Juan de Bedout

Global Technology Director
Electrical Technologies and Systems

Juan is the Technology Director for the Electrical Technologies & Systems organization in GE Global Research, reporting to the Senior Vice President of GE Global Research. In this role, he leads a global team of approximately 550 scientists and engineers, responsible for advanced technology development in the areas of semiconductor devices and packaging, electronics, electrical power conversion, controls and signal processing, in support of GE’s Energy, Oil & Gas, Aviation, Transportation and Healthcare businesses. The ET&S team is organized into six Technology Organizations, which are distributed across GE’s four Global Research facilities.

Prior to his current role, Juan was Global Technology Leader for Power Conversion Systems, reporting to the Senior Vice President of GE Global Research. In this role, which he held since 2008, Juan led a global team of 160 scientists and engineers, organized in ten laboratories spread across GE’s four research centers, and was responsible for the development of advanced electric power technologies supporting all of GE’s industrial businesses. Key technology spaces supported by this team included advanced generators and motors for Energy, Oil & Gas, Aviation Systems and Transportation; power converters for Wind, Solar, Transportation, Aviation Systems and Healthcare; controls, protection and energy management for the Smart Grid; and the development of fundamental technologies such as nano-dielectrics and Silicon Carbide which have the potential to enable revolutionary advances in the capabilities of our products.

An avid Boilermaker through and through, Juan obtained all of his degrees from Purdue, starting with a B.S.M.E degree in 1994, followed by an M.S.M.E. degree in 1996, and finishing with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 2000. Juan was born in Medellin, Colombia, South America.

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