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Executive Vice President, Power Operations
Southern California Edison
Pedro Pizarro is executive vice president of Power Operations for Southern California Edison (SCE). His responsibilities include overseeing four business units: SCE’s transmission and distribution system; the procurement section for conventional and renewable power contracts; SCE’s gas-fired and hydroelectric power production facilities; and Edison Carrier Solutions, a division of SCE that provides wholesale broadband services to telecommunications carriers.
Pizarro joined Edison International, SCE's parent company, in 1999 as director of Strategic Planning. He was elected vice president of Technology Business Development in 2000 and moved to SCE as vice president of Strategy and Business Development and general manager of Edison Carrier Solutions in 2001. He was elected vice president of Power Procurement in 2004 and senior vice president in 2005. He assumed his current position in 2008.
Prior to his work at Edison, Pizarro was a senior engagement manager with McKinsey & Company in Los Angeles providing management consulting services to energy, technology, engineering services, and banking clients. There, he developed corporate strategy, handled mergers and acquisitions, and oversaw operational and organizational issues.
Pizarro earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Caltech in 1994 and held National Science Foundation and Department of Defense graduate fellowships. He also earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Harvard University.
Pizarro serves on the boards of the House Ear Institute, the Colburn School and Caltech.
Updated: September 2009
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