Joe Brenner

As VP Application Development & Business Solutions, Brenner is responsible for planning and delivery of customer technologies and will oversee Charge, AEP's digital innovation hub. Terakanambi will be responsible for infrastructure technologies, technology operations and support. Johnson will work with AEP's utility operating companies and business units to seek out and assess new technologies that expand or enhance business opportunities for the company.

Brenner, 52, most recently was chief information officer at Sally Beauty Holdings, where he drove a digital transformation through the rapid advancement of digital and mobile technology platforms, implemented new core software packages and transitioned to modern infrastructure technologies. Previously, he was chief information officer at Signet Jewelers and served in technology leadership roles at Target and Best Buy. Brenner served as an aviation officer in the U.S. Army. He holds a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA in business and IT from Eastern Michigan University.