Full Name
Paula Marino
Job Title
Senior Vice President of Operations & Business Shared Services
Company or Organization
Southern Company Services
Speaker Bio
As executive vice president of Southern Company’s Technical
and Project Solutions (T&PS), Paula Marino leads a workforce
of approximately 1,700 individuals across the areas of new
generation and environmental strategy development, major
project design and construction execution, technology due
diligence, power delivery engineering and O&M support.
Marino began her Southern Company career in 1993 and
progressed through various roles in distribution, transmission, fossil-hydro generation
and nuclear generation. She served as the assistant to the president of Southern
Company Generation and managed multiple departments within Engineering and
Construction Services (E&CS), including environmental and retrofit projects
supporting Alabama Power. Marino also served as vice president of engineering
at Southern Nuclear.
Marino earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in electrical engineering
from Auburn University and is a licensed professional engineer in the states of
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
Marino cultivates advancements in engineering through several entities, serving on
Auburn University’s alumni engineering council and electrical engineering industrial
advisory board as well as the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) civil,
construction and environmental engineering advisory board; and participating as a
founding member of Auburn’s 100 Women Strong. Marino served as a member of the
Center for Energy Workforce Development board of directors. Her contributions have
been recognized throughout the industry. In addition to being named “Outstanding
Alumna from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering” in the
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University, Marino is also the recipient
of the Engineering Council of Birmingham (ECOB) 2012 Engineer of the Year and the
2015 Engineering Leadership Award. In 2017, Marino was inducted into the State of
Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame and named a Woman of Distinction by the Girl
Scouts of North-Central Alabama. Aside from her passion for the engineering industry,
Marino enjoys spending time with her family and playing an active role in her church
and community
and Project Solutions (T&PS), Paula Marino leads a workforce
of approximately 1,700 individuals across the areas of new
generation and environmental strategy development, major
project design and construction execution, technology due
diligence, power delivery engineering and O&M support.
Marino began her Southern Company career in 1993 and
progressed through various roles in distribution, transmission, fossil-hydro generation
and nuclear generation. She served as the assistant to the president of Southern
Company Generation and managed multiple departments within Engineering and
Construction Services (E&CS), including environmental and retrofit projects
supporting Alabama Power. Marino also served as vice president of engineering
at Southern Nuclear.
Marino earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in electrical engineering
from Auburn University and is a licensed professional engineer in the states of
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
Marino cultivates advancements in engineering through several entities, serving on
Auburn University’s alumni engineering council and electrical engineering industrial
advisory board as well as the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) civil,
construction and environmental engineering advisory board; and participating as a
founding member of Auburn’s 100 Women Strong. Marino served as a member of the
Center for Energy Workforce Development board of directors. Her contributions have
been recognized throughout the industry. In addition to being named “Outstanding
Alumna from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering” in the
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University, Marino is also the recipient
of the Engineering Council of Birmingham (ECOB) 2012 Engineer of the Year and the
2015 Engineering Leadership Award. In 2017, Marino was inducted into the State of
Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame and named a Woman of Distinction by the Girl
Scouts of North-Central Alabama. Aside from her passion for the engineering industry,
Marino enjoys spending time with her family and playing an active role in her church
and community
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