John Schaefer

John Schaefer, MBA, PE, currently serves as Associate Director of Electrical & Design Engineering at Linde Engineering, a position held since March 2019, following various roles within the company. Prior to Linde, John worked at Praxair, Inc. from January 2007 to March 2019, where responsibilities included Engineering Manager for Electrical Equipment Engineering and Electrical Equipment Engineer, focusing on project engineering activities and liaising with customers and utilities. John's early experience includes a role as a Testing Engineer at ComEd in 2006. Academic credentials include an Executive MBA from the University at Buffalo School of Management and Bachelor's degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Physics from Western Illinois University.