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Mark Axford

Mark Axford has more than 25 years of energy experience as an engineer, product manager, sales and marketing executive, and independent consultant. He is the President and Chief Turbine Guy for Axford TurbineConsultants LLC. His clients are primarily fleet owners of gas turbine equipment who rely on Mr. Axford for advice on O&M contracting, cycle optimization, new technology assessment and new project opportunities. His practice also provides market analysis and forecasting services for clients evaluating acquisitions and new product introductions.

Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Mr. Axford was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for General Electric’s Aero Energy Products division, acquired from Stewart & Stevenson Services Inc. in 1998. He joined Stewart & Stevenson in 1978 to launch their new gas turbine compressor business venture. As the first employee at S&S dedicated to non-military application of gas turbine technology, Mr. Axford redirected the business from compressor drive to electric power generation as the US cogeneration market blossomed in the 80s. Products were upsized from the 3-5MW range to the 20-50MW range featuring GE LM2500, 5000 and 6000 gas turbines. Mr. Axford championed the addition of spray intercooling to the LM6000 gas turbine (known as “Sprint”) and the growth of a stand-alone O&M business for various makes and models of gas turbines. Annual sales grew from essentially zero in 1978 to more than $500 million per year at the time of the GE acquisition. Mr. Axford was retained by GE as Vice President of North American Sales for the Aero Energy products business which recorded orders exceeding $2.5 billion in year 2000.

Prior to his tenure at Stewart & Stevenson, Mr. Axford worked at Dresser Industries in Olean, NY, in positions involving product design, testing and application engineering of centrifugal compressors and gas turbines. Mr. Axford received his BS degree in Industrial Distribution from Clarkson University in 1974 and an MBA from St. Bonaventure University in 1978.

He has written technical and business articles for publications such as Turbomachinery, Gas Turbine World, Cogeneration, Energy Central, Independent Power and Diesel & Gas Turbine World and has been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Houston Chronicle and other periodicals.

Rob McNamee

Rob McNamee has more than 15 years of experience as a turbomachinery sales engineer, account manager and global sales leader. Prior to joining Axford Turbine Consultants as an independent contractor, McNamee worked for General Electric’s Aero Energy Products division and Environmental Services division. Rob has expertise with GE’s entire family of gas turbines including Frame 5, Frame 7E, Frame 7F, LM2500, LM6000, and LMS100 as well as steam turbines, generators and balance of plant equipment. He joined GE in 1998 as an account manager responsible for sales of the LM gas turbine generator set product line focusing on accounts in the Northeast United States. In September 2000, McNamee booked a $1 billion order for 71 LM6000s, the single largest order in GE history for aeroderivative turbines. In January 2002, he changed roles to become a Black Belt in GE’s Six Sigma program, mentoring sales individuals and working on process improvements for the sales team. He was Black Belt certified in Jan 2004 and appointed as Global Sales Leader for Environmental Services with responsibility for $500 million in annual orders.

Prior to his tenure at General Electric, Mr. McNamee worked at Rolls Royce, U.S. Turbines and Solar Turbines as an account manager and sales engineer. He sold numerous Allison 501 and Solar Taurus gensets to customers developing 3-15 mw cogeneration projects. McNamee played a key role in the application engineering and plant design to make sure the projects were technically sound and optimized for strong financial returns.

McNamee received his BS in Marine Engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY in 1985 and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ in 1992. He was a four year starter for the Men’s Basketball team while at the Academy and still holds the career scoring record at 2162 points. Mr. McNamee currently resides near Atlanta, GA, with his wife, Diane and 3 children.