Technical Direction

 

     
Name: Mike Byrd
Title: TGM & GTM Technical Director
Area: Steam & Combustion
Expertise: Steam & Combustion Turbine / Generator Overhauls
Experience: 1 year with TGM/GTM
30 years of industry experience
Previous Employers: PALCO Engineering and Construction
PenPower
Carolina Power & Light
American Dixie Products
Education: Electronics and Electricity Certificate, Clearance Training, Maintenance Management System, Assessment & Development Program, Project Management Environmental Awareness, Hazard Waste Training, Foreign Material Exclusion, Excavation Competent Person, OSHA 30H General Industry, Advanced Welding Practices, Hazardous Chemicals, Asbestos Exposure (gasket replacement), Managing Relationships at Work, CPR, Multimedia First Aid, Fall Protection, Basic Systems, Fire Protection, Confined Space, Load Cells, STAR, Basic Rigging
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Name: Sean Furey
Title: TGM Technical Director
Area: Steam
Expertise: Westinghouse
Experience: 8 years with TGM
Over 30 years industry experience
Previous Employers: General Electric Global Power Generation
ASEA Brown Boveri
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Education: Massachusetts Maritime Academy - BS Marine Engineering
Massachusetts Third Class Stationary Engineering License
North Shore Community College for Business Administration
Additional: Sean worked at Westinghouse for over 18 years where he held the positions of Technical Service Manager / Special Project Manager, Field Project Manager and Field Service Engineer. He also worked at ABB for 3 years in the position of Product Line Director/Project Manager of Maintenance and Installation.
     
Name: Weldon Riley
Title: TGM Technical Director
Area: Combustion
Expertise: Combustion Turbine Overhaul & Performance evaluation
Experience: 3 years with GTM
Over 25 years industry experience
Previous Employers: Sermatech Power Solutions
North American Energy Services
Occidental Chemical/Diamond Shamrock
Education: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology – B.S. Chemical Engineering
Additional: Weldon has been called a human encyclopedia of gas turbines. He has a solid background in the Combustion Turbine Industry. His general engineering knowledge about combustion turbines combined with his extensive field experience on both GE and Westinghouse frame gas turbine makes him a valuable resource for all combustion turbine issues.
 
     
Name: Marty Magby
Title: GTM Outage Sales, Planning and Technical Director
Area: Steam and Combustion
Expertise: Siemens/Westinghouse
Experience: 3 years with TGM
Over 10 years industry experience
Previous Employers: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Cessna Aircraft Company
Education: Kansas State University - Bachelor of Industrial Engineering
Westinghouse Electric Corp - Engineer in Training Program
Siemens Westinghouse - Management Development Program
Additional: Marty is the in-house expert on Westinghouse combustion turbines. Working 10 years for Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation (SWPC) has given him extensive knowledge regarding this OEM. While at SWPC Marty held the positions of Field Service Engineer, Contracts Manager, Project Support Engineer and most recently Operations Manager. At TGM/GTM Marty focuses on the combustion turbines but he also provides support for the steam turbine work.