Mark Albenze, former Siemens and GE Vernova executive, joins Utilen advisory board

MINNESOTA — Utilen, the Coordination Engine for the electric utility supply chain, today announced the appointment of Mark Albenze to its advisory board.

Albenze spent nearly three decades in senior operating roles at Siemens, Siemens Gamesa, and GE Vernova. Companies whose equipment and services businesses sit on the other side of the transactions Utilen's platform is built to coordinate. He now advises institutional investors and developers on utility-scale energy infrastructure, giving him a working view of the sector from the manufacturing, services, and capital sides simultaneously.

That vantage point is directly relevant to Utilen's mandate. The company's platform coordinates sourcing, vendor management, and order workflows among manufacturers, EPCs, and utilities. The set of relationships Albenze managed at global scale for most of his career.

A career on the manufacturer side of the grid supply chain

Albenze spent 28 years with the Siemens family of companies, ultimately serving as CEO of Global Service at Siemens Gamesa, where he led the combined service business following the Siemens Wind Power and Gamesa merger. In 2020, he joined GE Vernova as a company officer and Vice President of Services, Selling and Operations for its Gas Power business, responsible for the services portfolio supporting one of the world's largest installed fleets of power generation equipment.

He currently serves as a senior advisor to ArcLight Capital Partners and its SkyVest renewables platform, and to Advanced Power, an independent developer and owner of power generation infrastructure. Roles that keep him at the intersection of utility-scale asset operations and infrastructure investment.

Albenze began his career at Westinghouse Electric Corporation and served as a U.S. Army officer from 1989 to 1992. He holds a bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University, a Master of Public Administration from Troy University, and a Master’s in Management from Webster University.

Role at Utilen

As an advisor, Albenze will work with Utilen's leadership on how the platform structures sourcing, coordination, and relationship management across manufacturers, EPCs, and utilities. Weighing and informing product and commercial decisions with the operating perspective of the counterparties Utilen serves. 

"Mark spent three decades running the equipment and services businesses on the other side of the transactions our platform coordinates, at the scale utilities actually operate," said Sean Dunham, CEO of Utilen. “When he tells us how a manufacturer or a utility will evaluate what we're building, he isn't speculating, he's been the one doing the evaluating. That perspective will shape how we build.” 

"I am excited both personally and professionally to be a part of the ground floor of this transition in the industry focused on productivity using innovative software and AI to radically change the way we do business.” said Albenze. " This evolution is occurring at a pace much faster than I have seen over the past three decades and I am excited to join Utilen as an advisor during the genesis of this revolution."

Building the bench ahead of commercial launch

Albenze's appointment continues a deliberate build-out of Utilen's leadership and advisory bench in 2026, following the addition of former Xcel Energy executive Greg Chamberlain to the advisory board and the appointment of Mark Mikes to the Board of Directors. Together, the group spans the utility, manufacturer, and operating-company perspectives of the supply chain Utilen's platform serves.