David Riley
For over three decades, I have aligned and championed teams with great passion and performance. I am committed to engaging on critical missions leveraging science, engineering, technology and executive leadership.
- Role
- Principal Development Technology Advisor at Pantex Plant
- Location
- Amarillo, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David Riley
As a leader in the DoE and DoD business management arenas, my focus over the years has been on spearheading strategic program initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and innovation in MODERNIZATION, ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND EXECUTIVE STRATEGY ARENAS. Our team\'s dedication to exceptional engineering, manufacturing process improvement, and project planning has been pivotal in meeting corporate performance objectives and surpassing customer expectations.The competencies enveloped throughout my leadership roles (including strategic leadership, systems integration and formality of work), have empowered us to foster strategic partnerships and advance initiatives in critical environments necessary to deliver products and systems that help safeguard our citizens and liberties. This has resulted in the successful deployment of transformative scientific and engineering technology products leveraging strong program management and essential work principles, while retaining exceptional personnel, ensuring the growth and sustainability of our operations, and providing excellence customer interactions and engagements.
Experience
Principal Development Technology Advisor
Mar 2022 — Present · US
A team-oriented, results driven Site leader and trusted executive who continues to unwaveringly dedicate his career to the pursuit of modernizing energy systems through innovative science, technology, and engineering. Has reflected an ongoing record of organizational leadership and innovative performance throughout his career - demonstrated via transformational changes associated with complex systems, facilitated via motivating and retaining exceptional personnel, creating high efficiency operations, modernizing and sustaining state-of-the-art facilities, developing and researching innovative energy and environmental programs, and deploying transformative scientific and engineering technology products through learning, resiliency of performing \"outside the box\" of what was considered possible; and creating/developing exceptional working teams motivated to perform at the highest level of intellectual creativity and complex problem solving. In this current position at Pantex, he was originally selected to represent the Pantex Development Programs, and then chosen along with other National Leaders to solve challenging issues for the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the National Security Enterprise, NASA, academia, and commercial businesses worldwide. Corporate performance objectives and customer expectations consistently are realized through solid work principles and integrated tailored business strategies - while simultaneously fostering a creative work environment for premier scientists, engineers, and business leaders.
Education
West Virginia University
Bachelor's degree, Chemistry - Modeling of Radiative Processes in Inductively Coupled Plasmas
The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Chemistry: Electron Transfer Phenomena in High Temperture Superconductors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Post-Doctorate Research, Materials Engineering - Crystal Engineering and Synthesis of Opto-Electronic Molecular Devices
California Area Senior High School
High School Diploma, College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program
Skills
- Program Management
- Materials
- Research
- Project Planning
- Leadership Development
- Characterization
- National Security
- Operations Management
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Business Strategy
- Microsoft Excel
- Strategic Planning
- Nuclear Engineering
- U.s. Department of Defense
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Business Development
- Laboratory
- Systems Engineering
- Change Management
- Strategic Leadership
- Risk Management
- Team Management
- Nuclear
- Human Resources
- Defense
- Leadership
- Management
- Team Building
- Process Improvement
- Engineering
- Materials Science
- Energy
- Customer Service
- Engineering Management
- Nuclear Decommissioning
- Technical Leadership
- Project Management
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
Find verified contacts for anyone on LinkedIn
Unifers gives sales teams verified emails and direct dials, enriched profiles, and outreach that lands in the inbox.
Free plan included · No credit card required
This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.