Dairyland Power Cooperative
Tom Paulson is an accomplished IT professional with extensive experience in application services, data management, and project coordination. Currently serving as the Director of IT Application Services at Dairyland Power Cooperative since August 2018, Tom oversees a diverse portfolio of applications and data services. Prior to this role, Tom held positions at Organic Valley as Data Integration and Warehousing Manager and Project Manager, focusing on enterprise data solutions. Additional experience includes serving as Sr. IT Project Coordinator at Logistics Health Incorporated, IT Leader Global Data Management at Ingersoll Rand, and various roles in analytics, reporting, and systems management at Trane and American Standard. Tom holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a focus on Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
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.