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10 CenterPoint Energy operations leaders
These ten current and former CenterPoint Energy operations leaders, including a former president and chief operating officer, have held vice president and director roles in gas, electric, transmission and system operations. A reader can learn how operations executives build and run their teams at CenterPoint Energy.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adam Gilles
LinkedInExperience: Director of Gas System Operations · CenterPoint Energy
Director of Gas System Operations at CenterPoint Energy since June 2023, in the Operations department at Director level, based in Evansville, Indiana. Former Regional Operations Director at CenterPoint Energy (2019–2023), and Engineering Manager, SW Gas Distribution, Gas Systems Planning, and Reservoir Engineering at Vectren (2015–2019).
Clinton Jones, P.E.
LinkedInExperience: Director, Operations Texas Coast District, Natural Gas · CenterPoint Energy
Director, Operations Texas Coast District, Natural Gas at CenterPoint Energy since July 2025, and Director, Operations - North Houston District, Natural Gas, TX there since January 2024; the profile says the role oversees daily natural gas operations including meter technicians and facility construction crews. Former District Operations Manager South and East Houston (2022–2024).
David Mercado
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of High Voltage & System Operations · CenterPoint Energy
Vice President of High Voltage & System Operations at CenterPoint Energy since December 2022; the profile says the role provides strategic leadership to Transmission, Substation, Real-Time Operations and Distribution Control organizations. Former Director of Real Time Operations at CenterPoint Energy (2021–2022).
Jason Wells
LinkedInExperience: President & COO · CenterPoint Energy
Former President & COO at CenterPoint Energy (2022–2024), and Chief Executive Officer there since January 2024, based in Houston. Former EVP & CFO at CenterPoint Energy (2020–2022), and EVP & CFO (2019–2020) and SVP & CFO (2016–2019) at PG&E Corporation.
Kate Porter, PE
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operational Excellence · CenterPoint Energy
Vice President Operational Excellence at CenterPoint Energy since January 2023, in the Operations department at President/Vice President level, based in Houston. Former Director of Continuous Improvement and Data Analytics (2022–2023), Director of SMS, Quality and Continuous Improvement (2020–2022) and Distribution Integrity Manager (2018–2020) at CenterPoint Energy.
Kenny Mercado
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Electric Operations & Technology · CenterPoint Energy
Former SVP, Electric Operations & Technology at CenterPoint Energy (2020), an executive-level role the profile describes as leading the electric utility and technology operations for the company, and former Div Sr Vice President, Houston Electric Operations there (1985–2020). EVP, Electric Utilities at Quanta Services, Inc. since August 2022.
Matthew Cox, P.E.
LinkedInExperience: Director - Transmission Operations · CenterPoint Energy
Director - Transmission Operations at CenterPoint Energy since March 2023, in the Operations department at Director level, based in Houston. Former Manager - Transmission Design (2019–2023), Supervising Engineer - Distribution Planning (2018–2019) and Lead Engineer - Transmission Project Engineering (2013–2018) at CenterPoint Energy.
Matthew Warakomski, P.E.
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · CenterPoint Energy
Director of Operations at CenterPoint Energy since June 2025, in the Operations department at Director level, based in Houston. Former Engineering Manager- Customer Additions (2024–2025), Contract Services Manager (2020–2025), Advanced Leak Detection Engineer (2019–2020) and Operations Supervisor- Contract Services (2017–2019) at CenterPoint Energy.
Nathan Brownell, PE
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Texas Gas Operations · CenterPoint Energy
Former Vice President of Texas Gas Operations at CenterPoint Energy (2023–2025), and Vice President of Resilience and Capital Delivery there since January 2025. Other former CenterPoint Energy roles include Director of Substation Operations (2022–2023), Director of Distribution Operations & Control (2021–2022) and Director of Field Operations (2016–2021).
Richard Leger
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Operations IN OH · CenterPoint Energy
Former Vice President of Operations IN OH at CenterPoint Energy (2019–2022). Other former CenterPoint Energy roles include Senior Vice President, Natural Gas Business (2024–2026), Interim Senior Vice President Natural Gas Business (2024) and Senior Vice President Indiana Electric (2022–2024); Senior Vice President Operations at Summit Utilities, Inc. since March 2026.
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- 01How does a utility divide responsibility between regional field operations and centralized system and real-time operations?
- 02How are operational excellence and continuous improvement programs measured inside a regulated utility?
- 03What does a contractor or equipment vendor need to show to win work with CenterPoint Energy operations teams?
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