Kimberly Gerard

Engineering technology ’82
Civil engineering ’84

Kim Gerard is an engineer and entrepreneur with more than 40 years of work in the petroleum and electrical industries and four separate companies she helped found, including two she still runs today.

Gerard works as founder and CEO of 360 Electrical LLC, which develops and manufactures innovative electrical devices. As CEO she continues to be involved in every aspect of the business. She is also founder and president of Intelliglobe Inc., a consulting firm to the petroleum, carbon dioxide and methane gas industries. Additionally, she is co-founder of Carbon Blue Energy LLC, a developer of innovative gas technology resulting in emissions reductions, and co-founder of LB1 Elite Fitness, a gym committed to changing lives through fitness and nutrition.

Gerard earned a pair of bachelor’s degrees from K-State, the first in engineering technology in 1982, and then her second in civil engineering in 1984. She entered the petroleum industry with Conoco, then went on to be a partner and vice president of operations at Petro Source. After 20 years in the petroleum industry, she started 360 Electrical LLC, headquartered in Salt Lake City. 360 began with a patent for rotating electrical devices and expanded to a company innovating all types of consumer and jobsite power products.

Gerard has served on the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering advisory council and was named the college’s Alumni Fellow in 2023. With a strong interest in health and fitness, she’s a certified personal trainer, a certified nutrition technician through Balanced Habits and a competitive bodybuilder, including a win as the Jr. National Overall Female Winner in 2014.