NRG Energy Inc. announced that Elizabeth Killinger has elected to retire from her role as Executive Vice President, NRG Home. Rasesh Patel has been named President, NRG Consumer, and will oversee the two separate business segments of Smart Home and Home Energy, effective immediately. Mrs. Killinger will remain with NRG as an advisor to the CEO until January 2025. Rasesh Patel has served as Executive Vice President, Smart Home and President of Vivint, since March 2023 following the close of NRG?s acquisition, and served as Chief Operating Officer of Vivint from May 2022 to March 2023. Prior to joining Vivint, he held numerous senior leadership positions with AT&T and DIRECTV. In those roles, Mr. Patel led teams responsible for approximately $35 billion in annual revenue, focused on integrated technology platforms, product solutions, and customer experience. Mr. Patel holds an MBA from UCLA?s Anderson
School of Management and a bachelor?s degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California, Irvine.