Daryl Brown
Executive Director South Region
MISO
Government Member
Professional Bio
Daryl Brown is the executive director of external affairs for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) – South Region. In his role, Brown is the organization’s primary internal and external leader for regional operations, customer management and government relations. He oversees regional customer integration efforts focusing on extending and protecting the organization. Brown is also a member of MISO’s executive team.
Previously, Brown was the director of innovation/utility at Hitachi Global Social Innovation Business, where he used a broad set of business and technology skills to solve customer challenges by delivering multi-pronged solutions with creative and innovative applications. Prior to Hitachi Global Social Innovation Business, Brown was the director of innovation/utility at Current Powered by GE. In this role, he was responsible for supporting the utility segments in North America and Canada from an implementation/ business development phase of Intelligent Cities Solutions. Brown also previously served as vice president at Southern Company with 23 years of utility experience. While at Southern, he led teams in marketing, customer service, engineering, distribution and economic development for both Mississippi Power Company and Georgia Power Company.
Brown earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Mississippi State University and served in both the Army National Guard and Army Reserve for 17 years before being honorably discharged as a Major. Brown actively serves community nonprofits and industry-based organizations. He is a member of the American Association of Blacks in Energy, serves on the board of directors for the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, Make-A-Wish Mid-South, Arkansas Research Alliance and GRid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems, and the industry advisory board of the Cybersecurity Center for Secure Evolvable Energy Delivery Systems.
Previously, Brown was the director of innovation/utility at Hitachi Global Social Innovation Business, where he used a broad set of business and technology skills to solve customer challenges by delivering multi-pronged solutions with creative and innovative applications. Prior to Hitachi Global Social Innovation Business, Brown was the director of innovation/utility at Current Powered by GE. In this role, he was responsible for supporting the utility segments in North America and Canada from an implementation/ business development phase of Intelligent Cities Solutions. Brown also previously served as vice president at Southern Company with 23 years of utility experience. While at Southern, he led teams in marketing, customer service, engineering, distribution and economic development for both Mississippi Power Company and Georgia Power Company.
Brown earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Mississippi State University and served in both the Army National Guard and Army Reserve for 17 years before being honorably discharged as a Major. Brown actively serves community nonprofits and industry-based organizations. He is a member of the American Association of Blacks in Energy, serves on the board of directors for the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, Make-A-Wish Mid-South, Arkansas Research Alliance and GRid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems, and the industry advisory board of the Cybersecurity Center for Secure Evolvable Energy Delivery Systems.
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Parent: MISO