Daniel Traynor

Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Dan Traynor was named as TVA’s vice president and Chief Information Officer in April 2010. He is responsible for leveraging technology and setting strategies for the corporation’s information resources. He reports directly to President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Kilgore.

Traynor had been director of infrastructure services for Southern Company’s information technology organization, managing one of the largest corporate computer infrastructure networks in the Southeast. He was previously Southern Company information technology’s director of application services from 1999 to 2003, and the client services director from 1996 to 1999.

His 32-year career with Southern included assignments in three major business units - power generation, division operations and information technology - and at three subsidiaries: Alabama Power, Georgia Power and Southern Company Services. He has held leadership roles in all the major IT disciplines, including applications, telecommunications, client services and computer operations.

Traynor holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Auburn University and an MBA from Samford University.

He and his wife, Mical, have three children: Kelly, Jamie and Kevin.