Katherine Kountze

Ms. Kountze has held various senior IT leadership positions across her 25+ years working in the technology field. She currently is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Eversource Energy, the largest provider of electric, gas and water services in the New England area of the United States, where she has held that position for the past 10 years. In this role Ms. Kountze is responsible for all aspect of Information Technology including cyber security, digital strategy, leading large enterprise-wide technology business programs and projects and is responsible for a team of 1000 local and offshore resources. Prior to that Ms. Kountze spent 2 years as the Vice President and CIO for United Illuminating, an electric utility company in Connecticut. She is the Chair for the Boston CIO Leadership Council and a member of the Massachusetts Cybersecurity Council, a cybersecurity advisory group for the Governor of Massachusetts. She has won several awards including 2017 CIO of the Year and 2015 Women Leading Stem Award. Ms. Kountze holds a bachelor’s degree in actuarial Math and Science and a master’s degree in Computer Science.