Global Operations Executive

Richard Reno

Burnt Hills, NY ***** • ********.****@*****.*** • 518-***-**** • linkedin.com/in/richard-reno

GLOBAL EXECUTIVE

Business - Transformation • Growth • Operations

Global GE leadership, a solid engineering foundation, deep and broad business acumen and a strong track record of taking ownership for transforming, growing and operating diverse global product lines, functions and business segments while consistently meeting or exceeding expectations.

Areas of Expertise:

Talent acquisition & development

Operations planning, rhythms & rigor

Organizational transformation

Product strategy

Systematic change implementation

Project management

CCGT, Wind & Solar Energy

Fleet management & operation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (1993 - 2018)

GE Power Conversion

Senior Executive Renewables Segment – Schenectady, NY 2017 – 2018)

Led Renewables business segment including Solar, Wind and Hydro/Tidal.

Led and Operated Renewables as a stand-alone business.

Reset product strategy & NPI investment for clear product differentiation and ROI.

Transformed GE’s Solar business model from Inverter only to Global Full Scope business.

Drove business performance on Revenue, Orders, Sales, CM, Cash, and On Time Delivery.

Senior Executive Project Operations – Paris, France (2015 – 2017)

Led global business model transformation and execution of GE Power Conversion’s project portfolio in the Marine, Oil & Gas, Renewables and General Industry segments.

Restructured and refreshed 1200 EE team for success with internal & external talent.

Established foundational project management processes & tools.

Managed 450 global projects for ~$2B of annual revenue.

GE Wind

Executive Product Service & Warranty – Schenectady, NY (2013 – 2015)

Led global remote operation, data analytics, availability/reliability growth, warranty execution and quality of GE’s fleet of 22,000+ wind turbines.

Transformed team focus/culture from fix to data driven predict and prevent.

Led customer discussions/negotiations for fleet issues to positive outcomes.

Drove 4-point increase in flagship product availability using data analytics.

Executive Global Projects Operation, NY – Schenectady, NY (2012 – 2013)

Led project management and business execution in GE Wind’s largest volume year while simultaneously establishing new regional execution capability in India and Brazil.

Managed global project portfolio for ~$7B of annual revenue.

Fulfilled large scale NPI launch in record volume year.

Built team and successfully executed projects in new regions of India & Brazil.

Executive Wind Products – Schenectady, NY (2011 – 2012)

Led On and Offshore Wind product strategy, commercialization, development & capital allocation.

Led global on & offshore product strategy, development & commercialization.

Led business execution around largest product launch in history, 1.6-100.

Evolved global product portfolio and drove cost out execution.

Metrics include program cost and schedule execution, penetration and CM.

Executive Offshore Wind – Schenectady, NY (2010 – 2011)

Led acquisition of Scanwind in Norway/Sweden and 4.1-113 direct drive wind turbine launch.

Led acquisition integration and ramp up from 30 to 200 employees.

Drove product evolution definition and NPI execution.

Secured multi-national government funding for product development and prototype order.

Metrics include external funding, launch order and Pro-forma execution.

Executive 2.5 Platform/Europe Growth Leader – Salzbergen, Germany/Schenectady, NY (2007 – 2010)

Led product development and global launch of 2.5-100.

Launched a new Wind Turbine for Europe leading to a 10-point penetration increase.

Completed NPI process, managed critical supplier qualifications and certification.

Established & drove cost out plans, programs and progress.

Metrics include program cost and schedule execution, penetration and CM.

Executive Operations Leader – Schenectady, NY (2005 – 2007)

Led global operations to develop financial and operating plans, operating rhythms/metrics and strategic improvement initiatives to deliver GE’s biggest op profit turnaround history.

Established global operating plan and exceeded it by $121MM of op profit.

Led global operating rhythm for all critical processes, sales to services.

Drove continuous improvement initiatives in S&OP, Projects, Services and Quality.

Metrics include Revenue, CM, Cash, On Time Delivery.

GE Power Systems

Various – Schenectady, NY; Tuen Mun, Hong Kong; Amsterdam, Netherlands (1993 – 2005)

Various positions of increasing scope and responsibility in design engineering, field engineering, Six Sigma Black Belt, e-business and project management.

Led Combined Cycle plant controls design & commissioning

Drove quality & productivity in power plant proposal & cost estimating processes

Led implementation of on-line project management & customer collaboration platform

Launched RFID based material tracking solution track shipments to power plant sites

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science: Electrical Engineering - Clarkson University - Potsdam, NY

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