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The
Ninth IASTED International Conference on
POWER AND ENERGY SYSTEMS
~ PES 2007 ~
January 3 – 5, 2007
Clearwater, Florida, USA
Keynote
Speaker
Jeffrey
J. Lyash
President and Chief Executive Officer of Progress
Energy Florida
Biography
 Jeff
Lyash became president and chief executive officer
of Progress Energy Florida on June 1, 2006.
Jeff joined Progress Energy in 1993 and spent his first
eight years with the company at the Brunswick Nuclear Plant
in Southport, North Carolina in a number of management roles,
ending as Director of Site Operations. Jeff then served
as vice president of Transmission in Energy Delivery in
the Carolinas. Jeff came to Florida in November 2003, as
senior vice president of Energy Delivery in Florida, overseeing
all aspects of energy delivery operations for Progress Energy
Florida, including electric distribution operations, customer
service and community relations.
Prior to joining Progress Energy, Jeff worked with the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission in a number of capacities. He has
a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel
University.
Lyash serves on the boards of many community organizations,
including Enterprise Florida, Tampa Bay Partnership, Florida
Orchestra, Pinellas Education Foundation and the Florida
Chamber of Commerce Foundation. He also is a member of the
Florida Council of 100 and the Florida High Tech Corridor.
He also serves on a number of utility industry organizations.
Jeff is married
with two children.
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