Bradley Tomer

Brad Tomer is Director for the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) at the Idaho National Laboratory leading efforts to partner with industry to accelerate demonstration and deployment of advanced nuclear energy technology.  Brad has extensive experience in moving technologies from research and development to commercial deployment in both the public and private sector. Prior to NRIC, Brad served as Interim CEO and VP of Operations for Avitas Systems, a GE Venture offering robotic-based data collection techniques and cutting-edge analytics and artificial intelligence to drive predictive industrial insights and actions in the electric power and oil and gas industries. Brad is former Chief Engineer and General Manager of Advanced Technology for GE Oil and Gas where he was responsible for developing advanced technologies across the oil and gas value stream as well as developing and implementing engineering processes and procedures across the company. Prior to GE, Brad served as Chief Operating Officer at the National Energy Technology Laboratory implementing science and technology programs across the energy industry. While at NETL, Brad served as Director of the Office of Major Demonstrations overseeing a multi-billion-dollar investment in carbon capture, utilization, and storage from large point source emitters of carbon dioxide.   In addition, Brad served as NETL’s Director for the Strategic Center for Natural Gas and Oil. Brad holds a bachelor’s degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, a master’s in business administration from George Mason University, and a master’s in economics from West Virginia University.