Previous positions: Prochazka has been with CenterPoint Energy since October 2001. Prior to his current role, he served as Senior Division Vice President responsible for Gas Operations. In this role he had operational responsibility for delivery of natural gas to more than 3.2 million residential, commercial and industrial customers across six states, ranging from Texas to Minnesota.
He has also been Division Vice President for Customer Services and Support Operations, Vice President of Customer Services and Support Operations, Division Vice President for Houston Gas Operations and Executive Director of the Corporate Strategic Planning group. Before joining CenterPoint, Prochazka worked for Dow Chemical from January 1989 to October 2001, where he held roles in sales, purchasing, product management, asset management, supply chain management, strategy development and new business development. Affiliations: Prochazka serves as a board officer of the Southeastern Electric Exchange and a past chairman of the Texas Gas Association. He is also a board member of Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas and an alternate board member of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Prochazka also serves on the President’s Advisory Board for the University of St. Thomas, the Youth Leadership Council of his church and coaches youth soccer and baseball.
Education: Prochazka is an honors graduate of University of Texas, where he received a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering. He has also completed executive development programs at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.
Personal: A native of Denver, Colorado, Prochazka is married with four children.
