New President Named for GE Energy's Services Business
ATLANTA, GA.-October 17, 2005-Daniel C. Heintzelman, a 26-year GE veteran and a company officer, has been named president of GE Energy's services business. Heintzelman joins GE Energy from GE Transportation, where he has led the aircraft engine services business for the past three years. He succeeds Ricardo Artigas, who has been president of GE Energy's services business since 1997 and will be retiring at the end of this year.
During his tenure with GE Transportation, Heintzelman held a series of leadership roles, including plant manager for GE's Rutland, Vt. facility and general manager of assembly operations at GE's Evendale, Ohio facility. He also held several general manager roles within the aircraft engine services business, including leading the global network of repair shops and several joint ventures, before becoming the business leader.
Heintzelman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial distribution from Clarkson University and is a member of the university's board of trustees.
"With GE's focus on growth and innovation, I am delighted to be leading a business that holds such great potential to increase its offerings and bring new ideas to our customers," said Heintzelman. "Having focused on effective and customer-centric service delivery with our aircraft engines business in the last few years, I am confident that we will be able to leverage best practices in service delivery to become an ever more valuable partner to our customers."
GE Energy's services business provides a comprehensive portfolio of offerings to customers in the power generation, power delivery and industrial segments.
About GE Energy
GE Energy (www.gepower.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technology, with 2004 revenues of $17.3 billion. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Energy provides equipment, service and management solutions across the power generation, oil and gas, transmission and distribution, distributed power and energy rental industries.
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