MERALCO
Meralco embraces digital transformation with operational technology as it provides heightened customer experience through AI and automation
Meralco – an acronym of the Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company – in the Philippines , is responsible for the power distribution within its franchise area .
Meralco ’ s Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer , Mel Migriño , is responsible for the protection of the company ’ s technology stock alongside its operational technology infrastructure , with cybersecurity becoming the most important facet in the face of digitisation .
“ Meralco is a diverse business ,” states Migriño . “ We ’ re in FinTech , telecoms , retail energy , engineering , electric vehicles , logistics and construction and electromechanical . I work closely with my co-executives to ensure the development and implementation of the different cybersecurity programmes across the organisation .”
As a major player in the Philippine energy industry , Meralco also has a specific and distinctive focus on sustainability , with its agenda , Powering the Good Life , firmly rooted in the United Nations ’ Sustainable Development Goals . The four key pillars underpinning Meralco ’ s sustainability agenda – Power , Plant , People , and Prosperity – guide the commitments and actions of the company in support of sustainable and meaningful progress .
90 May 2022