SOLVING EVOLVING ENGINEERING
The Progress Energy Distinguished Speakers Series
November 23, 2010 @ 12:15 p.m.
McKimmon Center
NC State University
About the Speaker
Lloyd Yates is president and chief executive officer for Progress Energy Carolinas, an electric utility serving 1.5 million customers in North and South Carolina. He has more than 28 years of experience in the energy business, including nuclear and fossil generation and energy delivery.
About the Series
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.
Yates is the fourth Progress Energy Distinguished Speaker. The first was noted author, social critic and technologist Steven Berlin Johnson, who spoke in March 2008. The second address, in October 2008, was delivered by internationally recognized entrepreneur, scholar and commentator Vivek Wadhwa. The third, in September 2009, was delivered by Fortune 500 CEO and NC State engineering alumnus Steve Angel.
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