· Achieving Safety Excellence
When: July 17, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT Speaker: Mr. Greg Kiraly Energy and Environmental Division - American Society for Quality
Registration Link: https://asq.webex.com/weblink/register/rf3d707a1143c559806633b4c53725c7d
Greg Kiraly – Energy Industry Executive | Consultant
COO | OPERATIONS & STRATEGY ADVISOR | GENERAL MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT | SPEAKER | LEADERSHIP COACH | BOARD ADVISOR | PODCAST HOST
Contact Info:
leadership@gregkiraly.com
925-378-1550
Greg is a proven business leader with a multi-decade track record developing strategies, driving exceptional execution, and implementing sustainable culture change. He has delivered consistent growth, competitive position, and shareholder value across four of the largest investor-owned utilities in North America – Public Service Electric & Gas Company in New Jersey, Commonwealth Edison (Exelon) in Illinois, Pacific Gas & Electric in California, and at Hydro One in Ontario, Canada.
In his most recent full-time corporate role as Chief Operating Officer of Hydro One, Greg led the turnaround of a 100+ year-old government-run company, was responsible for 8,000 employees, allocated and executed a $2B+ Capital Expenditure and O&M profile, and worked collaboratively with an evolving senior executive team and two completely different Boards of Directors over a two-and-a-half-year span.
Achieving business excellence and transforming culture in the electric and gas utility industry encapsulates Greg’s more than three decades of experience, including fifteen years as an executive and seven years as a senior executive. He has led performance improvements and company turnarounds, created new leadership constructs, and built diverse, high-performing teams across vastly different geographies and cultures. Greg is collaborative, results-driven, and instills models of discipline, structure, and accountability. He has built and developed teams that achieved top quartile performance and has successfully led massive infrastructure upgrades and flagship technology projects.
Greg’s leadership journey helped him find his true purpose as an authentic, principled, performance-driven leader. He now serves as a Board Advisor for EnfraGen, senior safety advisor for the Glenfarne Group, Advisory Board member and advisor to the CEO of Celerity, and principal consultant for dss+ (formerly DuPont Sustainable Solutions). He has developed multiple grid modernization rate applications as well as supply chain/operational strategies for the utility industry.
He has great passion for his work, an engaging and inspiring leadership style, and he’s energized by new challenges and opportunities. Greg is sharing his knowledge and experience by helping companies, managers, and leaders at every level to realize their goals of personal and professional success. Greg also created and hosted a leadership podcast called “The REAL DEAL.”
Greg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and an MBA in finance from Seton Hall University. He is also a graduate of Harvard University’s Advanced Management Program. Greg has been a member of numerous non-profit boards and industry associations throughout the last couple of decades, has three adult children, and currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife of over 30 years.