PNNL

As Chief Operating Officer for the Energy and Environment Directorate (EED), Mr. Casazza is responsible for operational oversight and execution of a $250M energy and environment business portfolio across five research divisions and four project management offices. He works in close collaboration as a member of the EED management team to ensure strategy execution through:

• capability development and stewardship of more than 900 EED staff and associated facilities and equipment
• enabling researcher productivity
• project execution and expert delivery
• operational and financial performance
• safe and environmentally responsible operations

Previously, he was the Division Director for the Systems Engineering and Integration Division where he oversaw 5 technical groups totaling over 250 staff. Mr. Casazza was accountable to the Chief Operating Officer of the National Security Directorate for capability development (staff recruiting, development and retention), facilities, infrastructure, and operations for a $100M business focused on addressing current and evolving national and global security challenges. His organization worked world-wide in over 100 countries, on a variety of national and international nuclear engineering and security topics including domestic and international border and port security, anti-terrorism, nonproliferation, nuclear and criticality safety, etc.

Mr. Casazza also served as the Director of Nuclear Operations Division responsible for facility operations and nuclear safety in the Radiochemical Processing Laboratory (RPL), a Category II non-reactor nuclear facility and the startup of the Physical Sciences Facility (PSF) while under construction. Duties included management and oversight of the nuclear safety basis, operations and maintenance programs, training programs, and shielded facility operations. Responsible for work authorization and control of R&D work activities associated with over 150 staff and an annual business of over $50 million.

Until that time, he held two technical group management positions within the National Security Directorate at PNNL. For the Advanced Radioanalytical Chemistry Group, he managed a group of 50 staff with expertise in radiochemistry, analytical chemistry, microscopy, and mass spectrometry techniques. The group specializes in ultra-trace detection of radionuclides for nuclear non-proliferation applications. Prior to that Mr. Casazza managed the Applied Physics Group with over 30 nondestructive measurements experts who developed and applied advanced ultrasonic and electromagnetic technologies to solve unique and difficult problems. This group specialized in field deploying customized NDE systems for government and industrial clients. Larry also held a special assignment as product offering manager in the Process and Measurement Technology Product Line.

Mr. Casazza began his career at PNNL as a scientist to perform the first ever probabilistic risk analysis (PRA) for the hydropower industry. This team developed several new PRA techniques for the unique hydropower application. He also performed risk analyses studies for commercial nuclear power plants for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and led the development and implementation of an integrated safety management system in the in the Radiochemical Processing Laboratory to allow radiochemical work to be performed more efficiently and safely.

Prior to joining Battelle in 1994, he served 8 years in the Navy as a nuclear trained submarine officer. While on active duty he served as a Communications Officer at US Strategic Command and as a Division Officer on board the USS Alabama. He holds a BS degree in Geophysical Engineering and a BS degree in Mathematics from Montana Tech (Butte, MT) and a M.S. in Physics from Creighton University (Omaha, NE).

• Bachelor's Degree, Geophysical Engineering, Montana Tech
• Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics, Montana Tech
• Master's Degree, Physics, Creighton University