Mr. George leads the operations and asset management of Invenergy’s growing portfolio of more than 4,600 MW of wind and thermal power plants. He has over 28 years of broad experience in the power industry including engineering, construction, project development, commissioning, operations and asset management in a variety of fuel sources such as wind, natural gas, oil, coal, biomass and nuclear. Over his career, he has led the commissioning, operation and asset management of more than 5,600 MW of natural gas generation and 1,800 MW of wind generation.

Prior to joining Invenergy in November 2002, Mr. George was Vice President of Operations and Asset Management at Calpine following the sale of SkyGen to Calpine in October 2000.  As one of the original team members of SkyGen in 1992, Mr. George was Vice President of Operations and Asset Management. He had direct responsibility for building SkyGen Services, SkyGen’s facility management subsidiary, into a staff of over 100 corporate and operations personnel. SkyGen Services was responsible for construction, commissioning, operations and asset management of SkyGen’s portfolio of more than 2,800 MWs of thermal generation.

Before joining SkyGen in 1992, Mr. George spent nine years as a professional engineer in the design and construction of power generation facilities at both CRS Sirrine Engineers and Sargent & Lundy.

Education: MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago; BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois.