Mr. Kevin Walker is the Chief Operating Officer of Iberdrola USA. In this role he is responsible for safe, reliable and efficient gas and electric operations delivered to nearly 3 Million customers. His prior role was as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for American Electric Power (AEP), responsible for development and support of AEP's software applications and operation of AEP's information technology infrastructure. Previously, Mr. Walker was President and Chief Operating Officer for AEP Ohio, serving approximately 1.44 million customers in Ohio and the northern West Virginia panhandle, with authority for distribution operations and a wide range of customer and regulatory relationships. Before joining AEP in 2004, Mr. Walker was Vice President, Maintenance and Construction Services, for Consolidated Edison of New York where he directed efforts to ensure the efficient delivery of maintenance and construction services throughout the Consolidated Edison service territory, including the five boroughs of New York City and Westchester. He was instrumental in directing recovery of energy service following the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He served for more than six years in the U.S. Army including as a Captain in field artillery leadership positions in Augsburg, Germany, at Fort Bragg, N.C., and during peacetime and wartime conditions in support of Operation Desert Storm in Iraq. Mr. Walker graduated in 1985 from the United States Military Academy with a Bachelors of Science in civil engineering. He has a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.