mba degrees in renewable energy - room for growth

May 11, 2011 / www.albany.edu/business/weekendmba

power up ›› THE WEEKEND MBA PROGRAM

WEBINARValue of an MBA in the Renewable Energy Industry

YOUR Presenter

• Noah J. Francis

• General Electric, Energy, Renewables

• Atmospheric Forecasting Leader

• Wind Turbine Monitoring Specialist

• noahfrancisweather@gmail.com

• Background & Experience

• BS Atmospheric & Oceanic Science

• MBA University at Albany

• 11 years – Weather anchor on local television

• 18 months – Business manager AWS Truepower

• 2½ years – Current role with GE

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MY Role Within General Electric

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Energy

Power & Water

RenewablesProduct

Service & Warranty

Monitoring &

Diagnostics

MY Role Within General Electric

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•Diagnose & fix sick wind turbines

• Improve performance by leveraging data

• Data to actionable information

•Manage fleet weather safety

RENEWABLES – Wind & Solar

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•Wind energy continues strong growth

• Drivers

•Challenges

• Integration

• Economic

• Competitive environments

• China

RENEWABLES – Wind & Solar

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•How does my company come out on top?

• Competitive environments

•Think strategically

•Still much to understand

• Global markets

• Integration

• Lifecycle

•Forecast & position

•Quality & continuous improvement

RENEWABLES – Wind & Solar

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• In order to help yourself by helping the business

• Proactive … lead

• Customer-focused

• Understand strategies

• Understand why your company operates the way it does

•Need the complete toolkit

• MBA can provide

•Strategic Management

•Marketing Management

•Quantitative Analysis

•Operations Management

CONTACT Information

• Don Purdy, Program Director

• E-mail: dpurdy@uamail.albany.edu

• P: 518.442.4964 | F: 518.442.4975

• Twitter: @UAlbanyMBA

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?trk=hb_tab_pro_top

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MARK Your Calendars!

• Monday, May 16, 4:30 p.m.

• MBAs and Recruiting

• Chris Wessell

• Partner, Pinnacle Recruiting and HR Solutions

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QUESTIONS?

We hope to receive your

online application package soon!

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