Robert C. Rugh
President/CEO,
DeWind Co, Irvine (California)

Mr. Robert Rugh, President/CEO of DeWind Co, a utility-size wind turbine OEM, is a seasoned executive with extensive knowledge and experience in the wind turbine industry, including business development, marketing and sales, engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, project development, turbine installation and turbine operations. Mr. Rugh joined DeWind in 2007, first serving as Executive Vice President of Operations, was then named President in 2008, and assumed his current role in 2009 upon the acquisition of DeWind by DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd.).

Prior to joining DeWind, Mr. Rugh served as Vice President, Wind Turbine Group, for Mitsubishi Power systems Americas (MPSA), where he led MPSA’s Wind Turbine Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Project Management and Operations for North America. Prior to joining Mitsubishi, Mr. Rugh was responsible for wind turbine components manufacturing for GE Wind. Prior to GE, he served as Vice President Wind Turbine Manufacturing for Enron Wind Corp. and its predecessor company Zond Energy Systems. In each of these roles, Mr. Rugh led and was responsible for wind turbine supply chain, sourcing and assembly activities, while providing support for project site coordination and turbine service operations, in geographic locations spanning the globe. Prior to Zond, Mr. Rugh served for over 20 years in a variety of capacities for Westinghouse Electric Corporation, primarily in the power generation and industrial services sectors. Within Westinghouse Power Generation, Mr. Rugh held a number of positions in engineering, operations, sales and services, and helped lead a Westinghouse renewable power initiative for wind turbine assembly and sales in the 1990s. Within Westinghouse Industry Services, Mr. Rugh led numerous operations management, services and sales initiatives and locations, serving a variety of industrial sectors, including steel, mining, pulp & paper, petrochemical and automotive.

Mr. Rugh holds an MBA degree from the Katz School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University.