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IT Leader Biography


Beth S. Perlman

CIO & SVP, Constellation Energy

Beth S. Perlman

Beth S. Perlman joined Constellation Energy in 2002 as Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President. In June 2007, Ms. Perlman was named Chief Administrative Officer and will continue in her role as Chief Information Officer.

As Chief Information Officer, Ms. Perlman is responsible for all company-wide information technology initiatives, including the standardization of systems and architecture. In her role as Chief Administrative Officer, Ms. Perlman oversees information technology, human resources, supply chain, real estate and business performance improvement. Before joining Constellation, Ms. Perlman had been Vice President of Enron Wholesale Trading Technology. Ms. Perlman, who began her career with Enron in 1995 as Director, Risk Management Administration, was named Senior Director, Strategic Systems Initiatives in 1997, Senior Director, Enron Europe Limited Technology in 1999, and was promoted to her last position in 2000.

Prior to joining Enron, Ms. Perlman had been Project Manager, Equity Derivatives Technology for Lehman Brothers from 1993 to 1995. She was also Group Manager, Finance & Accounting Systems for Kidder, Peabody & Company from 1990 to 1993. Prior to that, she worked for J.P. Morgan from 1982 to 1990.

Ms. Perlman serves as a board member of the American Technion Society, the Maryland/Israel Development Center, and Center Stage. She is also on the board of sponsors for the Sellinger School of Business at Loyola and chairs the Maryland Task Force on the Status of Women and Information Technology.

A New York native, Ms. Perlman graduated with a bachelor's degree in management information systems and finance from Syracuse University.

Constellation Energy Managing IT as a Business
When Beth Perlman joined Constellation Energy seven years ago, their IT department was a siloed organization with four different CIOs leading individual business units. A lot has changed, Perlman discusses her role as CIO in this ITO America thought-leadership editorial.