1979, graduate, Virginia Tech. Formerly, with General Electric: GE Financial Management Program; 1981, Corporate Audit Staff; 1986, Manager, Programs and Planning, Corporate Audit Staff; 1989, staff executive, GE Corporate Executive Office; Manager, Marketing, Americas; Vice-President, Corporate Audit Staff; 1994, President, Pacific region, GE Plastics; 1995, President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Transportation Systems; 1997, President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Lighting; 1999, President and Chief Executive Officer, Employers Reinsurance Company; 2000, President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Aircraft Engines; 2003, President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Transportation; 2005, GE Vice-Chairman, and President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Infrastructure. Since 2006, current position.