Nicolas Péton joined Bently Nevada in 2006 in the Machinery Diagnostic Services group. He is the Global Director. Previously he worked for Alstom Steam turbine and Cryostar where he was in charge of onsite startup activities worldwide. He also worked in the chemical industry (PPG industry, USA) and as Free Lance for startup activities. He has been also a mechanical/acoustical research engineer in research institutes (Technion, Haifa and TU Berlin). He has a « Diplôme d’ingénieur » and a PhD from the University of Technology of Compiègne, Fr and is a European Professional Engineer (Eur-Ing).