Chief Technology Officer
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Feb 2022 - Present
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Greater Houston, United States
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Wei Cai is listed as Chief Technology Officer at Technip Energies, based in Greater Houston, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Wei Cai.
Wei Cai previously worked as Vice President Technology & Innovation at Technip Energies and Executive Director- Energy Transformation Technology at Ge Research. Wei Cai holds Ph.D, Materials Science from University Of Wisconsin.
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Forward thinking technology leader passionate about the future of clean energy. Adept at people leadership with a proven track record of advancing innovative products & solutions. Keen focused on balancing immediate impact and long term value creation.
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11 roles · 29 years
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Vice President Technology & Innovation
Nov 2021 - Feb 2022
Executive Director- Energy Transformation Technology
Shaping energy transition strategy at GE through technical and economical assessments, providing technology insights to GE’s energy business leaders to develop de-carbonization product roadmaps, establishing programs to drive the strategy forward.Lead inclusion and diversity efforts at GE Research, drive sustainable changes with real impacts.
Jul 2020 - Nov 2021
Executive Technical Director - Functional Materials
- Led a 70+ multidisciplinary high performing team- Drove execution and delivered critical Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) technologies to enable higher fuel efficiency of GE LEAP and GE 9X engines- Sponsored new programs including energy storage, additive manufacturing, and wearable sensors - Built external collaboration and won major DARPA and DOE programs ( $50+M during 2019-2020)
Feb 2017 - Jul 2020
Executive Business Program Manager
- Developed technology strategy, oversaw program portfolio of ~$20M per year- Advanced innovation to product launches( 2 new products in 18 months, contributed $80+M revenues to Water business- Built strategic partnerships with major O&G customers, won $17+M customer funds. - Leveraged collaborations with institutions and government for long term technology development, won $6+M government funding
Aug 2014 - Mar 2017
General Manager
Oversaw operations at GE Global Research Shanghai (16 research labs, 200+ technologists).
Jun 2011 - Jun 2014
Technology Leader, Water & Chemical Systems
Built and led a team of 70+ researchers for advanced R&D in the areas of fuel cell, energy storage, thin film solar, water treatment technologies, organic/inorganic coatings, etc. The goal is to develop differentiated technologies for GE businesses.
Feb 2011 - Jun 2014
Manager, Electrochemical Processes Lab
Overall Responsibility: Built and led a team of 20+ chemists, material scientists and chemical engineers to innovate new technologies that enable new products & services for GE.- Develop technology strategy for GE businesses, i.e. global multi-generation product development roadmap for electrochemical separation and water reuse.- Drive global integration and local strategy: leader for global programs and a key driver for GE's in-China-for-China programs.Develop people- built the best technology team in Shanghai with top global project leaders. - Execute on company wide impact programs such as CEO programs, eco-magination program, which was selected to be presented to GE chairman and the board of directors.- Lead technology innovation in energy storage and thin film solarPromote external collaborations with Universities and local government
Oct 2007 - Feb 2011
Center Of Exellence (Coe) Leader
Led a multidisciplinary team to establish CoE vision and and to build the best global electrochemistry teamLed recruiting efforts for chemical technology lab, helped to build a team of 28 technologistTaught six sigma course and mentored six sigma projects (Black Belt)Developed technical expertise in the area of electrochemistry through project executionAuthored +20 filed patent applications
Jan 2005 - Jan 2007
Lead Scientist
Demonstrated novel concept of flexible x-ray detector based on conductive polymersDeveloped and evaluated photovoltaic materialsImproved the process for making nano-meter size silsesquioxane products with six sigma rigor
Jul 2003 - Dec 2004
Research Assistant
Hamers Group, University Of Wisconsin-Madison
1998 - 2003
~5 yrs
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Wei Cai education
Ph.D, Materials Science
University Of Wisconsin
B.S., Chemistry
Hunan University
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Wei Cai works for Technip Energies.
What is Wei Cai's role at Technip Energies?
Wei Cai is listed as Chief Technology Officer at Technip Energies.
Where is Wei Cai based?
Wei Cai is based in Greater Houston, United States while working with Technip Energies.
What companies has Wei Cai worked for?
Wei Cai has worked for Technip Energies, Ge Research, Ge Global Research, and Hamers Group, University Of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Wei Cai holds Ph.D, Materials Science from University Of Wisconsin.
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