John Simons a native of St. Louis Missouri, received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University and an MBA from University of Houston.  John has more than 15 years of sales experience in Gas and Steam Turbines of various types including the large Combined Cycle, Fossil and Nuclear Units.  In a career that includes many years living and working in East Asia he has accumulated 30 years of experience in various technical sales roles including risk mitigation, for large companies including GE, Caterpillar and Honeywell.