John Murphy, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Construction for Competitive Power Ventures, has 20 years of experience managing the successful installations of power plants throughout the United States.

John has experience in bidding and negotiating EPC Power Contracts and has negotiated 15 turn key EPC Contacts throughout his career.

John has successfully installed power plants throughout all regions of the United States in both union and non-union environments, and has also installed several facilities throughout Latin America.

As a Senior Executive for Gemma Power Systems, a national EPC Contractor; John was responsible for profit and loss on the turn-key installation of 10 power projects ranging in size from 50 MW peaking facility to 600 MW combined cycle facility, totaling more than 2500 MW. All of these projects were completed on time, under budget and went on to operate reliably.

John has been responsible for installing the prime movers of every major equipment manufacturer, including ABB, Siemens, Westinghouse, and GE, both aero derivative and frame machines.

Throughout his career John has been dedicated to the successful completion of EPC power projects and has performed in the role of every vital position within an EPC contractor organization, starting out with Worley Parsons, as a mechanical field engineer, and subsequently fulfilling the roles of project engineer, construction manager, commissioning manager, project manager, project executive, EPC contract negotiator and most recently as a Senior Executive with Gemma Power Systems, responsible for all project operations.

John holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering, from the University of Notre Dame, and a Bachelor of Arts from St. Anselm College.