Lawrence D. Willey, P.E., Vice President, Operation-Maintenance-Service & Warranty

Lawrence recently joined Clipper Windpower as Vice President, OMS (Operation Maintenance Service) and Warranty, where he is responsible for all post-COD (Commercial Operation Date) business functions. His immediate focus areas include achieving above industry standard fleet availability, building the OMS operation into a profit center, accomplishing product retrofits on time and budget, minimizing the impact of COQ (Cost of Quality), and increasing productivity.

Prior to joining the Clipper leadership team, Lawrence has nearly 32 years of experience working for two major corporations: General Electric Company (GE) for 20 years and United Technologies Corporation (UTC) for almost 12 years. During Lawrence’s career at GE, he held a number of increasingly senior positions in Large Steam Turbine & Generator, Power Generation Technology, and the past 7 years in Wind Energy. Some of his major leadership contributions included advanced aerodynamics development that significantly improved the industry standard efficiency for large steam turbines and the successful acquisition and integration of the former Enron Renewable Energy wind business into one of most successful new GE businesses ever. While at the Pratt and Whitney division of UTC, Lawrence led teams that established the Fluid Component Integration Laboratory and supported the development of the V2500 – one of the first major aircraft gas turbine engine collaborations in the industry.

He is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York with a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (1984). He also obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (1982) from the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, and his Associate in Applied Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (1978) from Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, New York. Lawrence is married with two children.

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