Linda A. CapuanoLINDA A. CAPUANO

Linda A. Capuano is vice president, Emerging Technology, for Marathon Oil Corporation. She joined Marathon in June 2008.

Marathon's Emerging Technology organization provides an increased focus on renewable and alternative fuels, energy efficiency, carbon intensity, and carbon capture and sequestration. It also provides strategic insight regarding emerging technologies across the energy landscape that will identify challenges facing Marathon's core business as well as new investment opportunities.

Prior to this appointment, Dr. Capuano was senior vice president, Design and Engineering Services at Solectron (now Flextronics Corporation) in Milpitas, California, where she led an international team that delivered products to medical, consumer, set top box, kiosks, industrial, aerospace and automotive customers. Dr. Capuano served as executive vice president and chief technology officer of Advanced Energy in Fort Collins, Colorado, a manufacturer of equipment for semiconductor and solar applications until 2005. Dr. Capuano was with Honeywell International until 2003 where she served as corporate vice president, Technology Strategy and general manager of the wide body Auxiliary Power Unit business.

Dr. Capuano was co-founder and vice president, Operations and Business Development for Conductus in Sunnyvale, California, delivering superconducting electronic products for wireless communications and digital electronic applications until 1995. She held various leadership positions with IBM computer and storage business in San Jose, California.

Dr. Capuano received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from State University of New York at Stony Brook; a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Colorado at Boulder; and a master's degree in engineering management and a doctorate in material science from Stanford University, California.

Dr. Capuano currently serves on the board of governors of the California Independent System Operator, which operates that state's wholesale power grid.

She is an elected National Associate member of the National Academy of Sciences, a lifetime position recognizing contributions to the U.S. in advising science and technology policy, and as such has participated on numerous advisory boards and committees.