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INNOVENTURE Announces Featured Speakers From GE to Discuss Wind Energy

Submitted by: John Warner on Mar 10, 2009 at 10:03 am Tagged with: Alternative Energy, Wind Energy Source: Swamp Fox

Willey and Zemitis to Discuss Creating an Ecosystem Around a Large Market Opportunity

GREENVILLE, SC—InnoVenture Southeast 2009 announced today that featured speakers on March 24, 2009, will include Larry Willey and Scott Zemitis of GE Energy discussing creating a regional ecosystem around the enormous market opportunity for wind energy.

Lawrence Willey is the Manager of Wind Systems Conceptual Design for GE Infrastructure-Wind, Advanced Technology Operations, based in Greenville, South Carolina. He helped lead the successful acquisition integration of the former Enron Renewable Energy Wind business into one of most successful new GE businesses ever. Larry Willey is an active participant in many professional associations including: the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA), and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York with a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, majoring in aerodynamics. He also obtained his bachelors & associates degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, and Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, New York.

W. Scott Zemitis, P.E. is the Engineering Learning Leader for GE Energy, serving the technical training needs of more than 8,000 engineers worldwide. Scott’s team manages the Edison Engineering Development Program for high potential entry-level engineers, the Advanced Courses in Engineering (ACE) Program, the Energy Engineering Fundamentals curricula, and other technical development programs for GE Energy engineers. Scott’s organization is also involved in university partnership activities including recruiting, curriculum development and continuing education. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech, an M.S. in Materials Science from the University of Virginia and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.

“The Obama administration has prioritized wind energy is a crucial part of our future energy portfolio,” said John Warner, CEO of Jute Networks and Chairman of InnoVenture Southeast. “InnoVenture is a great forum to explore how to create an ecosystem of specialized industry, academic and entrepreneurial partners to help make GE Energy as the anchor of this enormous market opportunity more productive, innovative, and globally competitive.”

About GE Energy
GE Energy (www.ge.com/energy) is one of the world’s leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies, with 2008 revenue of $29.3 billion. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Energy works in all areas of the energy industry including coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy; renewable resources such as water, wind, solar and biogas; and other alternative fuels. Numerous GE Energy products are certified under ecomagination, GE’s corporate-wide initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that will help customers meet pressing environmental challenges.

About InnoVenture Southeast 2009
In its sixth year, InnoVenture Southeast will be held March 24, 2009 at the Carolina First Center in Greenville, SC. InnoVenture is one of the United States’ largest innovation conferences, attended by hundreds of people providing expertise, resources and customers to entrepreneurial companies, researchers, and innovators. 2009 Diamond Anchors include Michelin, Milliken, GE, BlueCross BlueShield of SC, SC Launch!, and Zeus. Additional information can be found at http://www.swampfox.ws.