Kevin C. Sagara

Kevin C. Sagara is vice president and associate general counsel of Sempra Energy, a San Diego-based Fortune 500 energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas and value-added products and services. The Sempra Energy companies' 13,500 employees serve more than 29 million consumers worldwide.

In his current job, Sagara has managerial responsibility for the corporate, commercial and environmental law groups of Sempra Energy. Sagara also serves as general counsel of Sempra Global.

Prior to joining Sempra Energy in 2003, Sagara was vice president and general counsel for WIDCOMM Inc., a privately held, wireless software provider. In that job, Sagara was responsible for all legal affairs, including major mergers and acquisitions, and corporate and intellectual-property matters.

Before he worked at WIDCOMM, Sagara was with INTERVU, a provider of Internet audio- and video-delivery services. Sagara served as vice president of Mergers and Acquisitions, and as general counsel. There, he oversaw a number of strategic transactions with partners like CNN and Microsoft, up to and including the sale of the company to Akamai Technologies for more than $2.8 billion.

Before that, Sagara was assistant general counsel at Enova Corp., the corporate parent of San Diego Gas & Electric. He served in that job from 1992 until 1998, when he became chief corporate counsel at the newly formed Sempra Energy. In that role, he managed major acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures for the company.

Sagara began his career in 1987 at Gray Cary Ames & Frye, the largest San Diego law firm.

Sagara is a graduate of Hastings College of the Law. He received his undergraduate degree in geography-ecosystems from the University of California, Los Angeles.