Thermal Energy Corporation
Kimberla Lawson, CPA has a diverse and extensive work experience in various finance and accounting roles. Kimberla currently serves as the Vice President Finance and Treasurer at Thermal Energy Corporation since May 2023.
Prior to that, they held the position of Vice President and Corporate Controller at Apache Industrial Services from May 2019 to May 2023.
At TechnipFMC, they worked as the Director of Accounting from July 2018 to May 2019, and as the Finance Controller, Loading Systems from August 2016 to July 2018.
Before joining TechnipFMC, Lawson was the Accounting Manager Eastern Region, FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS at FMC Technologies from March 2012 to July 2016. Kimberla also held the role of Manager, Financial Reporting and Accounting Research at FMC Technologies from April 2008 to February 2012.
Kimberla'searlier experience includes working as the Director of Financial Reporting at Smith International (acquired by Schlumberger) from January 2007 to March 2008, and as an Audit Manager at KPMG from August 2000 to December 2006.
Lawson began their career as an Accountant at Maurice Pincoffs Company, Inc. in December 1991, where they worked until May 1998.
Kimberla Lawson, CPA graduated from the University of Houston in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Accounting. Kimberla obtained their Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification from the Texas State Board of CPA. The specific month and year in which they obtained their CPA certification are not provided.
Thermal Energy Corporation
Houston-based Thermal Energy Corporation (TECO) is the energy behind what’s next on the campus of the Texas Medical Center (TMC), the world’s largest medical city. TECO uses district energy and combined heat and power technologies to produce and pipe chilled water and steam to 24.3 million sq ft of space in 51 buildings at prestigious TMC institutions, e.g., MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine. Not-for-profit TECO makes cooling, heating, dehumidification, humidification, kitchen and lab sterilization, and cold rooms possible! TECO continues to grow right along with the medical center and named international district energy system of the year in 2019. TECO’s expansion included adding a 48 MW combined heat and power (CHP) unit and an 8.8 million-gallon thermal energy storage tank. CHP allows TECO to generate all of its own power at 80% efficiency versus 35% to 40% from traditional power generation, plus reduces demand on the overstressed electricity grid. The storage tank enables TECO to produce chilled water when it is most cost-effective and then use it when chilled-water production rates would be highest. TECO does its job so its customers can better focus on theirs: investing in state-of-the-art medical technologies and care instead of purchasing and running chillers or boilers. Dedicated to providing unparalleled service reliability, TECO helps ensure life-critical medical procedures, vital research and high-quality education may continue – no matter the weather, time of year or time of day. In 2019 TECO marked the 50th anniversary of system operation, as it traces its roots to Houston Natural Gas Corporation’s system startup in 1969. In the mid-1970s, TMC institutions formed the Thermal Energy Cooperative, later renamed Thermal Energy Corporation, which acquired the central plant and distribution system from the gas company in 1978.