Exelon Appoints Linda P. Jojo to Board of Directors
Chief Information Officer for United Airlines brings extensive
leadership and technology experience to the board
Exelon today announced that its board of directors elected Linda P. Jojo
as a director. Jojo, 50, is Executive Vice President and Chief
Information Officer for United Airlines, where she is responsible for
technology strategy and IT operations.
“Linda brings a depth of leadership experience to the Exelon board of
directors, and we look forward to working with her,” said Mayo Shattuck,
chairman of Exelon. “Technology and innovation are essential components
of our business and her extensive background in this area will be a
tremendous asset.”
In her role at United Airlines, Jojo is deploying innovative mobile
technologies and data analytics platforms to improve customer experience
and airline operations, and making significant investments to improve
the reliability and security of the airline’s technology platforms.
Prior to United Airlines, Jojo served from 2011 to 2014 as CIO at
Toronto-based Rogers Communications Inc., one of Canada’s leading cable
and telecommunications companies. From 2008 to 2011, she served as
senior vice president and CIO of Energy Future Holdings Corp. based in
Dallas and was CIO of Flowserve Corporation in Irving, Texas, from 2004
to 2008. From 1991 to 2004 she held a series of leadership positions at
General Electric including serving as CIO of GE Silicones.
Jojo has received industry recognition on multiple occasions, earning
CIO 100 awards for transformation and innovation in three different
years and being named to the InformationWeek 500.
She earned a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering & Management
Systems and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute.
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is the nation’s leading competitive
energy provider, with 2014 revenues of approximately $27.4 billion.
Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon does business in 48 states, the
District of Columbia and Canada. Exelon is one of the largest
competitive U.S. power generators, with more than 32,000 megawatts of
owned capacity comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and lowest-cost
power generation fleets. The company’s Constellation business unit
provides energy products and services to more than 2.5 million
residential, public sector and business customers, including more than
two-thirds of the Fortune 100. Exelon’s utilities deliver electricity
and natural gas to more than 7.8 million customers in central Maryland
(BGE), northern Illinois (ComEd) and southeastern Pennsylvania (PECO).
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