In 2004 Don joined TechSource as the Executive Vice President responsible for operations in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. In addition to his operations responsibility, Don has been the catalyst in moving TechSource from a regional business to a national leader. His visionary skills, leadership, and reputation have made TechSource an indispensable national resource. Don has over 40 years of experience in program and project management of high-technology programs, nuclear facilities management, and federal real estate management. Don currently provides advice and direction to the National Nuclear Security Administration and to the DOE's Nuclear Energy and Strategic Petroleum Reserve programs. As the former Director of Real Estate for the DOE and as the Former Deputy Director for the Office of Worker and Community Transition, Office of the Under Secretary of Energy, Don has led numerous task forces and quality groups developing modern practices in real estate, business process re-engineering, and quality management. Don is also a highly skilled negotiator and facilitator who has been involved in strategic planning for leaders in numerous Government organizations including DOE, DOD, DOI, the House of Representatives, and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Don grew up in Sacramento, CA; he attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a B.A. in political science. Don has served in and been a member of numerous organizations including the Federal Real Property Association (serving as President); the Department of Justice Land Acquisition Conference; the Cabinet Council on Management and Administration; and the Association of Federal Appraisers. He is also a very active member of the Civil War Trust.

Dr. Beckner is a retired member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service and a retired Vice-President of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, with over 25 years of experience at Sandia National Laboratories as a researcher and manager, followed by over 20 years of experience in managing various aspects of the NNSA nuclear weapons program and the UK nuclear weapons program. He began his career at Sandia National Laboratories, where he spent over 27 years and rose to the position of Vice President of their Nuclear Weapons program. He then joined the Department of Energy in 1992 as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Programs, where he participated in development of the program elements of the Stockpile Stewardship Program. He joined Lockheed Martin in 1996 as Vice President of Technical Operations for their Energy and Environment Sector, which at that time held M&O contracts at Sandia, ORNL, the Y-12 Plant and the INEL, in addition to clean-up contracts at the K-25 plant, the INEL and Hanford. They also had contracts to operate the uranium Enrichment Facilities at Padukah, KY and Portsmith, OH. From 2000 till 2001, he served as the Deputy Manager for the UK AWE nuclear weapons operations. In 2001, Ev returned to the US to become the Deputy Administrator for the newly-formed NNSA's Nuclear Weapon program, serving in that capacity until his retirement in 2006. Since that time, he has been engaged in consulting activities involving the NNSA facilities and the M&O contractor operations. He is a member of the Stockpile Assessment Team of the Strategic Advisory Group of the USSTRATCOM. He is also a member of the board of directors of TechSource, Inc.

1998 - Present...Independent Advisor Mr. Guidice has served as an independent advisor to all three DOE nuclear weapon laboratories, production plants and the test site; Department of Defense FFRDCs (IDA and MITRE); USSTRATCOM SAG/SAT; OSD Defense Science Board task forces and JASON studies; Congressional panels and commissions; large DOD/DOE programs of cooperation with US allies and the former Soviet Union; small technical service-oriented companies and public policy-oriented organizations such as the AAAS and Stimson Center. The technical advice has been focused mainly on nuclear and nuclear weapons-related topics that range from national policy level issues to the details of nuclear weapon design, manufacture, quality assurance, surveillance, surety (safety and security), dismantlement and the predictive capabilities afforded by high performance computing. Since Mr. Guidice has extensive experience in managing large-scale DOE operations, he has also consulted on facility construction and operations, operational safety and security, cost analysis and business case development. In addition, he has worked on selected bids for DOE M&O contracts and a UK MOD contract. 1997 - 1998...Executive Director - Project Management, Fluor Daniel Inc Work for Fluor included nuclear facility planning at Los Alamos, technical trouble-shooting at the Hanford site and DOE plutonium disposition programs (Pit Disassembly and Conversion, MOX Fuel and Immobilization). Worked with the French firm Cogema on MOX fuel and visited three of their facilities in France. 1977 - 1997...DOE Albuquerque Operations Office (DOE/AL) Work for the former DOE/AL included 12 years in Senior Executive Service (SES) leadership positions directing the production, quality assurance, surveillance, surety and dismantlement of all stockpile nuclear weapons. This experience included the top weapons position at DOE/AL as the Head of the Office of Operations and Weapons with a weapons budget of about a $2B/year to operate seven production plants and provide for laboratory technical support. At the end of the Cold War (circa 1992), his emphasis shifted toward the development of the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Program; planning and managing the massive US weapons dismantlement campaign; and, planning and managing the processes that led to Secretary of Energy Record of Decisions (RODs) in 1993 and 1996 on reconfiguration of portions of the DOE nuclear weapons complex. 1968 - 1977...US Navy (civilian) and Commercial Industry Worked as a civilian in mechanical and general engineering positions in the US Navy's nuclear weapon program and as an industrial engineer for the commercial telecommunications industry. Most of this experience was as a civilian test engineer for the US Navy in Hawaii, California and New Mexico (at Sandia Laboratories). 1963 - 1968...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - BS Engineering and MS Management Sciences

Dr. Charles P. Verdon is NNSA's Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs. He leads the team that directs the Stockpile Stewardship Program, which is responsible for maintaining the safety, security, and reliability of the Nation's nuclear weapons stockpile. Confirmed by the Senate on Sept. 18, 2018, Dr. Verdon was sworn in on Oct. 9, 2018. Prior to joining NNSA, he was the Principal Associate Director within the Weapons and Complex Integration Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In this role, he was responsible for the management and coordination of all of the lab's weapons program activities. Before that, Dr. Verdon served as the Directorate's Principal Deputy Principal Associate Director, Program Director for the Secondary Nuclear Design Program, and the AX-Division Leader. In these roles, he worked to maintain national and global security by maintaining scientific and technical leadership in all aspects of thermonuclear weapon physics design and operation. He was also responsible for the management of the scientific grand challenge effort of achieving ignition at the National Ignition Facility. Dr. Verdon was selected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1997. In addition, in 1995 the society awarded him the Excellence in Plasma Physics Research Award for outstanding theoretical work, computational design and analysis, and experimental work leading to quantitative and predictive understanding of aspects of high-energy density plasmas. Dr. Verdon holds a doctorate in nuclear engineering from the University of Arizona.

In 2004 Don joined TechSource as the Executive Vice President responsible for operations in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. In addition to his operations responsibility, Don has been the catalyst in moving TechSource from a regional business to a national leader. His visionary skills, leadership, and reputation have made TechSource an indispensable national resource. Don has over 40 years of experience in program and project management of high-technology programs, nuclear facilities management, and federal real estate management. Don currently provides advice and direction to the National Nuclear Security Administration and to the DOE's Nuclear Energy and Strategic Petroleum Reserve programs. As the former Director of Real Estate for the DOE and as the Former Deputy Director for the Office of Worker and Community Transition, Office of the Under Secretary of Energy, Don has led numerous task forces and quality groups developing modern practices in real estate, business process re-engineering, and quality management. Don is also a highly skilled negotiator and facilitator who has been involved in strategic planning for leaders in numerous Government organizations including DOE, DOD, DOI, the House of Representatives, and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Don grew up in Sacramento, CA; he attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a B.A. in political science. Don has served in and been a member of numerous organizations including the Federal Real Property Association (serving as President); the Department of Justice Land Acquisition Conference; the Cabinet Council on Management and Administration; and the Association of Federal Appraisers. He is also a very active member of the Civil War Trust.

Dr. Beckner is a retired member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service and a retired Vice-President of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, with over 25 years of experience at Sandia National Laboratories as a researcher and manager, followed by over 20 years of experience in managing various aspects of the NNSA nuclear weapons program and the UK nuclear weapons program. He began his career at Sandia National Laboratories, where he spent over 27 years and rose to the position of Vice President of their Nuclear Weapons program. He then joined the Department of Energy in 1992 as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Programs, where he participated in development of the program elements of the Stockpile Stewardship Program. He joined Lockheed Martin in 1996 as Vice President of Technical Operations for their Energy and Environment Sector, which at that time held M&O contracts at Sandia, ORNL, the Y-12 Plant and the INEL, in addition to clean-up contracts at the K-25 plant, the INEL and Hanford. They also had contracts to operate the uranium Enrichment Facilities at Padukah, KY and Portsmith, OH. From 2000 till 2001, he served as the Deputy Manager for the UK AWE nuclear weapons operations. In 2001, Ev returned to the US to become the Deputy Administrator for the newly-formed NNSA's Nuclear Weapon program, serving in that capacity until his retirement in 2006. Since that time, he has been engaged in consulting activities involving the NNSA facilities and the M&O contractor operations. He is a member of the Stockpile Assessment Team of the Strategic Advisory Group of the USSTRATCOM. He is also a member of the board of directors of TechSource, Inc.

1998 - Present...Independent Advisor Mr. Guidice has served as an independent advisor to all three DOE nuclear weapon laboratories, production plants and the test site; Department of Defense FFRDCs (IDA and MITRE); USSTRATCOM SAG/SAT; OSD Defense Science Board task forces and JASON studies; Congressional panels and commissions; large DOD/DOE programs of cooperation with US allies and the former Soviet Union; small technical service-oriented companies and public policy-oriented organizations such as the AAAS and Stimson Center. The technical advice has been focused mainly on nuclear and nuclear weapons-related topics that range from national policy level issues to the details of nuclear weapon design, manufacture, quality assurance, surveillance, surety (safety and security), dismantlement and the predictive capabilities afforded by high performance computing. Since Mr. Guidice has extensive experience in managing large-scale DOE operations, he has also consulted on facility construction and operations, operational safety and security, cost analysis and business case development. In addition, he has worked on selected bids for DOE M&O contracts and a UK MOD contract. 1997 - 1998...Executive Director - Project Management, Fluor Daniel Inc Work for Fluor included nuclear facility planning at Los Alamos, technical trouble-shooting at the Hanford site and DOE plutonium disposition programs (Pit Disassembly and Conversion, MOX Fuel and Immobilization). Worked with the French firm Cogema on MOX fuel and visited three of their facilities in France. 1977 - 1997...DOE Albuquerque Operations Office (DOE/AL) Work for the former DOE/AL included 12 years in Senior Executive Service (SES) leadership positions directing the production, quality assurance, surveillance, surety and dismantlement of all stockpile nuclear weapons. This experience included the top weapons position at DOE/AL as the Head of the Office of Operations and Weapons with a weapons budget of about a $2B/year to operate seven production plants and provide for laboratory technical support. At the end of the Cold War (circa 1992), his emphasis shifted toward the development of the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Program; planning and managing the massive US weapons dismantlement campaign; and, planning and managing the processes that led to Secretary of Energy Record of Decisions (RODs) in 1993 and 1996 on reconfiguration of portions of the DOE nuclear weapons complex. 1968 - 1977...US Navy (civilian) and Commercial Industry Worked as a civilian in mechanical and general engineering positions in the US Navy's nuclear weapon program and as an industrial engineer for the commercial telecommunications industry. Most of this experience was as a civilian test engineer for the US Navy in Hawaii, California and New Mexico (at Sandia Laboratories). 1963 - 1968...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - BS Engineering and MS Management Sciences

Dr. Charles P. Verdon is NNSA's Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs. He leads the team that directs the Stockpile Stewardship Program, which is responsible for maintaining the safety, security, and reliability of the Nation's nuclear weapons stockpile. Confirmed by the Senate on Sept. 18, 2018, Dr. Verdon was sworn in on Oct. 9, 2018. Prior to joining NNSA, he was the Principal Associate Director within the Weapons and Complex Integration Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In this role, he was responsible for the management and coordination of all of the lab's weapons program activities. Before that, Dr. Verdon served as the Directorate's Principal Deputy Principal Associate Director, Program Director for the Secondary Nuclear Design Program, and the AX-Division Leader. In these roles, he worked to maintain national and global security by maintaining scientific and technical leadership in all aspects of thermonuclear weapon physics design and operation. He was also responsible for the management of the scientific grand challenge effort of achieving ignition at the National Ignition Facility. Dr. Verdon was selected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1997. In addition, in 1995 the society awarded him the Excellence in Plasma Physics Research Award for outstanding theoretical work, computational design and analysis, and experimental work leading to quantitative and predictive understanding of aspects of high-energy density plasmas. Dr. Verdon holds a doctorate in nuclear engineering from the University of Arizona.