Mike Courchesne
About Mike Courchesne
Mike Courchesne is a Senior Controls Software Engineer at Quest Global with extensive experience in gas turbine controls, start-up, and engineering across various international locations.
Title
Mike Courchesne holds the title of Senior Controls Software Engineer.
Current Positions
Currently, Mike works at Quest Global as a Senior Controls Software Engineer. Additionally, he is serving as a Gas Turbine Field Service Engineer and a Gas Turbine Commissioning Engineer at Siemens Limited Doha in Qatar. Parallelly, he holds roles at 2156 Corporation, focusing on commissioning expertise, site management skills, automation, controls, and commissioning engineering.
Previous Engineering Roles
Mike's previous roles include a Controls Engineer position at GE Power in 2015 and an owner's engineer role at The Energy Consulting Group from 2014 to 2015. Between 2013 and 2014, he worked at APR Energy as the GT Availability and Reliability Manager, Applications Engineer, and Plant Manager. From 2011 to 2013, he was a Commissioning Manager and Controls and Applications Engineer at Shannon Power Management Pty. Ltd.
Long-Term Positions
Mike was a Director of Projects and Senior Engineer at Power-House FZE from 2010 to 2011. Before that, he was employed by Rolls-Royce as a Controls Engineering Technologist from 1991 to 2009, amassing 18 years of focused experience in controls engineering.
Global Gas Turbine Expertise
Mike has extensive experience in gas turbine controls, start-up, and engineering across numerous international locations, including Pakistan, Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, and Russia. Notably, he worked at Husky Energy's Sea Rose FPSO offshore Grand Banks Canada for two years focusing on gas turbine controls, start-up, and engineering.
Educational Background
Mike studied at Mohawk College and the University of Dofasco. His educational background has underpinned his extensive career in controls engineering and project management.