10 PSEG engineering leaders
Ed Gray, Vice President Asset Management and Planning at Public Service Electric and Gas Company, is one of ten PSEG engineering leaders listed here, alongside people who hold senior director and director of engineering roles at the company. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at PSEG from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Bernadette (Lafond) Birgler
LinkedInExperience: Director Electric Distribution Planning and Projects · PSEG
Bernadette (Lafond) Birgler has been Director Electric Distribution Planning and Projects at PSEG since October 2024 and has also been Engineer Officer in the United States Army Reserve since 2013. Bernadette (Lafond) Birgler was Manager, Overhead Construction at PSEG from 2023 to 2024 and Manager, Transmission Construction & Maintenance there from 2019 to 2023.
Clint Bogan
LinkedInExperience: Director - Transmission and Distribution Engineering · PSEG
Clint Bogan has been Director - Transmission and Distribution Engineering at PSEG since April 2025, based in Newark, New Jersey. Clint Bogan was Manager - Utility Modernization and Growth at PSEG from 2023 to 2025, Renewable Asset Manager there from 2021 to 2023 and Senior Director - Support Engineering there from 2014 to 2021.
Craig Bartley
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Gas Transmission & Distribution Engineering · PSEG
Craig Bartley has been Senior Director - Gas Transmission & Distribution Engineering at PSEG since October 2023. Craig Bartley was Director - Energy Services at PSEG from 2022 to 2023, Interim Senior Director - Gas Construction there from 2021 to 2022 and Manager Processes, Operations and Resources there from 2016 to 2021.
Ed Gray
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Asset Management and Planning at Public Service Electric and Gas Company · PSEG
Ed Gray has been Vice President Asset Management and Planning at Public Service Electric and Gas Company, part of PSEG, since September 2024, and the profile says the role covers electric asset strategy and asset reliability. Ed Gray has also held the PSEG title Director Transmission and Distribution Engineering, Asset Strategy since July 1989, based in Newark, New Jersey.
James Hubertus
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Asset Strategy, Technology and Systems · PSEG
James Hubertus has been Senior Director - Asset Strategy, Technology and Systems at PSEG since November 2024. James Hubertus was Director - Transmission and Distribution Engineering at PSEG from 2022 to 2025, Director - Asset Strategy, Reliability and Standards there from 2021 to 2022 and System Protection Manager at PSE&G from 2003 to 2016.
James Southerton
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · PSEG
James Southerton has been Senior Director of Engineering at PSEG since November 2023, and the profile headline places the role in nuclear engineering, operations and regulatory leadership. James Southerton was Senior Manager - Plant Engineering at PSEG from 2021 to 2023, Corporate Functional Area Manager - Operations there from 2020 to 2021 and Shift Manager there from 2014 to 2020.
John McCumiskey
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Engineering & Asset Management · PSEG Long Island LLC
John McCumiskey has been Senior Director - Engineering & Asset Management at PSEG Long Island LLC since February 2025. John McCumiskey was Director - Asset Management & Reliability at PSEG Long Island LLC from 2023 to 2025, Manager - Electric Asset Strategy there from 2020 to 2023 and Director - Complex Project Engineering at National Grid from 2016 to 2020.
John Wang
LinkedInExperience: Director of Transmission Engineering & Design · PSEG
John Wang has been Director of Transmission Engineering & Design at PSEG since January 2015, based in East Brunswick, New Jersey, and the profile headline gives the title as Director of Transmission Engineering at PSEG. The profile lists this PSEG transmission engineering and design role as the current position.
Rafael Wilches
LinkedInExperience: Director of Transmission Development and Technical Support · PSEG
Rafael Wilches has been Director of Transmission Development and Technical Support at PSEG since January 2025, and the profile headline names competitive and interregional transmission. Rafael Wilches was Corporate Development Sr. Project Manager at PSEG from 2023 to 2025, Offshore Wind Development Manager there from 2021 to 2024 and Commissioning Engineer there from 2016 to 2021.
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Pick the person whose own engineering area is closest to your question, since asset strategy, transmission and distribution engineering, gas engineering, nuclear plant engineering and transmission development each give a different view. Check the dates on each role to see how current the experience is.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What took most of your time in your current engineering role, and how did you decide what to handle yourself?
- 02How did you balance reliability work on the existing system against new capital projects?
- 03What did you carry over from earlier roles that changed how you lead engineering teams?
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