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Vice President, Engineering and Technical Services
Southern California Edison
David L. Mead is vice president of Engineering and Technical Services in the Transmission and Distribution Business Unit (TDBU) of Southern California Edison (SCE), responsible for planning, engineering, and designing SCE’s transmission and distribution systems spanning the company’s 50,000-square-mile service area and comprising approximately 1,000 substations. He also is responsible for powerline craft training, environmental and safety services, research and development, and strategic asset management.
From 2004 to 2008, Mead was director of Substation Construction and Maintenance in TDBU. Previously, he was director of Central Programs Management, responsible for the distribution maintenance program, streetlight operations, joint
pole administration, distribution design support and vegetation management. He also was the lead interface for TDBU compliance programs with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), was responsible for Power Delivery’s CPUC rate case development and was management lead for TDBU’s $365-million operations and maintenance budget.
Mead began his career with SCE in 1981 in the Power Supply organization. He has held a variety of managerial positions in TDBU, where he has been responsible for equipment standards and publications, the electric distribution maintenance program, construction work methods and line employee training for the electric distribution business line. He also was a senior manager in Procurement and Material Management, responsible for managing traditional procurement and strategic sourcing alliances.
Mead earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from California State University, Long Beach, and a master’s in management from the University of Southern California.
Updated June 2010
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