Lawanda Parnell is the Chief Information Officer at Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) located in Johnson City, Texas. Lawanda joined PEC in November 2012. Prior to joining PEC, Lawanda was Senior Director and interim CIO at CPS Energy in San Antonio, Texas. Lawanda has also worked as an IT consultant and held several IT management and executive positions at IBM. As CIO at Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Lawanda is responsible for all aspects of the Cooperative’s IT infrastructure, including application development & support, hardware, networking, telecommunications, service desk, portfolio management and cyber security. Lawanda earned her B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida. She earned her M.S degree in the Management of Technology from the National Technological University. Lawanda lives in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. She enjoys fishing, traveling, parasailing and reading. Less   View all posts

Helen Constantinides is the Chief Information Officer at AVBOB. Her career started in her third year of her degree. She was asked to lecture while completing her studies, and says this gave her a head start in the direction she wanted to go in the IT industry. She went to work for leading global tech companies, continuously learning, managing teams and portfolios, and building next generation solutions for customers. Less   View all posts