Johnathon Huff

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ABOUT JOHNATHON HUFF

Dr. Johnathon Huff is an executive level engineering, science and operations leader with demonstrated experience leading research, development and manufacturing programs for government and commercial organizations.Currently, Johnathon is Jefferson Lab’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). He is responsible for the business functions of Jefferson Lab, including business and finance, health and safety, human resources, procurement, facilities management, communications, legal and performance assurance. Prior to joining the lab, he worked more than a decade in DOE’s national lab system at Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) in Albuquerque, N.M. Johnathon led both operations and research and development organizations in the areas of weapon component engineering, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection, electronics failure analysis, radio frequency integrated circuits, microelectromechanical systems, and focal plane arrays.In his most recent position at Sandia, Johnathon served as the director of Sandia’s environment, safety and health organization, responsible for leading a team of more than 400 personnel and providing an operations vision, strategy and metrics for the integration of functional disciplines into a single management system. He was also the Director champion for research and recruiting for the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was responsible for a multimillion-dollar research portfolio that ranged from cybersecurity to radiation effects on semiconductor devices. In 2021, he also served as acting associate lab director for national security programs, leading a team of more than employees with an estimated $850M budget. In this acting role, he led research and development programs for the DOE, Department of Defense and other federal agencies.An engineer by training, Huff earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, followed by a master’s degree in electrical engineering at Drexel University. He earned his Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering with an emphasis on mathematical modeling and optimization at Mississippi State University.Johnathon has been honored with numerous awards and recognitions, including recognition in the Albuquerque Business First Forty under 40, Drexel University 40 under 40, and selection for participation in the Harvard University Strategies for Implementing Successful Change Initiatives program with business leaders from across the country.