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Kevin Dahm

Kevin Dahm

Director of Engineering , Vital Tech Services, LLC

Kevin W. Dahm is currently the Director of Engineering at Vital Tech Services (VTS) LLC. He has spent numerous years in Project Management, Engineering, and Construction in the power generation and US Navy. He currently works on projects within the automotive and the power generation sectors. He is responsible for bid specifications, contracts, and incorporating up and coming technology into projects.

He also holds 3 United States Patents in digital technology/efficiencies.

Prior to joining VTS, Kevin was the Superintendent of Maintenance within DTE Energy at the Fermi nuclear facility. He held a senior reactor operator license from the NRC and was a control room supervisor as well. He worked on engineering, design, construction, start up, and project management on numerous high value projects including Environmental retrofits (FGD & SCR), Renewable Wind Farms and CCGT. During his 37 year career at DTE, he primarily focused on Instrument & Controls and P&IDs for design basis and O&M. At his last assignment with DTE he was the resident engineer for DTE and the EPC firm in Kansas City responsible for front end engineering review and subsequent start-up and commissioning for the Blue Water 2x1 CCGT facility.

He is a 20-year retired US Navy veteran who commissioned the USS Antrim, worked at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, and overhauled naval submarines.

In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor at the Monroe County Community College, and sits on the Nuclear and Electrical Engineering Technology Advisory Boards for 12 years. He holds a BS in Engineering.

Sessions

20-Jan-2026

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM

Exhibit Hall Booth 3156

Achieving 100% Success in Digital Twin Deployment? Lessons from the Field
20-Jan-2026

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM

Exhibit Hall Booth 3156

Achieving 100% Success in Digital Twin Deployment? Lessons from the Field

"This is my first year at POWERGEN and so far I can just say, wow, this event is huge. I never thought I would have access to so many different vendors and so many different experts in the energy industry by coming to an event like this."

Caitlyn Watkins

Cleco

"It's my first time at POWERGEN. I'm having a great time walking around and seeing all of the booths in the exhibit hall and everything that everybody's trying to sell me, as well as a lot of very useful technical presentations. My particular favorite has been the carbon capture track, but they've all been good that I've attended so far."

Janelle Dana

Entergy

"Hi, I’m Chad Lemoine with Entergy... here as a corrective actions program specialist. It’s my first time at POWERGEN, so it’s been great for networking. I’ve met personnel at our plants I’d only talked to on the phone, so that face-to-face interaction has been really good. I’ve enjoyed meeting new people, learning about what they do, and how it interacts with my work... Overall, it's been a really good time."

Chad Lemoine

Entergy

"I think my favorite part of the conference has been essentially the Smarter Power Plant Track. There's been a lot of good [takeaways] for us because our plans are quite old, so there's a lot of manual readings and things, but me being the IT generation, I think it could be done better. So having a lot of these [takeaways] from companies who have [accomplished what] we are wanting to do is great. It's been really eye opening networking with all of the exhibitors [as well]. It's my first time here, but I don’t think it's going to be my last."

Jonathan Hellborg

Svensk Kraftreserv

“Nel’s chosen to sponsor and be part of POWERGEN because it's one of the more important shows in the hydrogen market, also the power generation market in general. Over the years, we've seen a shift in POWERGEN from more traditional power generation to a greater presence with renewables, and now with hydrogen, as an energy source, moving into the future.”

Chris Van Name

Nel Hydrogen

“We're here today at the conference because I believe this is the largest power generation conference there is in the country. One, it's a way to get our name out and that's why we're sponsoring it. But two, it's also a great way to connect with other groups, other organizations and, you know, meet the people who are actually important for our own progression as a company.”

James Walker

Nano Nuclear Energy, Inc

“We come to POWERGEN every year because it's a great show you can make great contacts in the renewable space, great contacts in the data center space, great contacts in the commercial industrial space. So that's why we're here every year. You should be here too.”

David D’Escoto

Maddox Industrial Transformer