Mark Marano brings more than 20 years of nuclear industry experience to his position as president, Americas.

Prior to his arrival at Westinghouse, Mr. Marano was the senior vice president of Business Development for Areva NP in Charlotte, North Carolina (USA). Prior to this position, he was senior vice president, New Plants. Before his positions at Areva, Mr. Marano held executive leadership roles at Burns and Roe Enterprises Inc and GE Hitachi.

From 2005 through 2006 Mr. Marano was vice president of financial planning for American Electric Power (AEP), and from 2001 to 2005, Mr. Marano served as president and chief executive officer of Numanco LLC, an American Electric Power subsidiary. In this role he was responsible for making the company profitable over a span of three years after losses in excess of $20 million. Concurrently, he served as vice president of Generation Business Services, where he was responsible for management and oversight of all business services in support of AEP’s generation fleet of 82 plants in 11 states, inclusive of nuclear, coal, gas, and hydro.

Prior to his roles at AEP, Marano spent ten years in successive levels of management positions at several utilities where he played a key role in plant turnarounds. This included Florida Power and Light, Carolina Power and Light, Public Services Electric and Gas, and Florida Power Corporation.

Prior to his commercial nuclear experience, Mr. Marano worked for Grumman Aerospace and the defense industry from 1984-1989.

Mr. Marano graduated from Oswego State University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.