Chan Tucker was appointed Director of Project Engineering in July 2022. Prior to that, he held the position of Director of Transmission Engineering at Entergy Services Inc. in New Orleans, LA for four years.
The Director of Project Engineering provides leadership, direction, and oversight of technical design for substations, protection and control systems, transmission lines, and distribution networks. Tucker is responsible for cultivating a highly functional, skilled, and well-trained engineering workforce. He also ensures that employees conform to established policies, procedures, and standards, and properly trains the engineering staff. Additionally, he represents the Project and Power Delivery business functions in various internal and external steering committees and leadership teams.
Tucker has over 25 years of experience in the electric utility industry, primarily focusing on transmission and distribution operations, project management, and customer service. He joined Entergy in 2000 as a grid operations engineer in Little Rock, AR. Later, he worked as a design engineer in New Orleans and returned to Little Rock in 2008, where he oversaw substation operations and managed major distribution projects. In November 2018, he returned to New Orleans after being appointed as the Director of Transmission Engineering.
Tucker earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA, and a Master of Business Administration from Bellevue University in Bellevue, Nebraska. He is a registered professional engineer in Arkansas.
