Mohamad-Ali Mortada, PhD – GT Controls Team Lead within the Aero-derivative Gas Turbines Department of the Distributed Power Generation Division at Siemens in Montreal, Canada. Responsibilities include delivering design improvements to the control system for the purpose of enhancing Reliability and Mean Time between Forced Outage. Joined Siemens (previously Rolls-Royce Energy) in 2011 as a Field Support Engineer working on Root Cause Investigations to resolve failures impacting product safety and reliability. Holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering from École Polytechnique de Montreal.