Utility Industry Veteran Promoted to Director at Apogee Interactive

April 03, 2012

ATLANTA, April 3, 2012 — Apogee Interactive, a leading provider of online energy applications for utilities, announced today that Randy Kirkus has been promoted to Director of Client Services. Kirkus will be based out of the Atlanta office and will be responsible for leading Apogee’s Client Services Team in providing customer support and assistance to Apogee’s more than 600 utility clients. Kirkus’ team, together with Apogee’s marketing department and software development group are focused on maintaining and expanding the firm’s sizable footprint in the energy industry marketplace.

To Apogee, Kirkus brings his vast wealth of knowledge and perspective from his 29-year tenure with Southern Company where he served in positions including project director at Southern Electric International, general manager of system operations, and assistant to the vice president of T&D. 

Apogee President & CEO, Susan Gilbert, expressed her confidence in Kirkus to lead the group, “We are pleased to have a seasoned utility executive in this critical leadership position.  Randy’s industry experience gives him great  insight to our client’s needs, and his years managing teams and hundreds of employees and multi-million dollar department budgets well prepare him for this vital role helping accomplish our goal of achieving excellence in delivering software solutions while maintaining exceptional customer satisfaction.”

Kirkus is also heavily involved in his community serving on the Board of Directors of the Berkeley Lake Homeowner’s Association and playing a key role on the City’s Finance Committee.

APOGEE Interactive, Inc. (www.apogee.net) is a leading provider of online energy efficiency solutions to the utility industry. Founded in 1993, Apogee’s energy analysis applications are currently in use by more than 600 utilities across the US, reaching millions of customers daily. Apogee’s clients span a wide range of leading investor-owned, public power and cooperative energy companies including such energy leaders as American Electric Power (AEP), Southern Company (SO), PSEG (PEG), PECO (EXC), Consolidated Edison (ED), NSTAR (NST), BG&E (CEG), Entergy (ETR), SMUD, and Jackson EMC.

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