William M. Sisson is presently the director of sustainability and since 2006 the co-chair for United Technologies Corporation in the World Business Council for Sustainable Development Energy Efficiency in Buildings Project.  

Since 1985, he has worked for UTC in a variety of technical and business leadership positions. Most recently, he was director, Carrier R&D Programs, at UTC’s central corporate research center, where he was responsible for Carrier’s longer range innovation portfolio, with emphasis on energy and environment.

Mr. Sisson is an MIT Sloan Fellow since 1999,  where he developed a thesis entitled  “Fueling Innovation and Growth Strategies using Corporate Venturing”. 

He completed his undergraduate studies at Virginia Tech in Engineering Science and Mechanics, received his MS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was awarded an MBA from the Sloan School at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

United Technologies Corporation (UTC) provides high technology products and services to the aerospace and commercial building industries worldwide. UTC products include Otis elevators, escalators and people movers; Carrier heating, air conditioning and refrigeration systems; UTC Fire & Security fire safety and security products; UTC Power fuel cells and on-site cooling, heating and power; Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines; Hamilton Sundstrand aerospace systems; and Sikorsky helicopters.