Name variants:
Chris Blessing,
Kit Blessing
Last updated Jul 06, 2024
Contact Information
Last Update
Jul 4, 2022
Email
ch**@hal.hitachi.com
Location
New York, NY
Company
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Workplace
Sales Director, Europe Region, Nuclear Power Plant Sales
Work History
Sales Director, Europe Region, Nuclear Power Plant Sales
Am Seestern 18, D-40547, Düsseldorf, Germany
GE Hitachi has provided advanced and sophisticated technology for nuclear energy for over five decades. Three main product lines support this capability: advanced reactor technologies, nucle...
from Jan 2011
Manager, Business Development
645 Martinsville Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Hitachi is a leading nuclear supplier in Japan. In the past thirty years Hitachi has commissioned almost two dozen nuclear power plants in Japan. I was recruited by Hitachi to assist their e...
Dec 2005 — Dec 2010
Vice President, Business Development
My assignment to this level of responsibility reflected the company's growth, including its acquisition; Managed worldwide sales and marketing of the company's products and services.
Created...
Jan 2004 — Nov 2005
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
My promotion to this position followed a record-breaking year for sales of both wet and dry nuclear fuel storage technology products and services.
Managed a staff of four direct sales engine...
Jan 1998 — Jan 2004
Director of Marketing
I achieved this title after contributing to the company's establishment of itself as a key supplier of dry spent fuel storage technology.
Created, directed, and implemented sales and market...
Jan 1994 — Jan 1998
Manager of Marketing
I was promoted to this position after the company had secured and maintained a 95% market share in its wet nuclear fuel storage technology products and services.
Researched new products and...
Jan 1989 — Jan 1994
Sales Manager
Holtec recruited me from an industry competitor to join the company.
Called on key accounts and developed sales leads.
Tracked and solicited new business for the company's various products a...
Jan 1987 — Jan 1989
Marketing Analyst
For this 200-year-old custom fabricator of heat transfer equipment for the power and process industries, I contacted customers and tracked and solicited new business for the company's variou...
Jan 1986 — Jan 1987
Sales Representative
At Hi-Temp Products, a small, privately owned supplier of refractory equipment and hardware to the power and process industries, I called on key accounts, developed sales leads, prepared pro...
Jan 1983 — Jan 1986
Education
1978 — 1982
Occupations
Executive
Director of Business Development
Sales Director
Customer Relations
Sales Specialist
Sales Support
Manager
Supplier
Chairperson
Business Development Manager
Operations Manager
Sales Manager
Services Professional
Sales Representative
Chief Executive
Skills
Business Development
Strategy
Program Management
Contract Negotiation
Management
Nuclear
Energy
Project Management
Engineering
Power Generation
Leadership
Strategic Planning
Team Building
New Business Development
Product Development
Analysis
Direct Marketing
Contract Management
Project Planning
Project Engineering