John B. Ramil was named President and Chief Operating Officer of TECO Energy in July 2004. He is responsible for TECO Energy’s five operating companies: Tampa Electric, Peoples Gas, TECO Coal, TECO Transport and TECO Guatemala. Ramil was formerly President of Tampa Electric Company, and Executive Vice President of its holding company, TECO Energy. Ramil also has served as Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer for TECO Energy, and earlier as Vice President-Energy Services & Planning for Tampa Electric. He has held a variety of positions in engineering, operations, marketing, customer service and environmental. He also has served as president of various other TECO Energy subsidiaries. Ramil is also on the corporate board of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.