The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will be lead in the future by Linda Capuano, the ninth administrator to take responsibility in directing USA’s energy statistical and analytical agency.
Prior to her appointment as EIA Administrator, Capuano was the fellow in energy technology at the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies. She was also on the faculty of Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
EIA adds that Capuano’s career has centered on commercializing technology innovation through a network of contacts and experience in high-tech companies, where she has guided new technologies from design to successful commercialization. She previously served as an officer and company vice president of technology at Marathon Oil Corp.
She was also the senior vice president of engineering design at Solectron Flextronics, executive vice president and chief technology officer at Advanced Energy Industries, corporate vice president of technology strategy at Honeywell, general manager of wide-body aircraft auxiliary product units at Honeywell AlliedSignal Aerospace and manager in computer memory product development at IBM.
She co-founded and served as chief financial officer of Conductus, a Silicon Valley start-up that commercialized ceramic superconductor technology discovered in the 1980s.
Capuano has served on the board of directors of Peak Reliability, which provides bulk electricity system oversight within the Western Electricity Coordinating Council’s footprint and the Board of Governors of California Independent System Operator.