Michael A. Jarro MBA '01

Michael Jarro is vice president, distribution operations.  In his current role he is responsible for the operation and maintenance of Florida Power & Light Company’s (FPL’s) electric distribution infrastructure including control center operations that serve the more than five million customer accounts in the company’s Florida service territory. He leads a workforce of over 1,650 engineers, technicians and union employees. Previously, Mr. Jarro served as vice president of transmission & substation responsible for transmission & substation system operations, technology, compliance, reliability, construction, maintenance and restoration of service for all of FPL’s service territory, as well as T&S operations for NextEra Energy Resources, NextEra Energy Transmission and Lone Star Transmission in Texas. 

Mr. Jarro joined FPL in 1997 and has held several leadership positions in distribution operations and customer service, including serving as distribution reliability manager, manager of distribution operations for the South Miami-Dade Area, control center general manager, director of network operations, senior director of customer strategy and analytics, and senior director of central maintenance and construction.

Mr. Jarro earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Miami and a master’s degree in business administration from Florida International University. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt. He is a member of Southeastern Electric Exchange Executive Committee, the University of Miami MS in Construction Management Advisory Board and Florida International University College of Engineering and Computing Executive Advisory Council.