Booga Gilbertson Email Address

Vice President and Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Puget Sound Energy, Inc., a public utility company

Experienced senior executive, advisor, board member, and transformational leader with a successful record of leading and partnering with stakeholders and teams to achieve great results, innovate and integrate technology and leading practices, navigate disruption, develop people, and a passion for safety. Strategic systems thinker who translates big-picture vision and builds consensus across diverse perspectives to achieve successful outcomes. Creative problem solver who cuts through clutter to generate options and secure broad buy-in and resources for solutions to complex challenges. Partners with universities as a long-time STEM education advocate. A lifelong learner, currently augmenting existing experience with graduate work in Data Science/Data Governance/AI and its application to explore new insights, opportunities, stimulate innovation and bring this dimension to teams I work with. Leadership Highlights: •Corporate Governance | Board Experience •Vision, Strategy and Change Leadership •Culture Building | Business Excellence •Business transformation •Financial Leadership Key Skills •Operational/Business Excellence •Risk Management •Stakeholder outreach and collaboration •Public and employee safety •Compliance and regulatory strategy •Renewable energy •Technology, data and cyber integration into business operations •Asset management •Data science •Crisis management •Large infrastructure projects