Michael Hotho graduated from the German Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) and has a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He started his career at Mannesmann Demag as an application and sales engineer for turbo compressors, and at Siemens in the engineering group for large gas turbines. He joined Technip Energies as Rotating Equipment Lead Engineer in Germany and was appointed as Section Head Rotating Equipment at Technip Energies North America in Houston. For more than 20 years in engineering service, Michael acquired vast experience on rotating equipment in oil & gas projects, where he contributed successfully to many LNG projects. Michael also technically qualified different gas turbines as drivers for large compressors in LNG plants for Technip Energies. Currently, he works on the execution of another LNG plant built in Mexico.