Corporate Leadership

Dr. Kris Singh

Chief Executive Officer, Holtec International
Chair of the Advisory Board, Holtec International

Since 1986, Dr. Singh has led Holtec International, building the company into a technological powerhouse respected for its engineered goods and services around the world with nine major operations centers in three countries and an active business presence on four continents.

Dr. Stefan Anton

Senior Vice President, Engineering and Licensing, Holtec International

Dr. Stefan Anton has 30 years of experience in the design and licensing of structures, systems and components for the nuclear industry. His technical specialties are nuclear criticality, shielding and applied thermo-hydraulics. He has led design and licensing activities of nuclear components with a seminal contribution on burnup credit and criticality safety for spent fuel racks and spent fuel storage and transport casks.

Riaz Awan

Vice President for Ukraine Operations, Holtec International
Vice President of Corporate Oversight, Holtec International
Managing Director, Nuclear Consultants International 

Riaz Awan is Vice President with direct responsibilities for management and oversight of all aspects of Holtec International operations in Ukraine.  In this capacity, he serves as the Executive Sponsor of the Chornobyl Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility and the Ukraine Central Spent Fuel Storage Facility Projects .

Charles (Chuck) Bullard II

Vice President of Engineering Mechanics

Charles (Chuck) Bullard II is the vice president of Engineering Mechanics. In this position, he is responsible for all Solid Mechanics work performed by all Holtec divisions and operation centers, including SMR, LLC and Palisades Energy, LLC.

Richard Burroni

Chief Nuclear Officer, Holtec International

Richard Burroni is Chief Nuclear Officer of Holtec International. He leads Holtec’s efforts to ensure regulatory, operational, and environmental compliance in accord with the industry’s norms and standards. Burroni serves as Holtec’s principal interface with the NRC on emerging nuclear issues and challenges.

Pankaj (PK) Chaudhary

President of Corporate Projects, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Holtec International

Pankaj Chaudhary is the President of Corporate Projects, Manufacturing & Supply Chain. He is responsible for providing corporate leadership to the Holtec’s project management group, manufacturing divisions, site services and site construction business units.

Michael D. Finan

Vice President and Senior Advisor of Holtec’s Investable Assets, Holtec International

Michael D. Finan is the Vice President and Senior Advisor of Holtec’s Investable Assets. In this role, he oversees all capital, equity, real estate, and other investments for Holtec and its affiliate entities.

Jean Fleming

Vice President of Licensing, Regulatory and Probabilistic Safety Analysis, Holtec International

Jean Fleming is vice president of Licensing, Regulatory and Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA) for Holtec’s Corporate Engineering Division. In this role, Fleming leads the Regulatory, Licensing and PSA programs for Holtec Decommissioning International’s decommissioning fleet, SMR-300, and Holtec’s dry storage and transportation program.

William F. Gill

Vice President and General Counsel, Holtec International

William F. Gill IV is an innovative and accomplished attorney with over fourteen years of demonstrated achievement in the legal industry. As Vice President and Corporate Counsel for Holtec International, Gill has oversight responsibilities over all Holtec divisions and subsidiaries. Gill is also a member of Holtec’s Executive Committee.

Allen Hickman

Vice President of Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Holtec International

Allen Hickman is Holtec’s top official in charge of the Company’s manufacturing plants in North America. Hickman also leads the supply chain group based in Pittsburgh and Camden which sources over $200 million dollars worth of raw materials and sub-components each year from an approved supplier list of nearly 300 companies, over 2/3 of whom are based in the United States.

Thomas P. Howe

Chief Finance Officer, Holtec International

Thomas P. Howe is Holtec International’s Chief Finance Officer (CFO). He is responsible for leading the company’s finance and accounting departments both in the US and abroad. Howe combines deep financial expertise with strategic vision to implement robust control frameworks to continuously advance corporate performance. 

Myron M. Kaczmarsky

Vice President, Holtec Government Services

Myron Kaczmarsky is Vice President of Holtec Government Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Holtec International. With 40 years of experience in the nuclear industry Kaczmarsky is responsible for business growth and the compliant execution of the projects and services to US Government Agencies.

Dr. Debabrata (Debu) Mitra-Majumdar

Interim President of Holtec Asia
President, HTD Division
Vice-President, Engineering Analyses, CED Division

Dr. Debabrata (Debu) Mitra-Majumdar is the Interim president of Holtec Asia and President of the Heat Transfer Division (HTD). He also continues in his role as the Vice-President, Engineering Analysis, responsible for the engineering/design activities of the CED division.

Joy Russell

Executive Vice President, Business Development & Chief Communications Officer, Holtec International
Chair of the Executive Committee, Holtec International

Joy Russell is Holtec’s Executive Vice President of Business Development & Chief Communications Officer She supports the business development efforts of all Holtec operating divisions from the corporate level and leadership of the company’s communications and public outreach program.

Dr. Rick Springman

President of the Global Clean Energy Opportunities Division, Holtec International
Senior Vice President of International Projects, Holtec International
Vice Chair of the Executive Committee, Holtec International

Dr. Rick Springman is the president of Holtec’s Global Clean Energy Opportunities division. In this role, he is responsible for strategy, new project development, and commercial structures for deployment of Holtec’s clean energy technologies globally, including Holtec’s Small Modular Reactor, SMR-300. 

J. Scott Thomson

President, Holtec Government and Security International (HGSI)
Senior Vice President and Governance Officer, Holtec International

J. Scott Thomson is the President of Holtec Government and Security International (HGSI). In this role, he leads all aspects of HGSI’s programs, including Holtec’s acquired shutdown nuclear plants. Thomson is also Holtec’s Chief Governance Officer and the Corporate Vice President.

Kelly Trice

President of Holtec International

Kelly Trice is president of Holtec International. In this role, Trice is responsible for ensuring safe, regulatory compliant and efficient decommissioning of Holtec’s shutdown nuclear power plants. Trice has a secondary appointment as president of SMR, LLC. In this role, he oversees the development and delivery of Holtec’s SMR-300, a passive light water small modular reactor. He is also Holtec International’s senior vice president for Finance Oversight. He serves as chair of the Finance and Accounting Committee, which is responsible for ensuring Holtec’s utmost fiduciary probity and professional integrity.

Mark Soler

Vice President of Quality, Holtec International

Mark Soler joined the company in 1989 as a quality engineer after a three-year stint at General Electric. Soler has been the primary driver in the development and implementation of Holtec’s QA Program and in the company’s long running campaign to improve the overall effectiveness of the QA Program.

Tom Haynes

Vice President Emeritus, Nanometal Technologies

Thomas Haynes is a manufacturing expert and an inventor of advanced materials for innovative technologies. He currently serves as an emeritus vice president of Nanometal Technologies at Holtec International. 

Frederick J. (Fritz) Roegge

Vice Admiral, United States Navy (retired)

Executive Consultant, Holtec International

Vice Admiral Fritz Roegge, formerly President of Holtec Government Services, LLC (HGS), has transitioned to the position of Executive Consultant for Holtec International.