She’s Got the Power
2010 POWERFUL HISPANICS IN ENERGY stu LILIANA GONZALEZ
Liliana Gonzalez gets a lot of recognition. She was ranked among Hispanic Busi- ness magazine’s “100 Most Influential Hispanics,” been profiled by Latina Style and has appeared on the Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology “Most Important Hispanics in Technology” list. But none of that is a surprise. Gonzalez is the general manager of gas technical operations at the more than 180-year-old Consolidated Edison of New York Corporation. ConEd, as New Yorkers know it, is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc., a $13 billion revenue company that has assets worth $34 billion. The 150- person team that Gonzalez leads has serious responsibilities. It manages Con Edison’s Liquefied Natural Gas Plant, carries out leak reviews of the gas transmission and distribution system, prevents the corrosion of metal surfaces in ConEd’s gas/electric systems, directs the company’s vast underground tunnel system and supervises the gas meter shop. Gonzalez has a B.E. degree in electrical engineer- ing from Pratt Institute, and an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Polytech- nic University, where she has been a member of the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering industry advisory board. Her interest in assisting students to embrace their dreams is long-standing. Several years ago, she was on a panel discussing women in engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Gonzalez told the group that she ignored her high school guidance counselor’s advice completely. Why? Because when Gonzalez said that she wanted to become an engineer, the counselor suggested that she be a typist instead.
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Director, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs ConEd
A Steady Climber at ConEd
As the director of Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Wilton Cedeño has a broad portfolio. His responsibilities include working on state regulatory
affairs, as well as developing and implementing internal and external communication strategies and advocacy-related- to-state energy policy, which includes developing company positions on state energy policy issues.
That’s a mouthful. But Cedeño, whose previous post was the director of ConEd’s information systems, can handle it. In that job, he had to make sure that employees had the right information to run effectively a utility that “provides electric, gas and steam service to more than 3 million customers in New York City and Westchester County, New York.” Cedeño graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School, picked up a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, and earned a certificate in energy management from New York Institute of Technology. Since joining ConEd, Cedeño has been climbing the corporate ladder steadily. His first job with the company was as a management intern. Since then he has served as a general manager for Staten Island electric operations, plant manager of a ConEd generating station, and a senior transmission- and distribution-system operator. In his off-hours, Cedeño is involved in community service. He has been a member of his high school’s alumni foundation, is a former national chairman of the American Association of Blacks in Energy and the former president of the group’s New York Metro chapter. In 2007, he received a Defining Trends in Latino Culture Trendsetter Award.
www.hispanicengineer.com
General Manager Gas Technical Operations ConEd
CARLOS D. TORRES Vice President
Emergency Management ConEd
An Experienced Executive is Ready for Anything
Not many people work their way up from an intern posi- tion to senior man- agement, but that is exactly what Carlos Torres did. He has been on ConEd’s up escalator since join-
ing the utility in 1985. He has held many posts. These include general manager of Construction Services, director of Electric Operations Emergency Management, project manager in Emergency Management, section manager in Bronx-Westches- ter Electric Operations – Overhead, and section manager of Manhattan Electric Operations – Underground, and manager of Steam Construction. Now he oversees ConEd’s commitment to instituting emergency management principles in all its op- erations. This includes maintaining outreach and cooperation between the company and federal, state, and local agencies and organizations that ConEd collaborates with during emer- gency events. Torres is a member of the Edison Electric Institute and was committee chairperson of the International District Heating Association. Mr. Torres is a member of the Contingen- cy Planning Exchange, and he serves on the board of directors for the American Red Cross of Greater New York. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering and an M.S. in engineering management from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
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