Kenneth R. Balkey, P.E.
Consulting Engineer, Nuclear Services
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC

Kenneth R. Balkey is a consulting engineer with Westinghouse Electric Company and has over 36 years of experience in the nuclear power industry. He has written more than 100 publications on risk evaluations of the integrity of piping and the performance of components using state of the art probabilistic assessment techniques.

He provides consultation and advises technology developments related to codes and standards and critical asset protection initiatives. He performed and directed reliability and risk evaluations for nuclear and non nuclear structures, systems and components over his lengthy career.

Balkey is currently vice chair, ASME Codes and Standards Board of Directors, a member of the ASME Board on Nuclear Codes and Standards, past vice president, Nuclear Codes and Standards, and past chair, ASME Board on Nuclear Codes and Standards. He served as a senior technical advisor to the ASME Innovative Technologies Institute LLC, providing consultation on the development of guidance for Risk Analysis and Management for Critical Asset Protection (RAMCAP™) and is working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Michele Bowman
Managing Director
Global Foresight Associates

Michele Bowman is managing director of Global Foresight Associates, a foresight research and consulting firm that helps organizations determine the strategic implications of change for their business and industry.

Bowman's work focuses on the intersection of foresight, innovation and design, helping clients to innovate existing products, identify new areas and markets for growth and create strategic maps of the future. She has successfully used these processes in private and public sector engagements in such diverse industries as health care, publishing, financial services, automotive, education, energy, retail, manufacturing, engineering and the government.

Dennis R. Briscoe, Ph.D.
Professor of International Human Resource Management
University of San Diego

Dennis R. Briscoe is Professor of International Human Resource Management with over 20 years experience. He is the former associate director of the John M. Ahlers Center for International Business at the University of San Diego.
His Ph.D. is in management from Michigan State University and his BBA and MBA are from Washington State University. Briscoe is recognized globally as an authority on international human resource management. He has published six books, including International Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Around the World, plus over 60 articles in both academic and practitioner journals. He is an active speaker to executives and students around the world on topics related to the new world of business and careers and international management.

Christie Brown
Frade FPSO Integration Coordinator
Chevron Corporation

Christie Brown currently serves as the mechanical completions manager, commissioning offshore activities in Brazil for the Chevron Corporation, and has successfully led refinery expansion projects in Dubai and Kazakhstan.

She joined ASME while at Texas A&M University where she received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. She then joined Chevron Corporation and began her career as a mechanical engineer on the Benguela Belize Project in Houston, Texas. After that, she worked on module and equipment fabrication in Okpo, Korea, and hook-up and commissioning activities in offshore Angola.

She became a project engineer for a refinery expansion project in Pascagoula, Mississippi and became the lead mechanical design engineer for the TengizChevroil upstream production plant in Tengiz, Kazakhstan. Brown joined the Frade FPSO conversion team in early 2008 as the integration coordinator for the construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and will continue commissioning activities in offshore Brazil in 2009 as the mechanical completions manager. She remains active in ASME IPTI, Chevron recruiting, and Engineers Without Borders.

Mark Burgess
Chief Engineer
Boeing Research & Technology

Mark Burgess is the chief engineer of Phantom Works. He is responsible for ensuring technical and engineering excellence for the Phantom Works organization – providing functional oversight for all Phantom Works engineers.

He ensures that Phantom Works, as the advanced research and development arm of The Boeing Company, has the right people, processes, and resources in place to enable successful results and transfer of technology throughout the Boeing enterprise.

Burgess also is responsible for the Advanced Lean Enterprise organization, which has enterprise-wide responsibility for the development of common engineering tools that enable breakthrough levels of improvement in cost, cycle time, and quality. Other elements of the ALE organization include: Enterprise Labs & Test Technologies, responsible for developing and delivering improved test tools and methods to reduce test cycle time, cost, and risk; and Design and Collaboration Technologies.

Prior to this assignment, he supported the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. His previous positions on the JSF program include St. Louis site director and X-32 Air Vehicle Analysis and Integration team leader.

Burgess has worked on numerous programs, including B-52 and KC-135 upgrades, Transatmospheric Vehicle, National Aero-Space Plane, U.S. Navy A/FX, and the DARPA Advanced Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) program.

Derek Campbell
Materials Engineer
Brooks Sports

Derek Campbell leads the Advanced Concepts team at Brooks Sports. He is responsible for materials, design and technology innovations, including raw materials sourcing to prototype design and testing, to production qualification.

Campbell also runs the physical and biomechanical test lab and provides technical communication support for the sales and marketing teams. Before Campbell joined Brooks, he spent four years as the Senior R&D project engineer at Camelbak Products, where he was responsible for developing new technologies for personal hydration. Both positions required delivering engineering solutions that connected materials and technologies from North America and Europe with manufacturing in Mexico, Ireland, China and South East Asia. Campbell received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Washington and a master’s degree in chemical and biochemical engineering from Colorado State University.

Eric Ducharme, Sc.D.
VP, Engineering
GE Transportation

Eric H. Ducharme Chief Technology Officer of GE Enterprise Solutions at GE Aviation a business providing propulsion system solutions for customers in the rail, off highway vehicle, marine and adjacent markets.

Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ph.D., NAE
President and CEO
The Museum of Flight
Retired NASA Astronaut

Bonnie J. Dunbar is president and CEO of The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington, the largest private air and space museum in the world, and a former NASA astronaut and veteran of five space flights.

The Museum of Flight has an education program that provides for nearly 140,000 students per year and an aircraft restoration center.

Dunbar retired from the NASA Johnson Space Center where she was associate director, Technology Integration and Risk Management for the Space Life Sciences Directorate (SLSD) of the NASA Johnson Space Center. SLSD is responsible for astronaut crew health, human health research for space exploration, human factor design of spacecraft, and life support requirements.

As a former NASA mission specialist, Dunbar has logged more than 50 days in space. She has served as the payload commander on two flights, including the first space shuttle docking mission to the Russian Space Station Mir.

Prior to working for NASA, she was a senior research engineer with Rockwell International Space Division, where she helped to develop the equipment and processes for manufacturing the thermal protection system for the space shuttle.

Noha El-Ghobashy
Director of Technical Programming and Development
ASME

Noha El-Ghobashy is the Director of Technical Programming and Development in ASME’s Knowledge & Community Sector.

Currently, El-Ghobashy is spearheading two important initiatives: She is leading a group that is responsible for the development of new technical content in emerging technology areas and global markets; and she is overseeing the development of an exciting interdisciplinary online environment for engineers. It is a gathering place where the objective is to collectively solve engineering challenges impacting underserved communities throughout the world—an initiative to which she is profoundly committed.

Prior to joining ASME, El-Ghobashy was a lead design engineer and project manager in the telecommunications industry. She has worked for companies such as Symbol Technologies, Fujitsu Network Communications, and Jedai Broadband Networks.

El-Ghobashy earned her Bachelor’s and Masters degrees in mechanical engineering from Columbia University, and is certified as an Engineering Manager Certification Professional. In addition to her role at ASME, El-Ghobashy recently served as Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU in Brooklyn, N.Y.

John E. Goossen
Director, Science and Technology Department
Westinghouse Electric Company

John E. Goossen is responsible for Westinghouse’s central research and development operations. He leads the Technology and Engineering Forum, which provides direction to technology development and he is responsible for the Company Innovation Program, which promotes long-term technology development.

John E. Goossen is responsible for the operations of Westinghouse’s central research and development organization, which includes advanced modeling, advanced reactor design development, extensive testing and Hot Cell facilities. He chairs the Technology & Engineering Forum, which provides oversight and direction to all of the technology and product development in Westinghouse. He is also responsible for leading the Company Innovation Program, which promotes and nurtures long-term technology development. Goossen has also been manager of strategic management for the Nuclear Services Business Unit. His responsibilities included business planning, acquisition evaluations and technology overview for the Services Organization. He has held various levels of responsibility in marketing and engineering, with his final appointment being manager of engineering marketing. He has 30 years with Westinghouse and has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a M.S. in engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Goossen is involved in a number of committees and societies.

Julio Guerrero, Ph.D.
Principal Research Scientist
Schlumberger-Doll Research

Julio Guerrero is a principal research scientist at Schlumberger Research (SLB) in Cambridge, Massachussetts. Since 2003, he has established almost 15 research collaborations with Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and WHOI in robotics for subsea and land operations.

He has also established projects related to Drilling, Well Services, Sand Control, Wireline, WesternGeco, etc. Guerrero has also worked with more than 10 MIT professors and WHOI researchers, and 15 students on vital projects for SLB. In addition, he has taught engineering courses at MIT, and has been member of five doctoral committees at MIT and University of Texas, Austin. Guerrero obtained masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995 and 1998, where he worked for the UT Robotics Group for five years. Previously, he worked for FIAT in Turin-Italy.

B.P. Gupta
Principal Consultant Oil & Gas

B.P. Gupta’s present assignment is facilitating PNGRB on behalf of QCI/GAIL in formulation of regulations in mid and downstream oil and gas sectors. He is developing a national personal certification program for auditors and employees of third party inspection bodies of oil and gas with the coordination of QCI & ASME.

In his 33 year career, he has had intensive training in the UK, Australia,
Canada, Japan, and the USA. He has served in three major sectors: fertilizer (FCI), power (NTPC) natural gas based liquid hydrocarbons (GAIL) and was one of the founding team members responsible for facilitating these organisations in setting up the first power plant, the first gas pipeline network and the first petrochemical plant for the government of India.

Gupta has experience and worked in key positions in training, marketing, project execution, including purchase/contract management and business
excellence through total quality management and health and safety. He facilitated the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS, National Body for Developing Standards) and PNGRB in development of 32 Regulations/ Standards & Code of Practice with the help of ASME and various sub committees.

Lynn Hauser
Training Designer
Training Systems, Inc.

Lynn Hauser is an experienced manager and training designer and facilitator with Training Sytems, Inc. She has designed and facilitated numerous courses for ASME from Leading Individuals and Teams to the review course for the engineering management certification. Her management experience is extensive in her career with the Navy in both the medical arena (nursing) and in training of Naval Officers in all leadership and supervisory areas.

Jack Hipple
Innovation and Chemical Engineering Consultant

Jack Hipple is an experienced innovation and chemical engineering consultant with 30 years of industry experience, including Dow Chemical Company where he managed numerous global chemical engineering Research and Discovery Programs.

He received his chemical engineering education from Carnegie Mellon University.

He has also served as a project and new technology manager for the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Ansell Edmont, and Cabot Corporation. He is an experienced teacher and trainer, providing technology training for a number of major organizations, including the World Future Society, the Altshuller Institute, the American Creativity Association, and the Innovation Network. He also teaches Introductory chemical engineering and Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) for AIChE and ASME.

E. Dan Hirleman
Professor and Head of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University

E. Dan Hirleman is professor and William E. and Florence E. Perry Head of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, with a courtesy appointment in electrical and computer engineering.

He was previously at Arizona State University in mechanical and aerospace engineering, where he received teaching and research awards and served in department administration and as associate dean for research. Hirleman received the BS, MS, and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University. His research is in the areas of optical sensors and global engineering education.

He has received NSF, Howard Hughes, and von Humboldt Foundation Fellowships and the Achievement Award from the International Network for Engineering Education and Research (INEER), the Hon. George Brown Award for International Scientific Cooperation from the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF), and is a fellow of the ASME.

At Purdue, he was founding director of the Global Engineering Program and orchestrated development of the Global Engineering Alliance for Research and Education (GEARE), a program integrating domestic and international internships, study abroad, and multi-national design team experiences for engineering students. He also founded GlobalHUB, a virtual community for global engineering education and collaboration.

Bernard E. Hrubala
Division Manager, Pressure Equipment and Material Technology
TUV Rheinland of North America

Bernie E. Hrubala has been in the boiler and pressure vessel industry in the field of conformity assessment, codes and standards compliance, quality assurance, inspection, and auditing for over 25 years.

He earned a BS and MA degree in education from Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky, and is qualified as a National Board Commissioned Inspector, with the B, S, N, and A endorsements.

He was formally ASME vice president, Conformity Assessment and vice president, Safety Codes and Standards. In addition, Hrubala served as a member of the Society of Insurance Trainers and Educators, National Health Physics Society, Advisory Council Member for the Connecticut Institute of Management Studies, and member of the board of directors for the International Association for Continuing Education and Training.

Carolyn Lindsey
Director, Member Services
TRACE International, Inc.

Carolyn Lindsey is director of Member Services at TRACE International, Inc., a non-profit membership association that pools resources to provide practical and cost-effective anti-bribery compliance solutions for multinational companies and their commercial intermediaries.

Prior to joining TRACE, Lindsey was an associate in the Washington, DC office of Powell Goldstein LLP, where she focused her practice on international regulatory issues. She advised clients on complying with the U.S. Foreign Practices Act (“FCPA”) and other international anti-corruption initiatives such as the OECD anti-corruption convention and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. As part of her practice, she drafted corporate policies and procedures, conducted due diligence on clients’ overseas intermediaries, conducted FCPA and anti-corruption training, and assisted clients with FCPA investigations.

In addition to her responsibilities at TRACE, Lindsey is an adjunct professor of law at the George Washington University School of Law.

Terry Trimper Jones, Esquire
Owner, J2 Consulting, LLC

Terry Trimper Jones is the owner of J2 Consulting, LLC, which provides business consulting services to small business owners. She also serves as a senior adjunct faculty member for Keller Graduate School of Management, teaching a variety of leadership topics.

Prior to opening J2, Jones spent nearly 18 years with American Electric Power where she served on several corporate reorganization efforts and managed cost savings initiatives associated with a $400 million budget. Prior to working for AEP, she served as a public affairs specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Ohio River Division. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from The Ohio State University, and a master’s of business administration and juris doctor degrees from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. She is licensed to practice law by the Supreme Court of Ohio.

James J. Kozuch, Esquire, MBA, P.E.
Partner
Ceasar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

James J. Kozuch is a partner/shareholder in the intellectual property law firm of Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd. in Philadelphia, and represents clients in all types of Intellectual Property (IP) litigation.

These include patent infringement, trademark infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, client counseling, due diligence studies, trademark prosecution, U.S. and international patent prosecution in the areas of mechanical engineering, and the preparation of agreements and all types of IP-related opinions.

He is an expert witness in patent infringement cases and was appointed by a federal court to serve as a special master in a complex trade secrets case. He is on the National Roster of Neutrals of the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

Kozuch graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering, Lehigh University with a MBA, and Temple University School of Law with a JD. He has practiced law since 1985 and has been a registered patent attorney since 1995.

Kozuch served on ASME’s Committee on Legal Affairs and ASME’s selection committee for the Thomas A. Edison Patent Award and as that committee’s chair. Before becoming an attorney, Kozuch worked in engineering, strategic planning, and financial analysis for several energy companies. He has procured and enforced intellectual property rights of clients in various industries.

June Ling
Associate Executive Director
Standards and Certification
ASME

June Ling is ASME associate executive director, Standards and Certification. She is responsible for the codes, standards, and conformity assessment activities of ASME.

Ling joined the society’s technical codes and standards staff in 1974 and holds a B.S. in Physics. During her years with the society, Ling served on various ASME committees and supervisory boards and interacted with government agencies, industry and standards developing organizations around the world. She currently serves on the ASME Codes and Standards Board of Directors.

In addition, she is a member of the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Standards and Technical Barriers to Trade (ITAC 16) under the Department of Commerce and USTR and a member of the board of directors of the American National Standards Institute. She is an honorary member of ASTM, a fellow of the Standards Engineering Society, and a fellow of ASME.

Donald P. McConnell
Corporate Senior Vice President
President, Battelle Energy Technology

Mr. McConnell serves as President of Battelle Energy Technology and a Battelle Corporate Senior Vice President and with responsibility for Battelle’s energy business worldwide. He oversees the development of Battelle’s five principle lines of energy business, focusing on near-zero emission hydrocarbon conversion, carbon management solutions, alternative energy, energy infrastructure and nuclear fuel cycle solutions. These businesses provide integrated commercial services and products to industry, while collaborating with the National Laboratories which Battelle operates to realize innovation from discoveries in energy science and technology. Collectively, the overall energy research and development effort under Battelle’s management in 2006 encompassed $886 million for government and industry.

Mr. McConnell currently serves as a member of the Battelle Executive Committee and the International Board of Battelle. He participates on the Advisory Board to Battelle Ventures and is past chairman of the board of Battelle’s Scientific Advances Venture fund. He also serves as a member of the board of governors and/or the energy review committee for each of the five of the national labs managed by Battelle manages for the Department of Energy: Pacific Northwest, Oak Ridge, Brookhaven, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Idaho National Laboratory. Overall laboratory operations comprise over $2.8 billion in annual research volume and some 19, 000 staff.

William F. Mitchell
President and Chief Executive Officer
Environmental Tectonics Corporation

William F. “Bill” Mitchell founded Environmental Tectonics Corporation (ETC) in 1969 and the NASTAR Center in 2007. Under his direction the company has evolved into a world leadership position in the fields of aviation and space research, aviation medicine, flight simulation and training, incident xommand (disaster) simulation using Intelligent virtual reality, and motion-based entertainment rides.

The company is also a major player in other technical fields, such as medical sterilization, environmental test facilities and clinical hyperbaric medicine. All of these products have a commonality in technologies employed. ETC products are in 70 countries, and the company maintains offices in 10 countries worldwide. Currently, Mitchell serves as ETC's chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer.

One of Mitchell's primary interests has been his active involvement in, and contributions to, the aviation flight training and research community worldwide. While focusing on the dynamic nature of aircrew training, his efforts are also directed toward generating an awareness of the need for advanced flight training using state-of-the-art flight trainers. He has participated directly in the research and development, engineering, production, and testing phases of many U.S. space simulation facilities, as well as aviation flight training facilities around the world.

Masaki Morishita, Ph.D.
Unit Manager
Japan Atomic Energy Agency

Masaki Morishita is unit manager in charge of fundamental technology development for sodium cooled fast reactor in the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. He has over 25 years of experience in the research of seismic structural design and elevated temperature design technologies for fast reactor applications.

He received his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo. Morishita serves as chair of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers subcommittee on nuclear codes and standards.

Steven P. Nichols, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Advanced Manufacturing Center
Director, Chair of Free Enterprise
Cockrell School of Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin

Steven P. Nichols serves as a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as the director of the chair of Free Enterprise and the director of the Advanced Manufacturing Center in the Cockrell School of Engineering.

As the director of the Clint Murchison Chair of Free Enterprise, Nichols focuses on creating and nurturing a culture of technology innovation, creativity, and leadership at the University of Texas and the global community that the University serves. He organized the Roden Scholar program, supported the start-up of the Engineering Entrepreneurship Society, and founded the Idea to Product® (I2P®) technology competition, a global program involving faculty, staff, and students.

Nichols has initiated research and classroom activities that encourage collaborative learning environments from the College of Engineering, the College of Natural Sciences, the McCombs School of Business, and the School of Law. He is a Fellow of ASME and has received the Kauffman Outstanding Entrepreneur award, the Olympus Innovation award, the Fred Merryfield Design Award and the Joe J. King Engineering Professional Achievement Award.

Gina Colarelli O’Connor
Associate Professor of Marketing
Academic Director of the Radical Innovation Research Program
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Kristen J. Pederson
Partner/VP
Americas Strategy and Market Development Leader
IBM Global Business Services

Robert S. Rearden, Jr.
Vice President, Supply Chain Integration
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Robert S. Rearden, Jr. is a 29 year veteran of the aerospace industry, having risen through the ranks of Lockheed Martin Corporation to the position of Vice President Supply Chain Integration. He is responsible for ensuring Lockheed Martin’s integrated supply chain strategies, associated enterprise capabilities, and supporting plans are synchronized to provide customers best value for products and full life-cycle support. In prior assignments he served as vice president, F-16 Production, as well as deputy general manager and general manager of the F-22 Program. Rearden received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Clemson University, a M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado and a M.B.A degree from Fairleigh-Dickinson University.

Andrew W. Reynolds
Deputy Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State

Since 2000, Mr. Reynolds, a career civil servant, has lead strategic planning efforts addressing science, engineering and technology issues in foreign policy and within the U.S. government, including the defense and intelligence communities.
As the the Deputy S&T Adviser to the Secretary of State in the U.S. Department of State (STAS), Mr. Reynolds leads efforts to augment S&T personnel and literacy at the department to strengthen outreach to the domestic and international S&T community. The STAS also fosters mid- to long-term strategic planning that addresses science, engineering and technology issues in foreign policy at the State Department and within the U.S. government, including the defense and intelligence communities.

Reynolds began his career at Systems Sciences Incorporated, Washington, D.C., as a researcher for energy and public health issues. He joined the Federal Energy Agency in 1975 and, subsequently, the Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy (DOE), where he specialized in electricity, nuclear power and energy supply and demand forecasting and analysis. Reynolds was posted in Paris as DOE representative for Europe in the US Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. He returned to Washington as deputy director for the DOE Office of International R&D Cooperation where he managed the U.S./U.S.S.R. Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy agreement. Reynolds is an expert on the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl accidents.

Rita Rizzo
Associate
Training Systems, Inc
Principal
Rizzo & Associates, LLC

Rita Rizzo, CMC, is an associate with Training Systems, Inc., and the principal of Rizzo & Associates, LLC, an Ohio based management consulting and training firm.
Rizzo holds a master’s degree in training and human resource management from University of Leicester in England and received her undergraduate education in the field of psychology from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. In addition, she is a nurse experienced in the specialty areas of psychiatry, obstetrics, and pediatrics. Rizzo has earned the designation of certified management consultant (CMC), awarded to her by the Institute of Management Consultants.

She has over 24 years experience as a training facilitator and has addressed 8,000 audiences in both the public and private sector. She enjoys training in the areas of management and leadership, human resource development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and team building.

A prolific ghostwriter, Rita authored seven books, giving voice to the stories of others, and is a feature writer for Credit Union Business magazine and Financial Playbook magazine.

Richard A. Sears
Visiting Scientist, Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
Affiliate and Visiting Scientist, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Richard Sears is vice president and extra-mural research coordinator for Shell International Exploration and Production, Inc. He is currently on loan to MIT, where he serves as visiting scientist in the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment.

The intent is to create a research and technology relationship model for Shell with major US universities and manage Shell energy research activities at MIT as well as other research relationships in the Americas.

In his more than 30 years with Shell, Sears has gained significant domestic and international experience, frequently representing Shell to partners, governments and national oil companies in many countries.

Prior to his current assignment, he shared responsibility for developing Shell strategy for deepwater exploration and development worldwide and was one of three vice presidents within Shell E&P responsible for the work of over 800 technical professionals across the globe from over 15 distinct geoscience, engineering and business disciplines.

Shigenori Shiga
Senior Vice President and Chief Coordination Officer
Westinghouse Electric Company

With 26 years of experience of the nuclear power industry, Mr. Shiga is a veteran leader in charge of coordinating business development projects between both Westinghouse and Toshiba Corporation.

He is senior vice president and chief coordination officer at Westinghouse Electric Company, and also executive vice president and general manager of WEC Coordination Division of Toshiba Corporation Power Systems Company.

Prior to his appointment, he served as senior manager of nuclear business development, plant project engineering department and system engineering department of Nuclear Energy Division of Toshiba Corporation Industrial and Power Systems & Services Company.

He became SVP and CCO of Westinghouse in 2006.

Scott Stallard
Vice President
Black & Veatch Corporation

Scott Stallard serves as vice president in charge of Asset Management Services within Black & Veatch Energy. In this role, he is responsible for management of the business and solutions associated with a wide range of operational issues including fuels, plant performance, O&M, and plant/portfolio optimization.

Stallard has been actively involved as a consultant in helping power generators link design, performance, maintenance, fuel, and environmental issues to capital and operations strategies. Recent efforts have focused on integrated support systems to address and optimize plant operations across performance, emissions, and cost objectives.