollins College.

她曾担任南佛罗里达大学企业指导计划的导师.

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Jeff Chronister

Vice President Finance

Jeff Chronister is vice president of Finance, where he leads a team of professionals responsible for accounting, financial reporting and business planning for Tampa Electric and TECO Energy.

Chronister has served in several leadership roles in his more than 30 years at TECO, including as Tampa Electric's controller.

A Certified Public Accountant since 1983, Chronister has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Stetson University. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Florida Institute of CPAs.

Chronister has served many community organizations, including the Shriners Hospital for Children and local Little League organizations. He is also an alumnus of both Tampa Connection and Leadership Tampa.

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Chris Heck

Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer

本文作者克里斯•赫克是TECO能源公司信息技术(IT)副总裁兼首席信息官, in addition to his role as chief digital officer for Emera Inc., TECO’s parent company.

赫克是一位成功的公用事业部门IT领导者,拥有超过35年的职业生涯. 在他的职业生涯中,他领导了数字化转型并建立了强大的网络安全项目. He is experienced in many aspects of the utility industry, including creating competitive advantage, merger and acquisition planning and integration, lean process improvement, automation, data analytics, product and services sourcing and workforce strategy.

赫克在北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校获得了计算机科学硕士学位. He also attended Appalachian State University and Darden School of Business.

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David Nicholson

Vice President Legal, General Counsel and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer

David M. Nicholson是法律副总裁、总法律顾问和首席道德与合规官. He is responsible for legal affairs, federal governmental affairs, real estate and ethics and compliance.

Prior to joining TECO in 1999, Nicholson was a shareholder at the Tampa law firm of Macfarlane Ferguson & McMullen. While at the firm, he represented Peoples Gas before it was acquired by TECO in 1997.

他获得了佛罗里达大学法学院的理学学士学位,并以优异的成绩毕业. Upon graduation, he was inducted into the Order of the Coif. While in law school he also attended the University of Glasgow, Scotland, for a year on a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship.

尼科尔森是希尔斯伯勒县律师基金会的董事会成员,他是该基金会的前任主席. 他还担任坦帕湾历史中心和坦帕大学俱乐部的董事会成员.

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Penelope Rusk

Vice President Regulatory Affairs

Penelope Rusk is Tampa Electric’s vice president of Regulatory Affairs. 

Rusk于1997年加入TECO,担任经济学家,在监管活动方面拥有丰富的经验. Rusk has played a leadership role in rate cases, strategic growth and solar initiatives. Most recently, she served as senior director of Regulatory Affairs.

他拥有新奥尔良大学的经济学学士学位和南佛罗里达大学的经济学硕士学位.

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Mike Sewell

Vice President Federal Affairs

Mike Sewell is vice president of Federal Affairs for Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas, New Mexico Gas Co. and Emera. He represents the companies’ interests in Washington, D.C., with the U.S. Congress, administration and federal agencies.

Sewell是一位在公用事业行业经验丰富的专业人士,拥有超过20年的经验和广泛的联邦事务知识. He joined TECO in 2020 after working at another utility. Prior to that, he worked on Capitol Hill with the Florida congressional delegation.

He has a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Virginia.

Sewell is a board member of the National Energy Resources Organization. He serves as a volunteer youth golf coach with the First Tee of Washington, D.C., and basketball coach with the Catholic Youth Organization.

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Stephanie Smith

Vice President State and Regional Affairs

斯蒂芬妮·史密斯是坦帕电力和人民天然气公司负责州和地区事务的副总裁.

史密斯是一位经验丰富的专业人士,在公共事务和政府关系方面拥有20多年的经验, 包括代表财富500强公司制定推进立法和解决监管问题的战略. She joined TECO in 2022. Previously, she worked for two Florida gubernatorial administrations.

She has a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Florida State University.

Smith serves as the chair of CareerSource Florida. 她也是佛罗里达企业和佛罗里达反人口贩运联盟的董事会成员.

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Karen Sparkman

Vice President Customer Experience

凯伦·斯帕克曼是澳门网上真人赌博官网和人民天然气公司负责客户体验的副总裁.

她于2017年6月加入公司,担任澳门线上真人博彩官网和人民天然气公司的客户体验运营总监,并在跨联络中心的更广泛的客户体验组织转型中发挥了关键作用, Customer Billing, Credit & Collections and Payment Operations partnering with IT, 电力交付和监管高级领导团队优化业务流程集成的优先事项,如高级计量基础设施(AMI)解决方案和客户关系 & Billing (CRB) system utilization and improvements.

Before joining TECO, Sparkman是埃弗雷特斯诺霍米什县公用事业区(PUD)的客户体验负责人, Wash., and prior to worked at Colorado Springs Utilities. 她拥有the University of Phoenix的工商管理学士学位和Colorado Technical University的工商管理硕士学位.

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Kris Stryker

Vice President of Clean Energy and Emerging Technology

Kris Stryker is Tampa Electric’s vice president of Clean Energy and Emerging Technology.

Stryker负责监督该公司持续的太阳能扩张和新兴可再生技术的探索, such as battery storage and carbon capture and sequestration.

Stryker joined TECO in 1999 as a mechanical engineer. He has extensive experience in project development and management. He has successfully led multiple strategic projects, including the Big Bend Modernization project. Most recently he served as senior director of Decarbonization and Major Projects.

他毕业于佛罗里达大学,获得机械工程学士学位. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Florida.

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Heidi Whidden

Vice President of Safety and Security

Heidi Whidden serves as Tampa Electric’s vice president of Safety and Security.

Whidden是一位 安全专家,在公用事业行业拥有超过二十年的领导经验. She joined TECO in 2023. Previously, 她曾担任休斯顿Calpine Corporation的舰队安全运营高级主管, Texas.

惠登获得佛罗里达大学农学学士学位(主修环境经济与政策). 她还获得了 美国安全工程师协会(ASSE)安全管理认证,并完成了多个安全管理项目.

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Chip Whitworth

Vice President of Electric Delivery

Chip Whitworth serves as Tampa Electric’s vice president of Electric Delivery. Whitworth brings more than two decades of leadership experience to this role.

惠特沃斯的职业生涯始于澳门线上真人博彩官网,当时他是一名修剪树木的承包商,后来成为一名合作学生. He began his full-time career with the company in 2000 in Electric Delivery, where he worked in several departments before transitioning to management. He later worked in Energy Supply, 在那里他曾担任大本德电站的主任和Bayside和大本德电站的高级主任. He most recently served as the vice president of Safety and Security.

他持有南佛罗里达大学土木/结构工程学士学位和工商管理硕士学位.

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