Executive Staff

  • Mr. Theodore J. Dalheim, Jr., JD Chief Financial Officer

    Mr. Theodore J. Dalheim, Jr., JD Chief Financial Officer

    Chief Financial Officer

    More than 25 years of financial management experience in the Naval Nuclear Power Program industrial base; former member Ohio State Bar Association

    Former Vice President, Finance, BWX Technologies, Inc. and former Director, Centrus Energy, Inc.

    Former Chief Financial Officer, Marine Mechanical Corporation (acquired by BWX Technologies)

  • Ms. Melanie D. Lewis, SPHR Chief Human Resources Officer

    Ms. Melanie D. Lewis, SPHR Chief Human Resources Officer

    Chief Human Resources Officer

    Senior Human Resources Executive with International Experience

    As HR Manager at Eaton Navy Controls, worked with CAPT Bartlett to turn around a failed key supplier to the Naval Reactors Program

    Cold War Military Officer

  • CAPT Frank A. Simei, Jr., USN (Ret) Executive Vice President, Operations

    CAPT Frank A. Simei, Jr., USN (Ret) Executive Vice President, Operations

    Executive Vice President, Operations

    Retired from NAVSEA, formerly PMS 312 and Engineer Officer on a CVN

    Former Program Director, Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship, Irving Shipbuilding, Halifax, N.S.; starting up a newly modernized shipyard

  • RDML Charles W. Brown, USN (Ret) Executive Vice President, Strategic Communications

    RDML Charles W. Brown, USN (Ret)

    Executive Vice President, Strategic Communications

    Former Navy Chief of Information (CHINFO)

    First flag officer Accredited in Public Relations + Military Communication

    Former special assistant (public affairs) to CNO and PAO for Pacific Fleet

  • Mr. John Alden, Jr., PE Vice President, Engineering

    Mr. John Alden, Jr., PE

    Vice President, Engineering

    Retired Engineering Manager, General Dynamics Electric Boat

    Virginia and Ohio Class Design Projects

    Operates Alden & Associates, LLC, providing shipyard-related technical services

  • CDR Robert A. Rankin, USN (Ret) Vice President, Facilities

    CDR Robert A. Rankin, USN (Ret)

    Vice President, Facilities

    Experienced in the US Navy Civil Engineering Corps

    Qualified Seabee Combat Warfare Officer with combat service in Iraq

    More than 25 years industry experience, recently managing a nationwide portfolio of 28 locations with more that 14 million square feet of space

  • Ms. Amanda Latta Executive Assistant

    Ms. Amanda Latta

    Executive Assistant

  • Mr. Zakariah J. Ziegler Rotational Workforce Program Manager

    Mr. Zakariah J. Ziegler

    Rotational Workforce Program Manager

  • MMCM (SW) Robert Elwood, USN (Ret) Planning Manager

    MMCM (SW) Robert Elwood, USN (Ret)

    Planning Manager

    Plankowner first 3 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carriers

    First enlisted Propulsion Plant Watch Officer in the US Navy

    Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Reactor Officer on 3 CVNs

  • Ms. Melissa Booth Digital Communication Manager

    Ms. Melissa Booth

    Digital Communication Manager

    5 years as a communication specialist for companies & nonprofits

    Graduated from Waynesburg University with a BA in International Cultural Studies, History, and Spanish