Our June 14, 2018 speaker, Mark A. Kado, is Panda Stonewall’s General Plant Manager. In this capacity, he directs all of Panda Stonewalls operational and maintenance activities.
Prior to becoming the GM in 2016, Kadon was the General Plant Manager overseeing Panda’s Sherman CCGT Plant in north Texas.  Kadon has been with Panda Power Funds since 2013.  With more than 25 years industry experience, Kadon has spent nearly his whole career on, or close to the deck plates – Prior to joining Panda Power Funds, Kadon held various positions with Sithe Energies and InterGen, including instrumentation and controls technician, O&M supervisor, and plant manager for power stations in New York, Oklahoma and Thailand.  Kadon has personally led the successful startup of multiple large CCGT facilities in the US and globally.  Kadon started his career by serving in the U.S. Navy as a gas turbine electrician.