Job Title: 
Nuclear Technology Portfolio Manager
Organization: 
Black & Veatch

Mark Gake is the Nuclear Portfolio Manager for Black & Veatch with 30+ years of experience in fossil and nuclear energy projects. Previous Black & Veatch positions include Nuclear Projects Director and Nuclear Chief Engineer. He is Skilled in working with clients to capture new work and build lasting relationships. Excellent background in engineering design, procurement, construction, scheduling, and budgeting.

Black & Veatch provides planning, engineering, and construction services. We deliver reliable and innovative infrastructure solutions to our clients' most complex challenges and lead our industry in value creation for each of our stakeholders.

Specialties: Experienced in ASME Section III and B31.1 piping design, nuclear and fossil equipment specification and procurement, nuclear and fossil plant arrangement and equipment layout design, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), NQA-1, and ISO 9001. Professional Engineer (licensed in Kansas). Registered Professional Engineer (RPE) for ASME Section III work.

Job Title: 
Nuclear Technology Portfolio Manager
Organization: 
Black & Veatch

Mark Gake is the Nuclear Portfolio Manager for Black & Veatch with 30+ years of experience in fossil and nuclear energy projects. Previous Black & Veatch positions include Nuclear Projects Director and Nuclear Chief Engineer. He is Skilled in working with clients to capture new work and build lasting relationships. Excellent background in engineering design, procurement, construction, scheduling, and budgeting.

Black & Veatch provides planning, engineering, and construction services. We deliver reliable and innovative infrastructure solutions to our clients' most complex challenges and lead our industry in value creation for each of our stakeholders.

Specialties: Experienced in ASME Section III and B31.1 piping design, nuclear and fossil equipment specification and procurement, nuclear and fossil plant arrangement and equipment layout design, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), NQA-1, and ISO 9001. Professional Engineer (licensed in Kansas). Registered Professional Engineer (RPE) for ASME Section III work.

Job Title: 
President and CEO
Organization: 
NuScale
John L. Hopkins is President and Chief Executive Officer of NuScale Power Corporation and has served as a member of the board of directors since December 2012. He also served as NuScale LLC's Executive Chairman from December 2012 to December 2021. In addition, Mr. Hopkins serves on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors in Washington, D.C., and served as the Chairman from June 2016 to June 2017.

Mr. Hopkins started his career at Fluor Corporation in 1989, held numerous leadership positions in both global operations and business development and served as a corporate officer from 1999 until 2012. Mr. Hopkins is active in a variety of professional and business organizations, and currently serves on the Executive Committee, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C. and is a member of the Nuclear Energy Institute Executive Committee and Energy Task Force Member, Atlantic Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Group of Vienna.

Mr. Hopkins has previously served with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee, was a Senior Energy Policy Advisor of I Squared Capital, New York, and has also served as the Senior Executive Member of both the Fluor Netherlands and Fluor United Kingdom board of directors, Chairman of the Board for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC and as a Director of the Business Council for International Understanding.

Mr. Hopkins holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin. He also completed advanced management programs at the University of California, Irvine, Thunderbird University’s international management program.

Job Title: 
Senior Managing Director
Organization: 
Guggenheim Partners

James Schaefer is a Senior Managing Director within Guggenheim Securities Investment Banking and covers a number of electric and gas utility and renewable energy accounts for the firm. Mr. Schaefer brings to Guggenheim extensive expertise in energy‐related mergers, acquisitions and financing, developed over his more than 20 years in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Guggenheim, Mr. Schaefer lead the Global Energy, Power and Renewables Practice at Blackstone. Prior to Blackstone, Mr. Schaefer was a Managing Director, Global Head of Power & Renewable Energy at UBS Investment Bank. Prior to UBS, Mr. Schaefer worked in the power groups at Lehman Brothers, Salomon Brothers and Chase. Mr. Schaefer has completed approximately $60 billion of strategic advisory assignments and more $30 billion of lead managed financings. Mr. Schaefer graduated with honors in Finance and Accounting from the University of Michigan's M.B.A. program and cum laude in Finance from the University of Vermont.

Job Title: 
Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Organization: 
Holtec International SMR

Tom Marcille is an accomplished leader and nuclear industry executive with a 30+ year career - including Senior and Principal Engineer positions with GE Nuclear, Chief Engineer at Los Alamos National Lab, and Chief Operating Officer and VP of Engineering at NuScale Power. He's currently VP of Reactor Technologies at Holtec International and Chief Nuclear Officer of SMR, LLC, a division of Holtec developing a unique and innovative passive light water reactor product for emerging global power markets. That career reflects proven performance developing complex nuclear energy solutions, building and organizing effective teams and strategic partnerships, architecting efficient and effective Conduct of Engineering processes and practices producing quality-compliant work. He's a strong, fair, trustworthy leader who both inspires and motivates people and fosters teamwork, integrity and transparency.

Profile Type: 
Speaker

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