James P. Lyons

Jim Lyons is Chief Engineer – Electronics and Energy Conversion at GE’s Global Research Center with responsibilities for product applications across all GE businesses.  He’s been a principal champion of renewable energy within GE and technology leader of GE’s 2002 entry into the wind energy business, now GE’s largest power generation business. Jim’s currently leading new GE business/technology initiatives on waste gasification, plug-in hybrid vehicles, and rural electrification.

Jim has a BSEE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MSEE from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and PhD from Cornell University.