Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced the appointments
of Bernard Cowens as vice president and Chief Information Security
Officer and Kathleen Kay as vice president, Business Technology.
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Cowens and Kay, who were both elected by the Board of Directors as
officers of the utility, will report to Senior Vice President and Chief
Information Officer Karen Austin.
“Our ability to effectively manage and protect information is vitally
important and challenging. We are very pleased to welcome Bernie and
Kathy, who both have exceptionally strong backgrounds, to the PG&E
team,” said PG&E Corporation Chairman and CEO Tony Earley.
Cowens joins PG&E, effective Aug. 24, from his role as Chief Information
Security Officer at First American Financial Corporation. Cowens has
extensive experience in information technology and cyber and physical
security and previously held senior and executive-level roles in the
private sector and the military.
Cowens served in the military from 1980 to 2000, completing his service
as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Security Officer for the Defense
Intelligence Agency in Los Angeles. Thereafter, he held executive-level
roles in information technology with SafeNet Inc., where he was Chief
Information Officer; and PricewaterHouseCoopers LLP, where he was
director of risk and security advisory services. He subsequently served
in senior information security roles for Experian and the Automobile
Club of Southern California before joining First American Financial
Corporation.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in information systems management from the
University of Maryland and a master’s degree in management information
systems from Bowie State University.
Kay, in her new role at PG&E, effective Sept. 1, will be responsible for
business technology delivery, primarily focused on PG&E’s strategic
solutions such as mobile, data analytics and customer applications.
Kay had a career spanning more than two decades at General Motors. She
began as an associate programmer and systems analyst and worked in
progressively more responsible roles, concluding with her role as
director of application development and support for OnStar.
She served as senior vice president of business technology services for
Comerica Bank in Michigan from 2007 to 2012. Kay left Comerica to serve
as senior vice president of application services for SunTrust Bank in
Atlanta, where she also served as the executive chair for diversity.
Kay holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Wayne State
University and a master’s degree in engineering science from the
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco,
with more than 20,000 employees, the company delivers some of the
nation’s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and
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