Management
William E. Siwek President & CEO, Director
William (Bill) Siwek has served as President since May 2019 and assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer and was elected to the Board of Directors in May 2020. Bill started with TPI as our Chief Financial Officer in 2013. From September 2012 to September 2013, Bill served as the Chief Financial Officer for T.W. Lewis Company, an Arizona-based real estate investment company. From May 2010 until September 2012, he was an independent consultant assisting companies in the real estate, construction, insurance and renewable energy industries. Bill served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Talisker Mountain, Inc., from January 2009 to April 2010 and he was President and Chief Financial Officer of the Lyle Anderson Company from December 2002 to December 2008. Bill spent 18 years, from September 1984 to May 2002, with Arthur Andersen where he became a Partner in both Audit and Business Consulting Divisions. Bill holds B.S. degrees in Accounting and Economics from University of Redlands.
Executive Sponsor, IDEA Council
Chuck Stroo Chief Operating Officer
Chuck Stroo joined TPI as Chief Operating Officer in Nov of 2023. Prior to joining TPI, he spent almost 24 years with Collins Aerospace. Mr. Stroo served as the Vice President of Power & Controls Operations. In this role Mr. Stroo was responsible for creating the strategic direction and execution for 31 sites in 10 countries supporting a multi-billion dollar business. Prior to that, he served in a similar role as the Vice President of Avionics Operations. Chuck has his MBA from St. Ambrose University and his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University. He is also a Board Member for Kirkwood Community College.
Ryan Miller Chief Financial Officer
Deane Ilukowicz Chief People Officer
Deane Ilukowicz has recently been promoted to the role of Chief People Officer. Ms. Ilukowicz previously held the position of Senior Vice President – Global Human Resources and prior to that, joined TPI as our Vice President of Global Human Resources in 2016. Prior to joining TPI, she was the Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness at TransUnion, Chief Human Resources Officer for Hypertherm, and held senior level roles at other financial services and manufacturing companies. Ms. Ilukowicz has an MBA from Wake Forest University and her bachelor’s degree in Social and Behavioral Science from The Johns Hopkins University. She also served as a Trustee for the Community College System of New Hampshire and provides free HR Consulting to nonprofit organizations.
Executive Sponsor, IDEA Council
Neil Jones Chief Quality Officer
Neil Jones joined TPI in August of 2023 as Chief Quality Officer. Prior to becoming an independent adviser/consultant, Neil spent well over a decade with Vestas Wind Systems in a variety of Quality leadership roles, with the last five years as Senior Vice President - Quality, Health, Safety and Environment. While with Vestas, Neil’s vision and leadership led to a significant improvement in the overall quality performance of the company, and he was instrumental in forging a strong quality culture. Before joining Vestas, Neil spent 20+ years in the Automotive Industry - nearly 2 decades at TRW Automotive later ZF Automotive with leadership roles in both the Engineering/Technology and Quality arenas - and later, in a senior quality leadership role at Eaton Automotive. Neil holds a bachelor’s degree with First Class Honours in Mechanical, Electrical and Fluid Dynamics Engineering from the University of Bath, Bath England and is a Six Sigma Blackbelt.
Adan Gossar Chief Accounting Officer
Adan Gossar joined us as our Chief Accounting Officer in July 2020. Mr. Gossar has 20+ years of progressive global experience driving growth for companies through acquisitions, accounting, operating and international experience within public, private and multinational organizations. Prior to joining TPI Mr. Gossar was the Chief Accounting Officer for Reef Technology. Prior to his time at Reef, Mr. Gossar held the position of Corporate Controller at both Veritiv (Fortune 500®) and Allconnect Inc. Mr. Gossar also worked at AGCO (Fortune 500®), Witness Systems, PRG-Schultz, and PricewaterhouseCoopers as an external auditor. Mr. Gossar has his MBA from Georgia College & State University and a BBA in Accounting from the University of Nairobi. He is also a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, Certified in Financial Management and Chartered Global Management Accountant.
Theo Gibson Chief Information Officer
Steven Fishbach General Counsel
Nicholas Warchol Senior Vice President – Technology & Engineering
Nicholas Warchol joined TPI in 2007 as a Senior Engineer and in November 2023 was promoted to Senior Vice President, Technology & Engineering. Most recently Nicholas was the Vice President, Global Technical Program Management, a role he has held at TPI since early 2020. Since assuming the VP role, Nicholas has focused on increasing the upstream collaboration with our customers and has been leading the Factory 2.0 project. Nicholas was previously the Global Technical Program Director for Vestas and before that he was the Engineering Director for China, responsible for all engineering and tooling activities, while supporting multiple customers during a period of rapid growth for TPI. Nicholas has a BS in Material Science Engineering from the Ohio State University and an MBA from St Ambrose University.
Jerry Lavine President, Automotive
James G. Schimanski Senior Vice President – Global Supply Chain
James Schimanski joined TPI in May of 2016 as our Vice President of Global Supply Chain and was promoted to Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain in May of 2020. James comes to TPI with over 25 years of experience in the Energy and Renewable businesses. Prior to joining TPI, he was the Vice President of Supply Chain for Ogin Energy and held leadership roles in Supply Chain for Alstom Power Wind and GE Energy Wind businesses. Over his extensive career with Alstom Power and General Electric, Mr. Schimanski has held various positions in supply chain, operations, manufacturing, materials, and quality in both the U.S., Europe and Asia.
He received his bachelor’s degree in business management from Russell Sage College and is a Six Sigma Certified Master Black Belt.
Thomas Adams Senior Vice President – Wind
Gökhan Serdar Senior Vice President – Turkey
In December 2021 Gökhan Serdar was promoted to Senior Vice President, Turkey. Gökhan joined TPI in 2014 as Chief Financial Officer of EMEA; he helped the turnaround and growth of the Turkey operations and the team. He was appointed as Vice President EMEA in 2019, played a key role in stabilizing and strengthening the Turkey operation and improving overall performance of the region. Under his leadership, the Turkey team has provided significant operational support to several of TPI’s other regions, most notably the India greenfield launch.
Prior to joining TPI, he served in several senior financial and operational positions within the Yasar Group companies, including bottled water, beverage, paint, food, and agribusiness operations. Prior to joining Yasar Group, Gökhan worked in public accounting for Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young early in his career.
Gökhan holds a BS degree in Management, and he is a certified public accountant.