GE Aviation

--EVENDALE, Ohio - GE Marine Engines has appointed Karl W. Matson as General Manager, responsible for overall business leadership of GE’s complete line of LM aeroderivative marine gas turbines and precision gears used in military and commercial marine applications.Prior to his current position, Mr. Matson served as the General Manager of GE Aircraft Engines’ (GEAE) Military Transport Engine Programs. He was responsible for military airlift transport and tanker business applications, including management of the C-5, KC-135R, KC-10 and B737 AEW&C engine programs.Mr. Matson joined GEAE in 1985, and has held a series of project engineering, marketing and sales, and program management positions within various international and domestic engine programs.He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, and an Officers Commission from Syracuse University in 1979. Mr. Matson served in the U.S. Air Force as a T-38 Instructor Pilot and Chief of Flight Safety, accumulating more than 1,500 hours of military flight experience.He currently resides in the Cincinnati, Ohio area with his wife and three children.
GE Marine Engines is part of GE Aircraft Engines and is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio.
GE Marine Engines is the world's largest designer, developer and manufacturer of aeroderivative gas turbines for a variety of commercial and military marine propulsion applications. Visit GE Marine Engines at Marine Propulsion section of our website.