Joseph C. Levesque is the co-president of Wood Mackenzie with responsibility for data, technology, and product. Before Wood Mackenzie, Joe was president of PowerAdvocate, which he also co-founded. He spent more than 15 years there, leading the development of PowerAdvocate’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions and innovations, including its Energy Intelligence Platform. Joe was also responsible for the group’s strategy, growth, and execution.
Under Joe’s guidance, PowerAdvocate helped global energy and natural resource companies become more resilient and effective contributors to the global economy, providing actionable intelligence to make them more efficient and productive and less risky. Joe also spearheaded PowerAdvocate’s $6 trillion FactBase and pioneered its machine learning program.
Before PowerAdvocate, Joe worked in engineering, operations, and management roles for Intel and DuPont and gained valuable experience in product development, supply chain, data analytics, and energy.
Joe holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management and a BS and MS in chemical engineering from MIT.
Joe is a longtime youth basketball and softball coach in his hometown of Westborough, Massachusetts.