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Kevin Sheehan

Siemens Energy

Biography

Kevin joined Siemens in 2000 as a materials engineer in Orlando, Florida within the fossil power generation division. Prior to joining Siemens, he briefly worked as a materials engineer for the International Truck and Engine Company after graduating from the University of Florida with a Master’s of Science degree in Materials Engineering.

Since the start of his career at Siemens, he has spent the first quarter as an engineer providing support to the engineering community to solve issues through failure analyses and providing materials solutions to the new generation of industrial large gas turbines. Since 2006, Kevin led the Materials Engineering organization as well as served as Technology Owner for Materials within Large Gas Turbine Engineering.
After his role in Materials Engineering management, Kevin became the Technology Manager for the SGT5/6-9000HL gas turbine program, where all developed technologies were designed into the new advanced gas turbine engine for Siemens Gas and Power. From 2017 until 2022, he headed the Design for Additive Manufacturing organization, responsible for designing and implementing the first 100+ additively manufactured serial components into the commercial large power generation equipment fleet for Siemens Energy.

Presently, Kevin is the Business Excellence and Transformation manager for the global Additive Manufacturing organization for Siemens Energy. His focus is on continuous improvement of global processes, KPI improvement and other strategic business initiatives to ensure customer value and business profitability. In terms of Transformation, Kevin emphasizes the importance of employees feeling and operating as one collaborative team focused on customer value for the success of the business. Kevin has been a key enabler for the explosive growth of additive manufacturing within Siemens Energy.