Duane Siemen

Duane Siemen, P.E., has extensive experience in engineering and operations, currently serving as Assistant Vice President of Utilities and Engineering Services at the University of Central Florida since March 2014. Prior roles include Assistant Vice President of Operations and Director of Facilities Operations at the same institution. Duane's past experience includes senior management positions at Universal Creative, where responsibilities included leading the obsolescence department and enhancing ride reliability. Previous roles at Walt Disney World involved maintaining ride and show control systems for EPCOT, while earlier positions at SeaWorld included Project Engineering Manager and Rides Maintenance Supervisor. Duane's career began at Anheuser-Busch as Packaging Process Support Engineer and Systems Support Engineer. Education highlights include a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Power System Design from the University of Central Florida and an Associate's Degree from Valencia College.