Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: REX D. GEVEDEN

Headquartered in Lynchburg, BWX Technologies manufactures nuclear reactors, fuel and components for the Navy, develops and manufactures microreactors for national security and space applications, and provides nuclear technical services at contractor-operated government labs and facilities.

Geveden joined BWXT in 2015 as its chief operating officer before advancing to CEO in 2017. Prior to BWXT, Geveden was an executive at Teledyne Technologies and a chief engineer and associate administrator at NASA.

A Fortune 1000 company, BWXT has approximately 7,800 employees — including about 2,840 in Virginia — and reported $2.5 billion in fiscal 2023 revenue.

In March, the U.S. Department of Energy re-awarded a joint venture led by BWXT an up-to-$45 billion contract to clean up a decommissioned nuclear production site in Washington state. In June, a joint venture led by a BWXT subsidiary was awarded a potential $30 billion Department of Energy contract to operate a nuclear weapons plant in Texas.

Geveden holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics from Murray State University. He’s chairman of the board for TTM Technologies and previously served on the National D-Day Memorial Foundation’s board.

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