John W. Pitesa — Chief Nuclear Officer and Senior Vice President at Duke Energy Corporation

Mr. John W. Pitesa, also known as Bill, has been the Chief Nuclear Officer and Senior Vice President at Duke Energy Corporation since March 2013. Mr. Pitesa is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the largest regulated nuclear generation fleet in the U.S. He served as Senior Vice President of Nuclear Operations for Duke Energy Corporation since July 2012 until March 2013. He provided oversight for the safe and reliable operation of two Duke Energy-operated nuclear plants ' Brunswick near Southport, N.C., and Robinson near Hartsville, S.C. He has more than 30 years of experience in the nuclear field. He joined Duke in 1980 as an engineer at McGuire Nuclear Station. He was named Senior Reactor Operator in 1986, and in 1992, served two years as a loaned employee to the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations. He returned to McGuire Nuclear Station in 1995 as an independent oversight manager and later moved to the corporate office as the nuclear operating experience manager. In 2000, he moved to Catawba Nuclear Station as an Engineering Supervisor. After a series of promotions, including Operations Training Manager and Training Manager, He was named as the Station'S Operations Manager in 2004 and Station Manager of Catawba Nuclear Station in 2005. In 2009, He served as Vice President of Nuclear Support for Duke Energy. He was responsible for corporate nuclear engineering, major projects, licensing and regulatory support, fleet outage management and other plant support functions. He was named Senior Vice President of Nuclear Operations for Oconee Nuclear Station in January 2010, and assumed the additional responsibility for Catawba and McGuire nuclear stations in December 2010. He is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina. In support of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), Mr. Pitesa has served on nuclear plant review teams in the United States, Korea, France, South Africa, and Ukraine. In 2014, he was named executive sponsor of the Materials Action Plan Committee for the Electric Power Research Institute. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Auburn University.