Dairyland Power Cooperative
Nate Melby serves as the Chief Information Officer at Dairyland Power Cooperative since March 2016. Prior to this role, Nate held various positions at Ingersoll Rand, including Director of Corporate IT Security & Compliance, where responsibilities included building a global cyber security team and establishing a comprehensive cyber security program. Previous experience also includes roles at American Standard/Trane and American Standard Companies, focusing on IT security and communications analysis. Nate's educational background includes a Ph.D. in Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University and multiple executive education certifications from prestigious institutions such as Harvard Business School and Dartmouth College, complemented by an MBA in Technology and Training from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Providing safe, reliable, sustainable and affordable electricity for its cooperative members is the goal of Dairyland Power Cooperative. Headquartered in La Crosse, Wis., Dairyland employs about 550 people in the region. As a Touchstone Energy Cooperative, Dairyland operates its business under the guidance of the cooperative principles and holds true to four core values: innovation, accountability, integrity and commitment to community. Dairyland is a generation and transmission cooperative (G&T) which provides the wholesale electrical requirements and other services for 24 electric distribution cooperatives and 17 municipal utilities in the Upper Midwest. In turn, these cooperatives and municipals deliver the electricity to consumers--meeting the energy needs of more than half a million people. Dairyland’s generating resources include coal, solar, wind, natural gas, hydro and biogas. Dairyland delivers electricity via nearly 3,200 miles of transmission lines and 300 substations located throughout the system’s 44,500 square mile service area that encompasses 62 counties in four states (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois). Please visit www.dairylandpower.com for more information on Dairyland Power Cooperative and its facilities.