Bryan Dods
Executive
Manufacturing Technology Leader
GE Energy
Bryan Dods serves as the Executive, Manufacturing Technology Leader for GE Energy. The Manufacturing Technology organization has responsibility for new product and technology introduction across GE Energy’s global factory and supplier network. Before joining GE Energy in 2008, he spent 21 years in the aerospace industry. Bryan has 23 years of manufacturing experience in various quality assurance, production management, and technology development roles. He has been active in re-establishing manufacturing as a competitive advantage through participation with industry consortiums, government agencies, research institutes and universities.
He was selected to the National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering program in 2004, served on the Centre of Excellence for Customised Assembly board for the United Kingdom’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Center and served as the Industry Advisory Board chairman for the National Science Foundation’s Industry/University Collaborative Research Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems. Bryan is currently building GE Energy’s newly created Manufacturing Technology organization using a distributed manufacturing technology center model to utilize the best of GE’s internal resources and leverage partnerships with global external resources. Bryan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgy, Mechanics, & Materials Science from Michigan State University, a Masters of Science degree in Materials Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Washington University in St. Louis.
