Eliot Assimakopoulous

Eliot Assimakopoulos is Business Development Manager for Renewable Energy Systems at General Electric’s Global R&D Center.

Mr. Assimakopoulos has more than thirteen years of experience in the construction, energy, and high technology industries. For the past several years, he has led efforts within GE to advance technology development for renewable energy and establishing partnerships with State, Federal, and commercial organizations to achieve sustainability objectives. He was also a member of the study team that helped frame what eventually became GE’s ecomagination initiative. 

Previous to this, Mr. Assimakopoulos was Executive VP for MetroNexus, a $1.2B global technology asset company that he started-up with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. Additionally, he has worked with other technology companies such as Teleglobe International and MCI Communications. He was an Officer in the United States Marine Corps and a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. He holds an MBA from American Intercontinental University and lives with his wife Erica and 5 children in New York.