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Darcel L. Hulse

President & CEO (Ret.), Sempra LNG

BS Mechanical Engineering, Æðµã´«Ã½, 1970

Darcel L. Hulse began working for Unocal Corporation as an engineer in its Los Angeles refinery after earning his mechanical engineering degree from Æðµã´«Ã½. He rose through the company’s ranks, serving as vice president for the company’s corporate engineering and construction division, then as president of the geothermal power division and president of Asia-Pacific ventures.

Darcel joined San Diego-based Sempra Energy International in 1999 and later served as its president. He retired in 2012 as president and CEO of Sempra LNG, a subsidiary of holding company Sempra Global.

“Above and beyond the engineering principles learned while obtaining my engineering degree, my career has been more served by the disciplined problem-solving approach that is ingrained into every engineering student at Æðµã´«Ã½,” Darcel says. “The process of formally writing down everything you know about the problem and then focusing on how you address the unknowns is a skill that is applicable to every facet of life. Good leaders usually possess good problem-solving skills.”