American Electric Power has added three new leaders to its information technology group.

The company named Joe Brenner vice president of Application Development & Business Solutions, effective Nov. 2. Sanjay Terakanambi has been named vice president of Technology Infrastructure, Operations & Support and Christopher D. Johnson has been named managing director of Enterprise Innovation & Technology, effective Nov. 9. All three positions report to Therace Risch, senior vice president and chief information & technology officer.

Brenner will be responsible for planning and delivery of customer technologies and will oversee Charge, AEP's digital innovation hub. Terakanambi will be responsible for infrastructure technologies, technology operations and support. Johnson will work with AEP's utility operating companies and business units to seek out and assess new technologies that expand or enhance business opportunities for the company.

Brenner most recently was chief information officer at Sally Beauty Holdings, where he drove a digital transformation through the rapid advancement of digital and mobile technology platforms, implemented new core software packages and transitioned to modern infrastructure technologies. Previously, he served in technology leadership roles at Target and Best Buy.

Terakanambi joins AEP from Best Buy where he served as vice president of Infrastructure Services. Prior to Best Buy, he held roles of increasing responsibility including vice president of Systems Engineering & Support for Pearson PLC, a global media company.

Johnson, 37, returns to AEP from Amazon where he led an Amazon Web Services Innovation Advisory team. From 2007 to 2019, Johnson held roles of increasing responsibility at AEP, most recently as director of Enterprise Innovation & Technology.

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