Our Leadership
The X-energy leadership team carries a unique combination of engineering, policy, government relationships and experience operating large government engineering contracts.
Dr. Kam Ghaffarian
Executive Chairman & Founder
J. Clay Sell
Chief Executive Officer
Steve Miller
Executive Vice President, Enterprise Strategy and Administration
Harlan Bowers
Senior Vice President, ARDP Project Director
David Bannister
Chief Nuclear Officer, ARDP Project Deputy Director
Wallis Fournier
Vice President & Chief Human Capital Officer
Laura Garcia
Chief Accounting Officer
Martin van Staden, PhD
Senior Vice President, Xe-100 Systems Development & ARDP Chief Engineer
Eben Mulder, PhD
Senior Vice President, Chief Scientist
Joel Duling
President, TRISO-X
Robert M. Taylor
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Licensing
Michael Gigliotti
Vice President, Business Operations
Matt Welsh
Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Carol Lane
Vice President, Government Affairs
Carol Tansley
Vice President, Projects
Benjamin Reinke, PhD
Vice President, Global Business Development
Sam Levenback
Vice President, Corporate Development
Georgette Alexander-Morrison
Vice President, Capture & Proposals
Randy Eubanks
Vice President, Quality
Tim Bendt
Vice President, Contracts
Oded Doron, PhD
Vice President, Engineering
Bobby Dean
Vice President, Projects Strategy & Finance
Jesse B. Walker
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Our Mission
To change the world through innovative and implementable energy solutions. To be the world’s leader in development of High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors and the Fuel to supply to those reactors.