Full Name
Spencer Wilcox
Job Title
Senior Director, Cybersecurity & Technology Risk
Company
NextEra Energy, Inc.
Speaker Bio
Spencer Wilcox is senior director, cybersecurity & technology risk for NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE). Mr. Wilcox joined NextEra Energy in 2022 and is responsible for the delivery of the company’s organizational cybersecurity strategy, which includes the governance, architecture and operations of cybersecurity products and services across NextEra Energy’s fleet of generation, transmission, distribution and commercial assets.
Mr. Wilcox is an experienced utility industry veteran, with senior leadership experience in the strategic delivery of technology, cybersecurity and physical security services. He actively engages in steering security and policy direction for the utility industry with his chair roles in the Cyber Mutual Assistance Program as well as the Edison Electric Institute’s Security Technology and Policy Executive Advisory Committee. Mr. Wilcox holds certifications in cybersecurity, IT
audit and physical security and is working to complete his Ph.D. from New Mexico Tech.
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean energy company headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida. NextEra Energy owns Florida Power & Light Company, which is America’s largest electric utility that sells more power than any other utility, providing clean, affordable, reliable electricity to approximately 5.8 million customer accounts, or more than 12 million people across Florida. NextEra Energy also owns a competitive clean energy business, NextEra
Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world’s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free electricity from seven
commercial nuclear power units in Florida, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. NextEra Energy has been recognized often by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility,
ethics and compliance, and diversity. NextEra Energy is ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas
utilities industry on Fortune’s 2022 list of “World's Most Admired Companies,” recognized on Fortune’s 2021 list of companies that “Change the World” and received the S&P Global Platts 2020 Energy Transition Award for leadership in environmental, social and governance.
Mr. Wilcox is an experienced utility industry veteran, with senior leadership experience in the strategic delivery of technology, cybersecurity and physical security services. He actively engages in steering security and policy direction for the utility industry with his chair roles in the Cyber Mutual Assistance Program as well as the Edison Electric Institute’s Security Technology and Policy Executive Advisory Committee. Mr. Wilcox holds certifications in cybersecurity, IT
audit and physical security and is working to complete his Ph.D. from New Mexico Tech.
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean energy company headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida. NextEra Energy owns Florida Power & Light Company, which is America’s largest electric utility that sells more power than any other utility, providing clean, affordable, reliable electricity to approximately 5.8 million customer accounts, or more than 12 million people across Florida. NextEra Energy also owns a competitive clean energy business, NextEra
Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world’s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free electricity from seven
commercial nuclear power units in Florida, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. NextEra Energy has been recognized often by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility,
ethics and compliance, and diversity. NextEra Energy is ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas
utilities industry on Fortune’s 2022 list of “World's Most Admired Companies,” recognized on Fortune’s 2021 list of companies that “Change the World” and received the S&P Global Platts 2020 Energy Transition Award for leadership in environmental, social and governance.
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