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LOCaTiOn: East Hartford
TiTLe: Director of Sustainability
COmpany: United Technologies
Research Center
STaRTed WiTh UTC: 1985
WeB: www.utrc.utc.com
infO: Sisson has received degrees
from virginia Tech, Rensselaer
Polytechnic institute, and the
massachusetts institute of
Technology. He has been an
miT Sloan Fellow since 1999.
GREEn WARRiOR: William SiSSon
PHOTO | PABLO ROBLES
Connecting
Business &
Technology
By Kathryn M. Roy
S
ustainability may be the
buzzword of the 21st century,
but William Sisson has been
bridging the gap between techno-
logical advancements and business
interests for two decades.
"He has been stalwart in getting
business leaders to think big about
reducing energy waste and not be
satisfied with a few short-term or in-
cremental gains," said Uwe Brandes,
executive director of the Urban and
Regional Planning Program at George-
town University, who works with Sis-
son on business efficiency initiatives.
Sisson, recently elected to the
board of directors for the Alliance
to Save Energy, a Washington, D.C.-
based national nonprofit organiza-
tion, said energy efficiency and
Sisson succeeded Michael McQuade, UTC vice
president for science and technology, on the
board of directors for the Alliance to Save Energy.
