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GTE Leadership
 

Steven Zwolinski: Chief Executive Officer

• 23 Years GE
• President & CEO – GE Wind
• President & CEO – GE Hydropower
• President & CEO – GE Energy Service Parts
• General Manager- GE Energy Global Service Center Network
• Manager Quality - GE Power Generation
• Gas Turbine, Steam Turbine, Generators
• Operations & Technology In Aerospace, Medical Sectors

 
Thomas Wagner: Chief Technology Officer

• 31 Years GE
• General Manager – GE Wind Engineering
• General Manager – GE Generator Engineering
• Manager GE Energy GT Combustion Engineering Design
• Manager GE Energy Service Engineering – Responsible for:
    • Global Installed Base (Gas Turbines,
    • Steam Turbines, Generators) Performance
    • Engineering Monitoring and Diagnostic Center
• Manager Fleet Reliability - Knolls Atomic Power
 
Kevin Dotts: Chief Financial Officer

• Executive VP and CFO- Earthlink, Inc.
• 15 years GE; Energy and Industrial Businesses
• CFO of GE Parts, Inc.

   
Marcus Turner: Chief Marketing Officer

• 30 Years Control Center, LLC – Chairman / CEO since 1991
• International Sales Management
• Mechanical Engineering
• Marketing and Business Development

   
John Duff: President -Turbine Services Business Unit

• 32 Years Power Generation experience - TECO/Entegra
• Entegra Power Group – Sr VP Engineering & Operations
• TECO Power Services – VP Operations
• Tampa Electric Company – Production Engineer & Plant Manager
• Former Member FM Global Insurance customer advisory board
   
Pär Krossling: Managing Director -
EMEA


• 14 Years of International Business
• GTE- Director Global Sales; Europe/ME/Asia P&L Leader
• Avnet Inc- Director Sales & Operations, IMS
• KCO - International Sales & Marketing Consultant
   

Michael Thomas: President -
Industrial Business Unit


• 30 Years Executive Management
• President - Control Center since 2002
• CEO/Owner- Environmental Design Engineering Firm
• President - Calgon Carbon Environmental Division

 
 

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Combustion Engineering

John Battaglioli: Vice President Combustion Engineering

• 27 Years Computational Fluid Dynamics and Combustion
• 17 Years GE Energy: Combustion Advanced
Technologies, Nuclear, Research
• 10 Years Combustion Science & Engineering (Owner, VP)
• GE DLN-1 and DLN-2 Systems; SPG; Solar,
and Catalytica Systems

   

John Barnes: Mechanical Design

• 21 Years Gas Turbine Mechanical
Computational Simulation and Design
• GE Energy- Lead Mechanical analysis
engineer on GE DLN Development
• GE Research Center- Aircraft Engine
and Power Generation Design

   

Robert Bland: Product Architecture

• Ph.D. University of Sheffield -
20 Years Computational Fluid Experience
• Siemens- Leader SGT6- 5000F 9ppm Combustor Program
• GE Energy; Leader 7FA+e (7241) 12
and 24K CI Combustor Program
• 25 Gas Turbine Patents

   

Andrew Hamer:
Aero / CFD / Heat Transfer

• 19 Years Gas Turbine Aero-Thermal
• Computational Simulation and Design
• GE Combustion Engineer; Test Engineer; Design Engineer
• Owner- Engineering Consulting Firm working
with Multiple Gas Turbine OEMs

   

Iain MacLean: Development Director

• 25 Years Gas Turbine Experience
• GE Energy - Team Leader Combustion
Repairs / Products Europe
• Chromalloy - Gas Turbines Repair
& Overhaul Coatings Development
• Woodward - Business Unit Manager,
BD Repair and Overhaul (FST)

   
 
   
Combustion Technology Organization
   

Bill Barras: Vice President E/F Application

• 32 Years Dow Chemical- Dynegy
• Director - Dynegy Parts and Technical Services
• Manager - Dynegy Gas Turbine Fleet Maintenance
• Founder and Chairman – Siemens 501F User Group
• Site Mgr- EPRI Research Program

   

Chris Chandler: Vice President Combustion Monitoring

• Combustion Design Engineer with GE - 6 Years
DLN 1, DLN 2.0, DLN 2.6
• Plant Operation and Control with Texas Independent
Energy - 7 Years, 7FA Combined Cycle Power Plant
• Core skill in Combination Design and Power Plant Maintenance/Operation

   

Derek Grayson: Sales Director E/F Application

• 12 yrs experience in aftermarket sales
on aero-derivative and frame gas turbines.
• Pratt & Whitney Sales Manger non-OEM Frame Parts
  & Repairs
• MTU Sales Manger, LM Gas Turbine Maintenance
• GE / Stewart & Stevenson Account Manger,
LM Gas Turbine Maintenance

   

Mike Gabriel: Manager - Monitoring Center

• 19 Years Power Generation Industry Experience
• Nuclear Power Operations, Maintenance and certified training instructor
• GE Energy Gas Turbine Controls Field Engineer
• GE Energy Plant Assessment Team

• GE Energy Product Service – Manager, Top Issues Team

   
 
   
Combustion Manufacturing & Repair
   

Joe Palmer: Vice President Repair and Manufacturing Solutions

• 20 Years Operational, Sourcing and Quality Experience
• GE Energy- Combustion Operations;
6s Black Belt, Sourcing & Quality
• General Manager- Woodward Fuel Spray
Technologies (WFST)
• President- IGMA Technology & Edward King

   

Pat Murphy: Director of Operations

• 28 Years- Industrial Turbine Repairs
• 20 Years- Machinist- Shop and On Site Crew Leader
• Crew Leader- Large Steam Turbine, Nuclear
& Heavy Gas Turbine- GE Power Systems
• Green Belt- Six Sigma
• Start-up Component Repair Center & Fuel Nozzle Repair

   
 
   
Application Engineering
   

Robert Burke: Manager - Application Engineering

• 17 Year Power Generation Industry Experience;
13 Years GE Energy
• GE Energy- Operations Manager- GE Steam Turbine Mfg
• GE Energy- Manager of Quality- Global Gas
Turbine Installations
• GE Energy- Gas Turbine Field Service Engineer

   

Chris Oliveri: Tech Leader Industrial Products 60Hz

• 6 Years Power Generation - GT and Generator Design
• Strategy Marketing for Mods & Upgrades
• MSBA From the University of Florida

   
 
   
Industrial Engineering
   

Bob Knott: Senior Vice President

• 38 Years Controls Experience
• VP Engineering Manufacturing- Control Center , LLC
• TAG- Manager of Project Management
• Koch Refining- Integration and Electrical Engineering Manager

   

John Brooks: Vice President

• 15 Years Control Center
• Vice President Operations, Engineering,
Business Development
• Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
• VP Business Development

   

John Biela: Chief Engineer

• 30 Years Senior Controls Engineer
• 21 Years, Chief Engineer Control Center
• Product Certifications, UL, CSA, CE, ANSI, ASME
• Advanced Fluid and Control Systems, Mechanical Engineer

   

Dave Simmons: Senior Project Engineer

• 17 Years Power Generation Experience
• 15 Years Gas Turbine Fuel and Auxiliary Systems Design
• ASME and AGA Fuel Metering System Design
• Fuel Control Valve Design and Fabrication

   

Rob Caso: Project Engineer

• 20 Years Experience Instrumentation and Control
• 8 Years Experience Project Engineer/Manager
• 10 Years Experience Electrical Control Panel Design
• 7 Years Experience PLC and HMI Programming

   

Fred Chamness: Quality Production Director

• 30 Years Quality and Industrial Experience
• Quality Production Director
• Compressor OEM Manager of Quality
and Process Improvement
• Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program 20 Years

   
 
   
Industrial Sales
   

Phil Reeves: Dir. of Business Development - Eastern U.S.

• 18 Years Controls and Electrical
Engineering with Leading OEMs
• Siemens- Steam and Gas Turbine
Marketing Alliance Manager
• Pratt & Whitney Aerospace
– Mgr Military Engine Flight Test Controls
• Lockheed-Martin Aerospace- Launch
Conductor, Hydraulics & Controls

   

Rick Wade: Dir. of Business Development - Western U.S.

• 25 Years Industry and General Management Experience
• Capstone Microturbine - Director Sales
– Renewable Energy Systems
• Raychem- President- Advanced Metal Components

   
 
   
Turbine Services
   

Darron Pruitt: Vice President Turbine Services

• 31 years GE LGT manufacturing Frame 5, 6, 7B-EA, 7F-FA, 9F-9FA, 9B-9E
• Total 41 in PG manufacturing and maintenance for GE and WH Frames 5, 6, 7B-EA, 7FA-501D, 501D5

   
   
Sweden AB
 

Gösta Körlof: Director Operations

• 22 years Sales & Management Experience
• Körlof Norberg & Partners- Managing Partner
and Senior Advisor
• Chalmers University of Technology
• Master of Science in Engineering Physics

   

Per Andersson: Sales Director

• 29 Years Energy/Industrial Experience
• Exxon-Mobil - Sales Manager
• BMH Marine -  Product Owner, Sales Leader, New Product Introduction
• Design and Project Management, Sensors, Logistics, Materials

   

Jukka Kotiaho: Sales Manager

• 10 Years Industrial Experience
• GE Sensing – Field Service Engineer Oil and Gas
• Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management

   
Lee Wilkinson- Sales Director

• Pratt & Whitney Power Systems – European Sales Manager
• RWE Power International – Business Development Group Head
• 6 Years Power Generation Experience
• 10 Years Manufacturing Experience

   

Alessandro Boursier- Business Development Director

• GE Oil & Gas – Upgrades Business Development Leader
• Contract Manager Large Upgrades Projects
• Finmeccanica Group SpA – Energy Manager
• 8 Years industry experience
• Mechanical Engineer

   
   

 
 

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