Claudia Blanco

Claudia Blanco is the Innovation & Partnerships General Manager of GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business, delivering innovative, scalable solutions through customer partnerships and technology incubation. She focuses on testing new solutions (technology and business), opening new markets, and accelerating go-to-market and R&D by increasing available funding and proof-of-concepts by applying a collective convergence approach. Claudia has more than 30 years of experience in different industries and in key technical and leadership roles in the areas of manufacturing and operations, R&D, and product and business development. She joined the company in 2010 as the Global Director of Manufacturing Engineering & Industrial Development. She then led the advanced and additive manufacturing division and became a LEAN leader before managing engineering operations. In addition to her Industrial Engineering degree, Claudia holds a Computer Science degree, an Executive MBA and is working on her Master’s degree in Sustainability and Circular Economy at the University of Barcelona.