Jon Landes Named Vice President of Marketing for Dresser Waukesha
Jonathan (Jon) Landes has been named vice president of marketing for Dresser Waukesha. Landes comes to Waukesha from GE Energy in Houston, where he was the business operations manager for GE’s new LMS100 product, an aeroderivative gas turbine, capable of producing in excess of 100MW.
Landes has spent his entire career in marketing and product management for leading manufacturers in the engine and power generation industries. He had been at GE Energy in a series of increasingly responsible positions since 2001. His assignments included leading an integration team for GE’s acquisition of Jenbacher, the Austrian manufacturer of gas engines. Previously, Landes spent nearly a decade at Caterpillar, Inc., where he focused on diesel and gas engines for compression and power generation applications.
“Jon’s experience in marketing and product management, and his breadth of engine expertise will be an invaluable resource,” said Barry Glickman, Dresser Waukesha president, in announcing Landes’ appointment. “I am delighted to have him at Waukesha.”
Landes holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agricultural engineering from Purdue University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame. He is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt.
About Waukesha Founded in Waukesha, Wis. in 1906, Dresser Waukesha, a business unit of Dresser, Inc., is a manufacturer of spark-ignited, gaseous-fueled engines widely used in power generation, field gas compression and other mechanical drive applications. Waukesha also packages Enginator® gensets and DC switchgear controls for the distributed generation market. Waukesha's manufacturing facility, located in Waukesha, is ISO 9001 certified. The company's Web site is www.waukeshaengine.dresser.com.
Dresser, Inc. is a leader in providing highly engineered infrastructure products for the global energy industry. The company has leading positions in a broad portfolio of products including valves, actuators, meters, switches, regulators, piping products, natural gas-fueled engines, retail fuel dispensers and associated retail point of sale systems and air and gas handling equipment. Leading brand names within the Dresser portfolio include Dresser Wayne® retail fueling systems, Waukesha® natural gas-fired engines, Masoneilan® control valves, Mooney® regulators, Consolidated® pressure relief valves, and Roots® blowers and rotary gas meters. It has manufacturing and customer service facilities located strategically worldwide and a sales presence in more than 100 countries. The company's Web site is www.dresser.com.
