Carlos Perez Advanced Systems Design & Technology Lead GE Aviation

Carlos Perez leads the Advanced Systems Design and Technology section of GE Aviation’s Advanced Technology Organization.  In his role, he has responsibility for next generation propulsion strategies including advanced engine systems engineering & technology maturation.  In addition, Carlos leads the Future of Flight initiative to continue to develop state of the art architectures and technologies.  In Carlos’ career with GE, he has had responsibility for the Aviation Business Operations leading engineerings six sigma, Fastworks, and digitial thread initiatives, led the engineering IT team, and designed high pressure turbines on GE’s Passport 20 and T408. Most recently, Carlos worked to launch the LM9000 product for the Power and Oil & Gas market space while leading the Marine & Industrial Aeroderivatives Engineering team.  Carlos received a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.