Dr. Raymond Juzaitis

Dr. Raymond J. Juzaitis is currently President/CEO of Nuclear Security Technologies, LLC, in Las Vegas, Nevada. NSTec is the M&O contractor to the Department of Energy for national security-related experiments, tests, and technology demonstrations at the Nevada National Security Site (nee Nevada Test Site). Previously, he was Department Head and Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University, providing academic and administrative leadership to the largest Nuclear Engineering Department in the United States. In addition to traditional technical disciplines covering nuclear science and technology relevant to nuclear power generation and radiological/health physics, the Department had diversified its technical academic portfolio into nuclear materials, nuclear fuel cycle, and nuclear non-proliferation/counterterror. Previous to Texas A&M, Juzaitis accrued twenty-eight years of experience in the management and execution of National Security R&D programs at the Department of Energy National Laboratories. Early career focus in nuclear computational physics paved the way for a broad-based technical career that included nuclear weapons design, development, testing, and evaluation. Career assignments included two changes of station in senior advisory positions in the U.S. government: at the Pentagon (DoD), as well as at Defense Programs in DOE/NNSA. Last sixteen years devoted to technical/line and program management with increasing levels of responsibility and covering the full breadth of nuclear weapon program activities. In the mid- to late-1990's, as X-Division Leader at Los Alamos, Juzaitis led the transition in technical culture of nuclear weapon design from a nuclear testing-based paradigm to a simulation-based paradigm (Science-Based Stockpile Stewardship). Senior management experience (Associate Director) at two nuclear weapons laboratories: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). During the last several years, programmatic focus shifted to Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism/Homeland Security programs. Educational background includes B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering (Princeton University), and M.E. and PhD in Nuclear Engineering (University of Virginia).