Gary Paschal Email & Phone Number

Schenectady, New York, United States

• Manager of Year 1 Wind Turbine Reliability
• Manage team of 8 Project Managers
• Work with OEMs and Construction; ensure any upgrades or known quality issues are resolved prior to wind farms going commercial
• Resolve any early operational issues with new wind farms
• Ensure first major maintenance is completed in timely manner and under budget
• Primary point of contact for End of Warranty negotiations between NextEra and OEMS

• Single point of contact for technical issues between NextEra and GE for onshore wind
• Liaised between NextEra and GE with particular focus on working with engineering, warranty, and operational teams.
• Delivered superior service to strengthen relationships with open communications, while helping drive internal GE processes based on feedback received from customer.
• Handled any escalated issues, both technical and operational, and helped drive resolution in a timely manner.
• Balanced desires of customer with GE obligations in an objective, transparent manner.

• Brought in to manage a group struggling with numerous quality issues and helped drive improvement by focusing on specific areas to improve blade quality vs procedural duties.
• Worked with commercial team to ensure stronger quality requirements were included in any contracts.
• Escalated and communicated any potentially large quality issues
• and drove to resolution, both in the factory as well as in the field.

• Worked with product line to help drive generator quality issues across the GE Heavy Industrial Generator fleet
• Worked with engineering and manufacturing on improving design and processes based on field issues and customer feedback
• Project managed any fleet quality programs to ensure timely completion

• Manager of steam turbine/generator sourcing organization…responsible for cost, delivery, and quality
• Manager of Balance of Plant quality organization, ensuring all auxiliary equipment needed for a combine cycle plant was qualified for use
• Managed supplier buy-to-pay team, ensuring compliance to SOX and business needs, terms payments and associated system
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• Generator Buyer
• Steam Turbine Quality Process Engineer