Mr. John K. Whalen

John K. Whalen is Engineering Manager and President of TCE/Turbo Components and Engineering, Inc., in Houston, Texas. He spent seven years at Turbodyne Steam Turbines (Dresser-Rand) as a Product Engineer in the Large Turbine Engineering Department and as an Analytical Engineer in the Rotordynamics Group of the Advanced Engineering and Development Department. In 1988, Mr. Whalen accepted a position with Centritech, as the Assistant Chief Engineer, and in 1989, he was promoted to Manager of Engineering. In 1991, he left Centritech to help start TCE. At TCE, he is responsible for the engineering department and engineering for the product lines, which include babbitted journal and thrust bearings, labyrinth seals, and related engineering services.

Mr. Whalen received his B.S. degree (Mechanical Engineering, 1981) from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a member of ASME, STLE, and the Vibration Institute, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.