Siemens Energy appoints Jim Jones director

Siemens Energy, Inc. announced the appointment of Jim Jones to the position of director, Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing – Americas Region, effective March 16, 2011.

With more than 30 years of experience in manufacturing, service and repair operations, Jones will have overall responsibility for wind turbine blade manufacturing in the Americas region, which includes the Fort Madison, Iowa, and Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada, operations. Jones and his family will be relocating to the Fort Madison area in the coming months.

A retiree of the United States Air Force, Jones has held positions of increasing responsibility in the aircraft and power generation industries. He first joined Siemens in 2001 at the Houston Service Center as the superintendent of quality assurance. In 2004, he was appointed plant operations manager, and in 2006, he was promoted to his current position as director, Houston Service Center.