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Fortune 500 CEO Stephen F. Angel will speak at North Carolina State University on Thursday, Sept. 24, as part of “Solving. Evolving. Engineering: The Progress Energy Distinguished Speakers Series.” His address will begin at 4:30 p.m. at Stewart Theatre on the NC State main campus.
The event is free and open to the public.
Angel, an NC State engineering alumnus, has been chairman, president and chief executive officer of Praxair, Inc. since 2007. In his address, “A Practical View of Energy,” Angel will discuss realistic solutions to today’s global energy challenges.
Praxair, a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest industrial gases company in the world, with 2008 sales of $10.8 billion. The company produces, sells and distributes industrial gases and surface coatings for a variety of industries, including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and others.
Angel joined the company in 2001 as an executive vice president. Prior to joining Praxair, he was general manager of General Electric’s $2 billion Power Equipment business, directing eight business units and six joint ventures in four countries. Angel joined GE in 1979 and spent 22 years in a wide range of management positions with the company.
Angel is a director on the boards of the U.S.-China Business Council and the American Chemistry Council. He also is a member of the Business Roundtable and the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum.
A native of Winston-Salem, NC, Angel received a B.S. degree in civil engineering from NC State and a master’s degree in business administration from Loyola College in Baltimore.
The Progress Energy Distinguished Speakers Series was created in 2008 to foster dialogue around engineering’s capacity to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. The series is sponsored by Progress Energy, a Fortune 500 energy company headquartered in Raleigh that includes two major electric utilities serving approximately 3.1 million customers in the Carolinas and Florida.
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