Paul received his BSME in Mechanical Engineering from Rose Hulman and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Union College in Schenectady. He is registered as a Professional Engineer with the State of NY and Certified as Lead auditor with RABQSA. The majority of his 37 year career with GE was spent in GE Energy with only a brief assignment in GE Lighting. Various assignments at different GE locations have included design Engineering, Marketing Support, Sourcing Quality, Proposal support, Quality systems and Contract performance Management.Functional areas of experience include manufacturing, maintenance repairs, engineering and sourcing. Size of organizations in the scope of responsibility varied from 150 to 350 employees. Exemplar Global Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor - Quality Management System Auditor ProgramQuality Leader Positions15 years in quality of 37 year career with GE Licensed Professional Engineer Certified GE Contract Performance ManagerEquipment, Product and Process Experience Industrial Power Equipment - Gas turbine and generator equipment, associated accessory equipment, Gas turbine servicing, Servicing/repair of Industrial equipment – motors, generators, and turbines. Manufacturing and Sourcing processes. Engineering processes related to Wind and Solar Energy. Contract Service agreements. Industrial Lighting – Roadway, interior industrial lighting, sports lighting. Customer Service related process. Manufacturing processes. Currently heading up AEA Solutions a Quality Consulting company in Charlotte, NC. Work activities have consisted of performing ISO 9001:2008 certification and surveillance audits for BSI (British Standards Institution) certification agency, inspection of GE Wind Turbine towers at suppliers & delivery ports; and conducting quality management systems audits at suppliers of Northrop Grumman Shipping Building/Huntington Ingalls and gap analysis at various manufacturing facilities.