Robert Burger

About Robert Burger

Experienced director of both public and private companies, bringing an engineer’s pragmatic approach to enterprise risk management and strategy. Expertise includes global industrial services, capital equipment manufacturing, power generation, clean energy, and marine businesses.Significant governance contributions include: navigating sweeping regulatory changes and market-driven strategy and product design pivots; business rebranding; investment thesis and gap analysis development; major strategic acquisitions, integration, and exit options; and cyber-attack preparation, response, and recovery.Currently serving on the boards of Fairbanks Morse Defense, Rotating Machinery Services (RMS), and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), Northwest Chapter. Previous board service includes: Victory Energy, serving on the audit committee; and Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT), chairing both the compensation and risk committees, and serving as a financial expert. NACD Board Leadership Fellow since 2017.Executive roles include president and CEO of MAN Diesel & Turbo North America (now Everllence), the world’s leading provider of engines for ships and power stations and a top provider of turbomachinery for oil & gas, chemical, and industrial applications; and both president and managing director roles with LM Wind Power, the world’s largest provider of wind turbine blades and service. Earlier professional experience includes leading GE Energy’s worldwide gas turbine product service business, and serving in the U.S. Navy, both at sea and later leading shipyard engineering, repair, and modification projects, including nuclear power and underwater salvage.Two graduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a B.S. in Ocean Engineering from the U. S. Naval Academy; have lived in South Africa, Japan, The Netherlands, and throughout the United States, and have operated throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas.

Experience

1. Board of Directors

   Fairbanks Morse Defense

   Sep 2019 — Present · Beloit, WI, US

   Independent Director of Fairbanks Morse Defense (an Arcline Investment Management company); Senior Advisor (Strategy, M&A, Technology); InvestorFairbanks Morse Defense is the OEM and aftermarket service provider to a large installed base of leading marine technologies, such as propulsion systems, handling systems, motors, controllers, and valves. Its engines have been in operation for over 120 years and support many of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard\'s most mission-critical applications.Arcline Investment Management is a growth-oriented private equity firm with over $20 billion in assets under management. Arcline seeks to build the next generation of Industrial Compounders - market-leading, non-disruptible industrial platforms designed to grow earnings consistently over decades.

Education

• Naval Postgraduate School

  Master’s Degree, M.S., Mechanical/Controls Engineering

  1991 — 1994

• University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

  Executive Education Program, Finance

• Naval Postgraduate School

  Degree of Mechanical Engineer (MechE), Total Ship Systems Engineering Design Program

  1993 — 1994

• United States Naval Academy

  Bachelor’s Degree, B.S., Ocean Engineering

  1982 — 1986

Skills

• Manufacturing Management
• Strategic Planning
• Clean Energy
• Cleantech
• Engineering Management
• M&Amp;a Due Diligence
• Global Operations
• Profit Improvement
• Service Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Six Sigma
• Public Speaking
• Strategy
• Re-Engineering
• P&L Responsibility
• Continuous Improvement
• Energy
• Start-Ups
• Wind
• Engineering
• Renewable Energy
• Risk Management
• Turn Around Management
• Oem
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Power Generation
• Leadership
• Wind Energy
• O&M
• Lean Sigma
• Steam Turbines
• International Operations
• Field Service
• Manufacturing
• Utilities
• Private Equity
• Oil&Gas
• Technical Leadership