Global Operations Leader, GE Vernova
Vice Chair, Minority Affairs Committee - AIChE
Tayo Femi-Fowode is a passionate Chemical Engineer with over 16+ years of corporate and leadership experience. He is currently a Global Operations Leader for GE Vernova where he is responsible for operationalizing tools, processes, and interfaces needed to execute Global Customer Service Engineering & Support workstreams. Prior to that, he led the digital adoption of Asset Performance Management (APM) for GE Gas Power Fleet Management business where he drove digital integration of monitored turbines, generators, and other equipment to minimize downtime, optimize plant performance and save operating cost for more than 950 power plants in 75 countries and serving 350 million people worldwide. Before joining GE Power in 2011, he was Project Manager in the asset management division of Rolls-Royce Energy.
Tayo is a senior member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and serves as Vice Chair for the Institute’s Minority Affairs Committee (MAC). He has also volunteered in different capacity amongst which are the MAC Real Talk Speed Mentoring and AIChE’s apprentice program where he worked with other young professionals to foster STEM education in the Houston community with K-12 students.
Tayo graduated from Prairie View A&M University, magna cum laude, with a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering. He also holds a Master’s in Chemical Engineering and an MBA both from Columbia University in the City of New York. Tayo enjoys entrepreneurship, mentoring young professionals and spending time with his wife and daughters.