A Career Dedicated To Excellence In Today’s Energy Sector
Geisha Williams is a highly respected businesswoman of Cuban American descent who is notable for many professional achievements including her tenure as the Chief Executive Officer at the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Geisha Williams worked in this professional capacity form early 2017 until early 2019. This position was the culmination of more than thirty years of experience that Geisha has in the energy sector. It was also notable as it marked her as the first Latina Chief Executive Officer with a company that is a member of the lauded Fortune 500. Before her tenure as the Chief Executive Officer at the Pacific Gas and Energy Company, she served as the VP of Power Systems with the Florida Power and Light Company. She was a member of the team at this firm for more than twenty-four years and began working there in 1983. When she first came on board with Florida Power and Light, she worked in the role of a residential energy auditor. Her many years with the firm saw her climb the company ranks until she achieved her final Vice Presidential position. Beyond her work with Florida Power and Light and Pacific Gas and Energy, Geisha Williams is also associated with the Institute of Nuclear Power Organizations, and the Center for Energy Workforce Development. She is a director with the former and the Chair of the Board with the latter.
A Strong Educational Background That Has Helped To Cultivate Success
Geisha Williams began life in Cuba but moved to the United States of America when she reached the age of five. Her family was entrepreneurially inclined and her father would eventually become the owner of a grocery shop. When she reached college age, Geisha Williams attended the University of Miami where she studied the field of industrial engineering. Upon attaining her bachelor’s degree in the field, she went on to attain an MBA at the Nova Southeastern University.
A Force For Modernization
During her time as the Chief Executive Officer at Pacific Gas and Energy Company, Geisha Williams achieved many notable accomplishments. She focused a significant amount of her efforts on the topic of integration of renewables as well as the need to modernize power grids. Geisha Williams is also notable for her commitment to the advent of smart grid tech solutions to further modernize today’s energy industry. Her tenure had some significant successes in the area of sustainable energy and saw Pacific Gas and Energy Company achieve things such as the delivery of electricity that was eighty percent free of greenhouse gases to a customer base in California that included some sixteen million. These are the significant types of accomplishments that have been characteristic of the long and distinguished professional career that Geisha Williams has enjoyed during her long period of work in the energy industry. Her achievements have certainly become a true inspiration to many other business leaders and to women around the world who endeavor to achieve significant success as leaders.
Dil Bole Oberoi
