Gary Jurkowski

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About Gary Jurkowski

Gary is a seasoned Account Executive, Director, and Leader with over 25 years of experience in global leadership and business operations specifically with software and solution delivery in addition to building civil works and grid asset refurbishment in the energy, utility, telecommunication, and public sectors. With General Electric for the past 15 plus years, he is their Business Operations Director for their Digital Grid business supporting customer success across the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa. Gary is a highly successful, results driven professional with extensive experience in expanding, directing, and managing high profile international operations (>$100M in annual revenue) in emerging and developed markets. This is in addition to the direction of first-of-a-kind, high profile turnkey programs delivering large-scale software systems and civil works pertaining to grid modernization and the improvement of business processes, around the globe including North America, Africa (North and SSA), Asia, and the Middle East. He is well versed in multi-cultural team building, the delivery of management practices/strategies, a specialist in project governance, enhancing communication processes, and driving operational efficiency. He is focused on delivering business profitability while exceeding customer/client requirements with strength in integrity. Having lived in 10 countries and traveled to nearly 100 for business, he is comfortable in any setting. However, with a base in Southern California, he calls Laguna Beach home. Gary holds an Executive Masters of Business Administration from the University of Warwick in England with his dissertation focused on Key Cultural Elements for Organizations as They Step Beyond Their Domestic Borders. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba in Canada and Diplomas in Geographic Information Systems and Cartographic Technology from the Collage or Geographic Sciences in Canada.