W. Harris Marple is senior vice president Distribution Operations at NiSource a position he has held since April 2005. He is responsible for leading the company's natural gas and electric distribution operations which deliver energy to 3.8 million customers in a service territory spanning the Midwest to New England.
Prior to his current position Marple served as senior vice president of Operations for Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation and Columbia Gulf Transmission Company NiSource subsidiaries.
Marple has more than 37 years experience in the energy industry having joined Columbia Gulf at the company's compressor station near Clementsville Ky. in 1969. He was promoted to foreman at Columbia Gulf's compression separation and dehydration facility at Pecan Island La. in 1976 became section superintendent at the company's compressor station near Inverness Miss. in 1980 and served as section superintendent at Columbia Gulf's facility near Corinth Miss. In 1990 he was promoted to manager of the natural gas pipeline company's Northern Division headquartered in Brentwood Tenn. and became vice president of Operations located in Houston Texas in 1996. He was promoted to senior vice president of Operations for the Columbia pipeline companies in 2000.
He is a member of the American Gas Association's Operating Section Managing Committee and is involved in various activities with the Southern Gas Association.Marple is based at NiSource's Civic Center office in Columbus Ohio. |